we should call âshaolin kungfuâ but rather than âshaolin wushuâ that i always disagree with this comment. i advocate âwushu chanâ is to stress this point. the word âkungfuâ is a buddhist term.
in terms of the content and concept, the word âwushuâ cannot substituteâkungfuâ. it should be mentioned that wushu is a part of kungfu which contains two levels of wushu and wudao(chinese: æ¦é).
our kungfu practice is also cultivation meanwhile martial arts is a dharma gate of cultivation. we pursue not only kungfu techniques but mainly the realm.
practice of chinese buddhism stresses empirical evidence of individual. similarly, shaolin kungfu, as one method of practice for shaolin monks, has to meet this basic requirement.
patriarch bodhidharma preached his disciples: âto see the essence of things, you have to strengthen the bodyâ. noting that the âunity of chan and boxingâ is difference between shaolin kungfu and other boxing schools. then what is chan?
i feel that shaolin kungfu and chan is in a dialectical relationship. this is wushu chan of shaolin temple that can not only shaolin kungfu stress â martial arts integrates into chanâ and âchan is prominent for martial artsâ, which dialectically shows kungfu canât exist without chan cultivation meanwhile chan practice also needs to be protected under martial arts. internal chan and external martial arts are integrated synthetically, which is the dialectical relationship of the combination of dynamics and statics.
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