The Original Shaolin Monk

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by Goran Powell: The Shaolin Temple is regarded as the birthplace of Zen and Kung Fu—the first place in history to combine the training of a warrior with the spiritual practices of a monk.

Bodhidharma by Lao Long

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If you attain anything at all, it’s conditional, it’s karmic. It results in retribution. It turns the Wheel.

In Buddhism, who is Bodhidharma?

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The word Buddha is a Sanskrit word which means “The Awakened One”, one who’s awakened to Reality, who understands true nature of the mind, the world, and all animate existences.

The Man Who Made Shaolin

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by Sifu Anthony: What do Cosmos Qigong, Shaolin Kung Fu, and Zen Meditation have in common? Sure, they’re all energy arts, and they all came from the Shaolin Temple. But did you know that they also came from the same man?

Bodhidharma: Myth or Reality?

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by Christopher Caile: At a minimum he was a remarkable man. He was but one of hundreds, if not thousands, who ventured far distances from India and elsewhere to China to teach.

Theosophy Trust: Bodhidharma

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By the Theosophy Trust: Abandoning the false and embracing the true, and in simpleness of thought, abiding in pi-kuan or wall meditation,

Bodhidharma: History of Yoga

by The Isha Blog: Over one thousand five hundred years ago in China, there lived an emperor named Wu. He was a great patron of Buddhism and he dearly wanted a great Buddhist teacher from India to come and spread the message of Buddhism.

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by the Theosophy Trust: Meditation had been a vital dimension of Buddhist practice from the moment it entered China. 

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by Barbara O’Brien: First Patriarch of Ch’an (Zen) Buddhism: Although little is known about the life of Bodhidharma,