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It's been nearly 20 years since I've been back to Shaolin Temple. I wasn't aware of this car park. NOTE that this post is unimpressive but if you follow the link, you can see the video, which is...

Seems like the monks might open a can of whoopass on these desecrators.

Before anyone gets too worked up on this Shaolin commercialism post, keep in mind that the source is Epoch Times.

I'm also copying this to the Monkey King thread for the Xingjiao Temple...

Shaolin has been criticized for pandering to tourists for centuries already. CENTURIES. :rolleyes: I don't worry about that anymore. It's a nooB thing. ;)

Worthy of note (for those that might...

Well, two photos. The third is standard. Actually, this could be a parking lot anywhere. Looks like someone brought their drone to Shaolin.

This reminds me of old Shaolin village, when there was a roller coaster simulator and Mao's private plane as tourist traps. Those were the days...

This author is a little late to the boat as Henan has clearly already attracted tourism. Nevertheless, it's a nice little overview he has put together on the topic.

I thought there was a separate thread devoted to the Zen Shaolin show, but this was all I could find on a cursory search.

I was hoping for a little more, given the title. For the record, it was more than a decade ago when the big drop in the number of schools happened. That was during the forced relocation, soon after...

Thailand should talk. I've been to Wat Po in Bangkok. It's beautiful, but very touristy. :rolleyes:

It's all about KFP2 right now, isn't it?

There's nothing in this article that avid readers of our forum don't already know, but it's a decent overview of recent events.

Is this a good place for me to plug my book?

Yes, I think so.

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I had to look that one up. Nice. I love new words. They're like new daggers in the arsenal.

Being a writer by trade has affected my meditation significantly. It's hard not to write...

Guilty as charged. I write it off to 'right livelihood'. :o

Songshan Shaolin has been the subject of debate for centuries. If it wasn't argued over now, it would no longer be authentic Shaolin.

Amusing spin on Shaolin, eh? ;)

We had some info on the Zen Music Shaolin Grand Ceremony show in What's New in Dengfeng 2008 By Scott Jeffery in our 2009 Shaolin Special - Shaolin Yinyue Dadian.

There used to be restaurants in San Francisco and Santa Cruz named Shaolin. There was no connection to the temple at all. Shaolin isn't a common name, but it's not singular by any means. I know...

Now that it's all over and done, I'm wondering if anyone paid that much of a donation.

I still regret not saving a Shaolin sausage label. Given the copyright laws in China, it was a major victory. I never thought they'd get rid of that stuff.

...that's not at all uncommon in Chinese temples. It's traditional to offer incense, souvenirs and other blessed tchothkes at religious sites. That's not exclusive to China or Buddhism.

There...

It started out as "Shaolin Temple's online store" but I'm changing it to "Shaolin commercialism".

From the Qigong Symposium site above:



FLP has put out a nice instructional book series, complete with DVD, for each form. They are exorbitantly expensive here so far. We're hoping to start...

Yijinjing has been officially recognized as one of four qigong forms that China is actively promoting, so there's a ton of new materials on it, most notable the stuff from FLP. Our non-profit arm,...

This one is more of a fair cop. Shaolin does offer some very expensive books.