By treating evenhandedly the vast quantity of earlier material produced by Chinese Buddhists, the Koreans formed what was in many respects the most ecumenical tradition in Asia. It is this feature which makes Korean Buddhism so fascinating today, for the tradition is a repository of many forgotten qualities of ancient Chinese Buddhism. And with the apparent obliteration of Buddhism from China, Korean Buddhism offers us a means of evaluating and, in certain cases, still experiencing directly some of the finest flowerings of Chinese Buddhist culture.
---Tracing Back the Radiance: Chinul's Korean Way of Zen, by Robert E. Buswell, Jr.---
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