Shaolin Monastery
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Shaolin Monastery or Shaolin Temple (Chinese: 少林寺; pinyin: Shàolín Sì; Wade–Giles: Shao-lin Szu, pronounced [ʂɑ̂ʊ̯lǐn sî]; Cantonese Yale:Siulàhm Jí) is a Chán Buddhist temple on Mount Song, near Dengfeng, Zhengzhou, Henan province, China. It is led by Abbot Shi Yongxin. Founded in the fifth century, the monastery is long famous for its association with Chinese martial arts and particularly with Shaolin Kung Fu, and it is the best knownMahayana Buddhist monastery to the Western world.
Shaolin Monastery and its famed Pagoda Forest were inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2010 as part of the “Historic Monuments of Dengfeng.”
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Shaolin Monastery has a history dated back to Northern Wei Dynasty which is more than thousand years. It has played an important role on the development of the Buddhism in China. Surrounded by Song Mountain, Dengfeng City, is the cradle of Chinese Zen Buddhism and is home to the Shaolin practice. Today the Shaolin Monastery is booming as more a tourist attraction and oriented martial arts school.
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The Shaolin Monastery also known as the Shaolin Temple, in Henan Province, China. The monastery was built by the Emperor Hsiao-Wen in 477 C.E. Shaolin Temple is the main temple of the Shaolin school of Buddhism to this day been listed under the UNESCO’s World Cultural & Natural Heritage in2010. These was considered , the birthplace of both martial arts and Zen Buddhism. It is known to the outside world as a martial arts monastery as it is associated with Chinese martial arts and the Shaolin kung fu .
As to this day the temple is a major tourist attraction, as well as a place of pilgrimage for monks and lay Buddhists.
Thank you Rinpoche for sharing interesting history of this Shaolin Temple.
My first real taste of Buddhism in this lifetime came from the old television series, Kung Fu. Living in a place where there wasn’t so much as a book or magazine article about the Buddha, this series came to me like a breath of fresh air. I loved this show and still watch the old episodes on You Tube. When my brothers were going nuts over the martial arts aspects of the show, I was listening to Master Po and Master Kahn. I loved them. I would pretend to be doing my homework when the show was on, but all the while copying down their teachings and trying later to put them into practice. Ever since, I have had a deep and loving respect for the Shaolin lineage.
Thank you for posting this. I love to learn more about the Shaolin monastery. It has a fascinating history.
Shaolin Monastery a truly remarkable institution that merged buddhism with martial arts. Somehow this brings me to what Rinpoche mentioned before anything can be considered dharma if the motivation is dharmic.