Shao Lin Kungfu's ultimate is the cultivation of Bu Dong Xi or the Unmoveable

heart.

Cultivate Unmoveable heart, then one has no fear of death. Not fear of death
doesn't mean not loving life. But incontradic, one love and value life even more.
Loving and value life is the true goal of studying Chan. What kind of live is
worthed to be love warmly? the type of life without worried and suffering. Thinking
about life without worried and suffering. Then, there is only one way that is to
cultivate the Bu Dong Xi or Unmoveable heart.

The Shaolin Monastery is such an integral part of Chinese culture that people are
often surprised to learn that its founder wasn�t actually Chinese. Known as Batuo
or Buddhabhadra, the founder of Shaolin was a wandering Buddhist monk from India
who arrived in the Empire of Northern Wei around A.D. 464.(also called Fotuo) was a
dhyana master who came to China from India in 464 AD in order to spread Buddhist
teachings. He preached there for several decades before the Emperor Xiaowen ordered
the building of the Shaolin Monastery on Mount Song, in what is now Henan Province,
and made Batuo its first abbot. Sources from the period are rare, but the early
monastery appears to have functioned as a center for translating Buddhist texts
into Chinese. Under Batuo�s leadership, the monks followed the Hinayana school of
Buddhism. Since the Hinayana path was notoriously hard to follow even for monks,
the monastery remained relatively small. It was only with the coming of
Bodhidharma, another Indian monk, that Hinayana was discarded and replaced with
Chan (Zen) Buddhism, which the Shaolin monks follow to this day.

In Shaolin temple Ba Tuo , proclaimed the Buddhism Hinayana of the "Buddhism of the
small vehicle" also known in chinese as Xiao Cheng , which was a premature part of
the India Buddhism , which supported solitude . That narrow and strict form of
Buddhism had many rules (250 for men , 500 for women) and it was non-achievable for
most people , even for monks . As a result , Ba Tuo had little apostles .There
where many worshippers , who came to him from all places in the world seeking
Hinagiana Buddhism . Among them , Hui Kuang and Seng Chou were the best of Ba Tuo's
apostles. Honored BaTuo's two gifted and renowned monks , were former generals and
were the first ones to bring martial arts in the temple . According to a legend ,
the monk Hui Kuang could kick 500 times at the speed of a flying arrow and monk Chu
had separated two tigers that were fighting , with his staff , and chased them away
. These two monks established martial arts in the temple and that is how Shaolin
warriors tradition began.

Fans of kung fu films featuring Shaolin monks might have noticed that they are
often depicted with nine circular dots (three rows of three dots) on their
forehead. This is known as the Jieba, a sacred mark placed on a monk by his master
or Abbot as a sign that he has completed his training. The Jieba holds great
significance within Shaolin�each dot signifies one of the fundamental rules of
conduct that every monk must follow. Sadly, the Jieba was banned until
recently.Receiving the Jieba involves a lengthy ceremony, which involves a month of
intense meditation and physical conditioning. At the climax of the ceremony, nine
sticks of incense are affixed on the top of the head with a paste. The incense
sticks are then allowed to burn until the skin of the scalp is singed completely
black.In 2007, the Chinese government finally announced a partial lifting of the
ban, allowing the monks to revive the ancient tradition. Only 100 monks were deemed
to be physically and mentally prepared to receive the Jieba, and only 43 actually
went through with the branding ceremony.

Buddhism as practiced today is still divided into three main schools -- (1)
Theravada, meaning School of the Elders, but pejoratively known as Hinayana or
Lesser Vehicle; (2) Mahayana, meaning Greater Vehicle; and (3) Vajrayana, meaning
Diamond Vehicle; also known as Tantric or Esoteric Buddhism. �Yana� is the Sanskrit
term for vehicle. The bewildering number of sects are categorized into one of the
three schools.

Theravada (Hinayana)
Found mainly in Sri Lanka, Burma, Cambodia, Laos, and Thailand. Often known as the
Southern Traditions of Buddhism.

Mahayana
Found mainly in China, Korea, Vietnam, and Japan. Often known as the Northern
Traditions of Buddhism.

Vajrayana (Esoteric or Tantric Buddhism)

Practiced mainly in Tibet, Nepal, and Mongolia, but in Japan has a strong hold with
the Shingon ??, Tendai ??, and Shugendo ??? sects. In Japan, Esoteric Buddhism is
known as Mikkyo (Mikkyo) ??). Along with Mahayana Buddhism, the Vajrayana
traditions are often referred to as the Northern Traditions of Buddhism.

The patron saint of Emei is Bodhisattva Puxian, or Samantabhadra, the all gracious,
who is still a popular deity in Tibet and is represented as green and riding on an
elephant. He is charged with the special duty of protecting those who follow the
law.
It is erroneously believed by many that there is only one central Shaolin temple in
China, but this is incorrect. There have been five principal temples dispersed
throughout central China, but they were not operative at the same times due to war
and destruction of the shrines. Historically, the original temple would endure
recurring assaults and times of hibernation as the governing Imperial and
provincial commanders were apprehensive about the martial powers of the sometimes
belligerent monks. Expatriate Shaolin masters would retire from the temple to teach
privately or at other Buddhist or Taoist temples. Infrequently a new Shaolin Temple
would be built, such as in Kwangtung and Fukien, or appropriated from a former
temple, as is the case both at Wutang and here at Emei Shan. Although the monks
usually were uninvolved in worldly concerns, still militant and activist monks like
the renowned Hung Tze Kwan and White Eyebrow would be a constant wellspring of
conflict for the Shaolin sect. The Shaolin have been fighting for centuries, from
621 A.D. in Tang-rule battle up their challenge of Western influence with the Boxer
Rebellion at the end of the 19th century. In the 1940s during WWII a new generation
of martial artists fought with Japanese soldiers outside the temple complex.
The Emei Shan Temple was constructed around 1500 A.D. as a major natural history
library and medical center for the Shaolin order. The temple was known for its
healing medicine practices and imported healers, much like other temples used to
import kung fu masters. Here the monks could practice the three principals of the
Shaolin philosophy: Zen meditation (chan), martial arts (wu), and herbal medicine
(yi).
According to some sources, the technique of inoculation is believed to have
originated at this site prior to the 6th century, originally taught by Taoist
alchemists who lived as cave hermits. The Correct Treatment of Smallpox, the first
written record of vaccination, is attributed to a Buddhist nun serving at Emei Shan
during the 11th century.
The Temple maintained close connections with the Crane Temple in Tibet. It is in
all probability the very same temple that burnt in the symbols of two Cranes onto
the forearms instead of having the traditional Dragon like the other three temples
in the 18th Chamber principle. Grand Buddha statue in Leshan, China. It was
finished in the year 803, and is in total 71 meters high. � Harald Tj�stheim 2008,
iStockphoto
Regrettably, the 20th century saw much destruction at this sacred site, first by
the armies of vengeful warlord Shi Yousan in 1927, next of Shang Kai Shek, and
finally of Mao Tze Tung. Successive waves of soldiers burned, ransacked and looted
all the monasteries, then used this revered mountain-top temple as a target for
artillery practice. The site was restored by the Communists in the mid-1970s, and
today is a conservation service headquarters for the bamboo forests of Szechuan
province and the National Park and Research Center for the panda preserve.
Leshan, one hour from the base of Emei Shan, is renowned for having world's largest
Buddha statue. The main attractions include the Baoguo Temple (at the base) , Fuhu
Temple, and Leiyin Temple.