That reminds me (granted fuzzy memory) of a history class in college, where the professor pointed out that Buddhism is not immune to human, i.e. political conce

That reminds me (granted fuzzy memory) of a history class in college, where the professor pointed out that Buddhism is not immune to human, i.e. political concerns, and that the OG Buddhism morphed as it traveled east to fit the political entities/dynasties of the time, i.e. Indus Valley Buddhism to Chinese Imperial/Confucian-compatible Buddhism to Japanese/Zen Buddhism...