Shaolin monks sent overseas for study
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A monk of Shaolin Temple performing kung fu [file photo] |
"My campus life is the same as many other ordinary students in additional to adhering to the Buddhist disciplines. I also learn university compulsory courses involving psychology, sociology and management," Yanzheng said.
He joined social networks in 2006 and opened his account on Weibo last year.
"The overseas experience broadens my vision and helps me to understand the Buddhism in a modern way," he added.
The old but energetic temple is teaching hundreds of foreign followers martial arts and Zen during this summer holidays and thousands last year. Yanti was among monks able to communicate with them in English.
He shouted "quickly" and "this side" in English recently when guiding the movements of the foreigners, Xinhua said.
Shi, the temple's 30th abbot, has been criticized for vigorously promoting commercial development of the ancient temple.
He initiated the opening of a Shaolin pharmacy, and monks have visited many countries for kung fu shows. His innovations, however, promoted the temple and hundreds of thousands of foreigners learned Shaolin martial arts around the world, Xinhua said.
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