Wed, 09 Jul 2008
Shaolin Temple
I was poking about on the Internet and found thof the web site of the USA Shaolin Temple. The temple was founded by Shifu Shi Yan Ming, who calls himself "the most handsome Shifu in the world." Who knows? He may be right, depending on you notion of beauty. He also says, "Train harder!" Which is a sentiment I can agree with. Shifu defected from the Shaolin travelling group during its first tour of America and set up shop as a lineage holder of the Shaolin tradition. He teaches innocuous sentiments dressed up as Buddhist wisdom. I suppose he provides an entry into Eastern thought for young men who would otherwise never encounter it, so I can't be too harsh on him.
