The Daoist reverence for nature and “naturalness” was thus adopted as part of Chan Buddhism.
Overall, Daoists were the earliest converts to Buddhism in China.
The principle that the Dao is to be found in everyday life was translated into the doctrine of Buddha-nature as an inherent part of each person and ordinary life.
Daoists initially assumed that Buddhist sunyata (emptiness) must have been equivalent to the Daoist concept of non-being / non-action (wuwei).