The Golden Age of Zen

The period between the death of the six patriarch, Ayno, and about the year 1000 is the golden age of Zen. And after that, Zen began to decline in China. It became mixed up with other forms of Buddhism,. Many forms of meditation type or yoga type discipline. Got a little bit sidetracked into occult and psychic matters. What are called in Buddhism's city, or the development of supernormal powers. For Zen, this is completely beside the point.