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Namo Amituofo

Namo Amituofo - 南無阿彌陀佛

Amituofo (阿彌陀佛) sounds like a greeting and you may have heard it many times. This phrase is a common salutation among Buddhists (chin.: fojiaotu 佛教徒) of all Traditions, especially the Pure Land (chin.: jingtu 淨土) and Chan (禪) Tradition.

Amituofo is the common salutation (chin.: zhijing 致敬) among Monks of The Shaolin Temple (chin.: Shaolinsi Seng (少林寺僧) and the students of the Martial Arts schools which they practice Shaolin Wugong (少林武功). This greeting word is an important part of Shaolin Tradition. Many practitioners are chanting it (chin.: fanbei 梵唄), although they don’t really know what it means.

Many forget that our main practice is Lord Buddha remembrance (chin.: Nian Fo 念佛). This involves chanting Namo Amitabha (Na mo Amituofo) we can chant out loud or we can just say it over and over in our minds and it becomes a meditation (chin.: chan 禪). Meditations are to ‘guard…

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Posted by Venerable Master Shi Yan Kong

Shaolin last destructions

Shaolin last destructions

The Warlords were to cause the third attack on Shaolin. Chiang Kai Shek (chin.: Jiang Jieshi 蔣介石, 1887 - 1975) worked to reunite China by putting together a huge army in his Northern Expedition (chin.: běi fa 北伐,1926-1928), which was to rid the countryside of the warlords once and for all. At the 17th year of the Republic of China (1928) Shi Yousan (chin.: shíyǒusān 石友三, 1891 - 1940) a low rank officer of warlord Feng Yu Xiang (chin.: Féngyùxiáng 冯玉祥, 1882 - 1948) was appointed to drive out the warlord Fan Zhong Xiu (chin.: fánzhōngxiù 樊钟秀, 1888 - 1930), the commander of the 4th regiment in Henan Province.

General Fan was from Pingdingshan (chin.: Píngdǐngshān 平顶山 ) Xiazhuang village (chin.: xiàzhuāng 夏庄 ). Back in 1901 he was studied Shaolin Wugong under Venerable Master Shi Henling (shìhénglín 釋恒林, 1865 -1923) for three years and he was a…

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Great Master Shi Su Xi

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The most Venerable Master Shi Su Xi, of the Shaolinsi passed away (chin.: yuanji 圆寂) at 11:20 on Wednesday, March 8th 2006 (the 9th day of the 2nd month of the year of the dog) at the age of 82. For those who might not know Venerable Master Shi Suxi Zhang Lao (chin.: Zhang Lao长老 - senior Buddhist Monk), was one of Shaolin’s most venerated monks (chin.: heshang 和尚) and martial arts masters (chin.: wugong shifu 武功师父). For us, followers of Shaolin Tradition, Venerable Master Shi Su Xi was our father.

Venerable Master Shi Su Xi witnessed more than sixty years of Shaolin’s turbulent history: the huge destruction of the Shaolin Temple, the rise of the Communist party, the founding of the People’s Republic of China, the Cultural Revolution, the persecution of Buddhism and Buddhist Temples all over China, the suffering of the Monks and Nuns and the…

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Posted by Venerable Master Shi Yan Long

The Buddhist prayer beads

The Buddhist prayer beads

Buddhists have run a string of beads, called Shuzhur (chin.: shùzhur - 數珠兒  - 數珠兒) or Fozhu (chin.: fózhū 佛珠) through their fingers when they read the sutras, or chanted the names of Buddhas in their practices. The Buddhist prayer beads are a religious implement (chin.: fóxiè 佛械) used during sutra reciting (chin.: qínxíng 勤行) and meditation as one expresses, through heartfelt prayer, his/her appreciation for the Three Treasures of Buddhism (chin.: Sānbǎo 三宝 – fófǎsēng 佛法僧) the Buddha (chin.: fó 佛), the Dharma (chin.: fǎ 法), and the Sangha (chin.: sēng 僧).

The overall purpose of all Shuzhur beads is to create a sense of tranquillity (chin.: āndìng 安定) and inner-peace (chin.: jìng 靖) for not only the individual, but for the community as a whole. In reciting the prayer, a sense of peace will enter making an individual that much closer to reaching Enlightment.

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