There he became the youngest of the Shaolin warrior monks, an age-old order of temple defenders who spend days in martial meditation then sleep on hard cots in stone quarters without electricity.

It's said that Shaolin monks have been practicing Kung Fu at the temple for over 1,500 years. Shaolin Temple is the main temple of the Shaolin school of Buddhism.

Shi Yan Ming is a 34th generation Shaolin monk. SEVERSON : A fundamental precept of Buddhism is that the mind must be emptied of all worldly desires through meditation, and only then can a person ...

Martial arts like kung fu are closely associated with the Shaolin monks, who view it as meditative. “The practice of meditation allows the individual to begin to look inward and ask as well as answer ...

Monks find kung fu strengthens the body to meditate, The idea behind the tour is to bring the culture of China and Shaolin Kung-Fu to North America.