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Shaolin Hard Qigong

Shaolin Hard Qigong

Shaolin Hard Qigong (chin.: Shàolín yìng qìgōng 少林硬气功) is a Shaolin Martial Art (chin.: Shàolín wugōng 少林武功) art and has been around for many hundreds of years. It was originally used to train the body to withstand strong blows and attacks in the days when there were no guns but only the traditional Chinese weapons of spears (chin.: sà 鈒), broadswords (chin.: dàdāo 大刀) and knives (chin.: dāo 釖). Qigong has both extensive and profound knowledge of the cultivation of the human body.

Shaolin Ying Qigong can be considered an independent qigong Art or even better as an independent Wugong art. Why? Because it has gone through a process of several thousand years with a complete system of cultivation theories as well as that of cultivation methods, it can be regarded as an integrated system. Nevertheless, Shaolin Ying Qigong also remains something belonging to the highest level of…

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Venerable Guan Xiu

Monk Guan Xiu

The Arhats (chin.: luóhàn 羅漢) are the enlightened beings of Buddhism (chin.: Fójiào 佛教), who were disciples of Buddha Sakyamuni (chin.: Shìjiāmóuní 釋迦牟尼) and attained freedom from the cycles of suffering and rebirth. Arhat is translated into Chinese as Luohan. Luohans are those who become enlightened (chin.: zhèngguǒ 證果) by means of the Four Noble Truths (chin.: Sìshèngdì 四聖諦) of suffering, suffering’s origin, suffering’s extinction, and the path leading to suffering extinction. Their enlightenment is not ultimate, because they only enlighten themselves, and do not yet know how to enlighten other beings like the Bodhisattvas (chin.: púsà 菩薩) do.

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Master Dao Xuan (596-667)

Master Dao Xuan (596-667)

Dao Xuan (chin.: dàoxuān 道宣 / 596 - 667) was the founder of the Nanshan branch of the Precepts (chin.: lù 律) school in China. In 611 he were ordained as a Buddhist Monk and studied the vinaya, or commonly known, rules of the monastic discipline, under Zhijun. In 624 he went to a mountain called Zhongnanshan (终南山) to study and practice and eventually founded his own Buddhist school based on the precepts of The Fourfold Rules of Discipline (chin.: sìfēnlù shānfán bǔ juéxíng shìchāo 四分律刪繁补阙行事钞).

The Nanshan (南山) school was the only branch of the Precepts school (chin.: lùzōng 律宗) to survive, and later it became synonymous with the Precepts school. From 645 Dao Xuan assisted Xuanzang with his translation work. He also authored several books on precepts, as well as a number of historical works. His works it is considered invaluable in the study of Chinese…

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Haizhuang Temple 海幢寺

Haizhuang si 海幢寺

The Sea Monastery (chin.: haizhuangsi 海幢寺), is today known as the Sea Park (chin.: Haizhuang Gongyuan 海幢公园). Lying south of the Pearl River (chin; zhujiang 珠江) is located between Nanhua Middle Road (chin.: nanhuazhonglu 南华中路), and Good fortune Tong fu Road (chin.: tongfulu 同福路), and covers an area of 19,700 square metres. Haizhuang Park would be a nondescript park, but for the remains of what was once Guangzhou’s largest monastery dating back to 1662. It was also one of the “Four Great Forests” (chin.:sidaconglin 四大丛林) in Guangzhou. The other three are the Bright Filial Temple (chin.: Guangxiaosi 光孝寺), Magnificent Forest Temple (chin.: Hualinsi 华林寺) and Six Banyan Trees Temple (chin.: Liurongsi 六榕寺).

It survived wars and natural disasters and its historic relics surrounded by Haizhuang Park have become a tourist resort in recent years. There are a few monks in residence today, as the temple is in current…

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