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Abbot Shi Yongxin, local name Liu Yingcheng, was born in 1965, his hometown in Yingshang, Anhui province. He got to Shaolin Temple in 1981 and respected Abbot Xingzheng, the twenty-ninth abbot of Shaolin Temple, as his master. Abbot Xingzheng passed away in 1987 and then Shi Yongxin took over the position of director of Shaolin Temple Management Committee, comprehensively presiding over the Shaolin Temple’ s affairs. Shi Yongxin got the honor to become the abbot of Shaolin Temple in 1999. Abbot Shi Yongxin has been selected as president of the Buddhist Association of Henan Province ever since selected in July of 1998. Abbot Shi Yongxin has been selected as the president of the Buddhist Association of China ever since September of 2002. Abbot Shi Yongxin has been respectively selected as the deputy to the ninth, tenth, eleventh and twelfth National People’s Congress ever since March of 1998.

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Shaolin Temple Welcomes the New Year

Shaolin Temple rang out the old year and rang the new year. Feb. 11, 2021 was traditional Lunar New Year’ s Eve. Shaolin monks followed Chinese tradition with thousands of years, such as discussing couplets, worshiping ancestors, staying up all night on New Year’ s Eve, and striking the bell and praying, to celebrate the Chinese New Year together with Shaolin monks.

Chan Tea Cultural Communication in Shaolin Temple

Shaolin Temple holds the Chan tea cultural communication at 9: 30 am on September 13, 2020. Mr. Cai Mei, director of the standing committee of the National People’ s Congress in Fuding city and deputy group leader of the leading group of tea industry development, protector Fang Shoulong and his wife from Baicha Mountain and others visited Shaolin Temple, and exchanged Chan tea culture with abbot and monks from Shaolin Temple.

Worship Ancestors During the Qingming Festival

Shaolin monks worshiped ancestors during the year’ s Qingming Festival. Shaolin monks went to the Pagoda Forest to sweep pagodas and worshp ancestors to remember Buddhas and Bodhisattvas of the ten directions and founders of generations on Mar. 27, 2021.

Visiting Shuiyu Temple in Dengfeng to Investigate and Guide the Work

A group led by master Shi Yongxin, vice president of the Buddhist Association of China, president of the Buddhist Association of Henan Province and abbot of Shaolin Temple, visited an affiliated temple-- Shuiyu Temple in Dengfeng to investigate and guide the work, receiving a warm welcome from master Yankai, manager of the temple, as well as Buddhists and lay Buddhists.

Visiting Wangu Temple

A group led by master Shi Yongxin visited Wangu Temple to investigate and guide the work, receiving a warm welcome from master Yanzuo and monks from Wangu Temple on the afternoon of Oct. 4, 2020.

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Works

THE SHAOLIN TEMPLE STORY

THE SHAOLIN TEMPLE STORY is the first English book to provide an in-depth look at the temple's history and present culture, from its founding in the 6th century CE to the present day. Abbot Shi Yongxin who has lived and worked there for forty years provides an intimate look at the temple’s unique practices and beliefs, including martial arts, Chán Buddhism, and its traditional health and healing practices. In addition to archival pictures and documents, new photos of the Shaolin Temple were shot exclusively for this book.

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Encyclopedia of Chinese Budd...

The Encyclopedia of Chinese Buddhist Medicine is a multi-volume series of ancient literature edited together by Shi Yongxin, and professor Li Liangsong from Beijing University of Chinese Medicine. The book consists of four sections including the medical theory of sutra, medicine in sutra, monks’ medical works and lay Buddhists’ medical works, which is known as “the most comprehensive literature collection of Buddhist medicine and health preservation throughout history”.

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Encyclopedia of Shaolin Temp...

Encyclopedia of Shaolin Temple follows general rules of compiling an encyclopedia in the modern era, based on the characteristics of Shaolin Temple and Shaolin culture, striving to be comprehensive and scientific in terms of selected and classified entries, knowledge structure system, ways of compilation and others. The book takes Shaolin Temple as the core and knowledge system of Shaolin culture as its basic content, and also contains the basics of Buddhism.

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My Heart My Buddha

The book was edited by master ShiYongxin, abbot of Shaolin Temple and published by Hualing Press in 2008. Master Shi Yongxin tells us in the book truth that Buddha realized and contents that Buddha preached dharma over forty nine years whose core is five words: do not be imaging things (Chinese: 别胡思乱想).

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NPC Proposals

Recommendations concerning making relevant policies and encouraging a pluralistic way of old-age care2021-10-21

The aging population in our country hit 0.25 billion people in 2014. The country makes relevant policies and governments at all levels, communities and social organizations do a lot of work about how the old people spend their later years happily and peaceful.
Some advice to restart the preparations for the “International Shaolin Federation”2021-10-21

Instructed and supported by a number of leaders of the central and provincial committee, the implement of the strategy of Shaolin culture outgoing yields impressive results.
Recommendations concerning revitalizing martial arts and implementing “Three entering” “Six entering” and “Entering the Olympic Games”2021-10-21

General secretary Xi Jinping noted: “Without the prosperity of Chinese culture there is no the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.”
Recommendations concerning the propagation of traditional sports and improving health2021-10-21

In recent years，all regions and related departments earnestly implement decisions and arrangements of the CPC central committee and the State Council, strengthen health education, focus on promoting environment renovation, take serious measures in hygiene and food safety, launch an extensive exercise campaign for the general public, promote lifestyle modification and other efforts, which plays an active role in improving public health.
Recommendations concerning protecting the material carrier of traditional culture2021-10-20

Tradition is the foundation and culture the vein of the nation. General secretary Xi Jinping noted in the book of the Great Rejuvenation of the Chinese Nation Should Carry Forward Excellent Traditional Culture: “The strength of a country and a nation is always propped by the prosperity of culture.”
Some advice to boost cultural confidence and non-governmental organizations playing an active role in the strategy of Chinese culture outgoing2021-10-20

President Xi noted: “ The great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is subject to the prosperity of Chinese culture.” Culture as soft power gradually becomes an improtant aspect of the core competence of all countries and a symbol of comprehensive national strength.
Some suggestions on the strategy of rural revitalization2021-10-20

Rural revitalization benefits the people, future generations and the nation. The current discussion on rural revitalization is particularly significant, giving people an opportunity to reconsider the present mainstream lifestyle and return to our traditional Chinese cultural.

Dharma Talks

What is Regarding the Theory of Dependent Origination Mentioned above, Is There Any Sutta or Treatises Available for Further Study?2022-12-05

There are many suttas and abbidhamma texts which discuss the Theory of Dependent Origination. For example, the fore-mentioned Eleven Meanings of Paticcasamuppada were quoted from Fenbie Yuanqi Chusheng Famen Jing, which is worth reading. Also, relevant parts of Abhidharmakosa-sastra (Abhidharma Storehouse Treatises), which is translated into Chinese by Xuanzang, and the Mahaprajnaparamita-sastra (Treatises on the Great Perfection of Wisdom) translated into Chinese by Kumarajiva, are also instructive. (From Essentials of Buddhism: Questions and Answers)
What Is Meant by “Cause and Effect-Continuously Connected without Interruption”?2022-12-05

All Dhammas are produced by Hetu-paccaya. Though impermanent, constantly arising and ceasing, they are continuously connected without interruption, just like flowing water. The preceding one, passing away, is followed by the succeeding one, causes producing effects in continuous series without interruption. This is looking at dhammas in a vertical sense in time. Horizontally, there are infinite differences among the varied types of causes and effects. Despite the complicated relationships between various types of causalities, they are bound by orderly rules without the least confusion. Each category of causes produces effects of the same type. For instance, a good cause leads to a good effect. Causes give rise to concordant effects, and effects correspond to causes. One type of cause can’t give rise to another type of effect. For instance, if one sows melon seeds, one reaps the fruit of melons, and not beans. Buddhism believes that the law of causality is determined and unalterable even by the Buddhas of the successive epochs (past, present and future). This is the simple explanation of “causes and effects continuously connected without interruption”, “various causes and effects falling into different categories”, “cause and effect transferring in harmony and in compliance with each other” and “cause and effect functioning in order without confusion”. Again, Buddhism also opposes the view that after its cessation, a phenomenon can’t arise again, and terms this “the Annihilation-view”. As to Buddhist analyses of cause, condition and effect, there are theories such as Six Causes, Four Conditions and Five Effects, which I shall not discuss I detail here. (From Essentials of Buddhism: Questions and Answers)
What is Pali?2022-11-24

Pali is a language used in ancient India. To be more specific, it was a popular dialect in Magadha at the time of the Buddha. The Buddha was said to have preached his summons in this language, so his disciples used this language to memorize and recite his teachings. Although it is no longer a living language now, Pali has been preserved through the Buddhist scriptures. The word “Pali” means “classics”. The ancient Indians were in the habit of reciting and passing on canonical texts orally instead of in writing. According to The History of the Island of Ceylon, Buddhists texts began to be written down during the 1st century BC in Ceylon. By the 5th century AD, Ven. Buddhaghosa, Tipitakacariya from Magadha, came to Ceylon and made a copy of the whole Pali Tipitaka in the Sinhalese script. (According to another account, when Buddhaghosa was in Ceylon, he translated a great many Sinhalese commentaries of Tipitaka to Pali.) As the original Pali alphabet is no longer in existence, the current Pali Tipitaka of Myanmar, Cambodia and Thailand are all recorded in the indigenous alphabets. Recently India too has been engaged in recording and publishing the Pali Tipitaka in the Hindi alphabet. (From Essentials of Buddhism: Questions and Answers)
Were the Buddhist texts written by Sakyamuni himself?2022-11-24

No, they were recited and recorded by his disciples after the Buddha’s death. In the year of the Buddha’s Parinibbana, his five hundred disciples headed by Ven. Mahakassapa held an assembly at Saptaparna Cave near Rajagaha to compile and edit the Buddha’s teachings for posterity. At the assembly Ven. Ananda recited the Suttas preached by the Buddha, Ven. Upali recited the Vinaya established by the Buddha, and Ven. Mahakassapa recited, and latter supplemented, the Abhidamma which is an exposition and study of the Buddhist creeds. The Sutta, Vinaya and Abhidamma comprise Tipitaka. The word Pitaka originally meant basket for containing things. The compilation of Sutta, Vinaya and Abhidamma into Tipitaka is something like the designation of Jing (classics), Shi (history), Zi (academic schools) and Ji (miscellany) as the “Four Treatures” in China. This Buddhist school council was termed the First Samgiti. Samgiti is generally rendered as “Jieji” in Chinese, while its original meaning in Sanskrit or Pali is “sangha meeting”. The ancient Chinese translators used the word “Jieji” to mean “recital”, which implies both the collection of Dhamma, and the assembly of people. The Tipitaka was not written down at that time, so it was passed on by oral recital. (From Essentials of Buddhism: Questions and Answers)
Why is the Buddha Called “Fo” in Chinese? What does It Mean?2022-11-18

“Fo” is the abbreviation for “Fotuo” which was used to translate the word “Buddha”. “The characters used for “Fotuo” were pronounced “Buda” at the time of translation). Buddha means “an enlightened one” or “an awakened one”. The term “Buddha” existed in India from the earliest times, but Buddhism has attributed three additional connotations to the term. They are as follows: ⑴ enlightenment (Sambodhi, which means thoroughly realizing the properties and appearance of all dhammas as they are); ⑵ perfect enlightenment (Samma-sambodhi, which means not only enlightening oneself but also equally and universally enlightening others); ⑶ supreme or paramount enlightenment (Anuttara samma-sambodhi, which means one’s wisdom and achievement have reached the highest and the most perfect sphere in enlightening oneself or others). (From Essentials of Buddhism: Questions and Answers)
What is “Dharma”?2022-11-18

“Dharma” in Sanskrit means “retaining one’s own nature, so that it can be recognized”. That is to say, everything has its own attributes and appearance and maintains its own properties, by which people can perceive it as what it is. For instance, water maintains its property of wetness and acts according to its fixed track, so people recognize it as water when they see it. Conversely, when something is devoid of wetness and obey different rules from water, there then can be no conception of water. Therefore, Buddhism views everything as “dhamma”. The terms “all dhammas”, “each dhamma” appearing in Buddhist canons indicate “all things” or “universal existence”. According to this interpretation, the discourses delivered by the Buddha based on his own empirical comprehension of dhammas are also “Dhamma” since they hold true to the principle of “retaining its own nature, so that it can be recognized.” (From Essentials of Buddhism: Questions and Answers)
Could you now please explain the meaning of “Nibbana is serene”?2022-11-11

“Nibbana is serene” is the opposite to “All asavas are suffering”. The term Nibbana means no flux or no-defilement. Which is the elimination of the cause and effect of suffering, and the cessation of the Twelve Links of Dependent Origination. The Basis of Twelve Links is the principle of “When this exists, that exists.

Coverage

Chan Sayings

Photos

Works

THE SHAOLIN TEMPLE STORY

Encyclopedia of Chinese Budd...

Encyclopedia of Shaolin Temp...

My Heart My Buddha

NPC Proposals

Recommendations concerning making relevant policies and encouraging a pluralistic way of old-age care2021-10-21

The aging population in our country hit 0.25 billion people in 2014. The country makes relevant policies and governments at all levels, communities and social organizations do a lot of work about how the old people spend their later years happily and peaceful.

Some advice to restart the preparations for the “International Shaolin Federation”2021-10-21

Instructed and supported by a number of leaders of the central and provincial committee, the implement of the strategy of Shaolin culture outgoing yields impressive results.

Recommendations concerning revitalizing martial arts and implementing “Three entering” “Six entering” and “Entering the Olympic Games”2021-10-21

General secretary Xi Jinping noted: “Without the prosperity of Chinese culture there is no the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.”

Recommendations concerning the propagation of traditional sports and improving health2021-10-21

Recommendations concerning protecting the material carrier of traditional culture2021-10-20

Some advice to boost cultural confidence and non-governmental organizations playing an active role in the strategy of Chinese culture outgoing2021-10-20

President Xi noted: “ The great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is subject to the prosperity of Chinese culture.” Culture as soft power gradually becomes an improtant aspect of the core competence of all countries and a symbol of comprehensive national strength.

Some suggestions on the strategy of rural revitalization2021-10-20

Rural revitalization benefits the people, future generations and the nation. The current discussion on rural revitalization is particularly significant, giving people an opportunity to reconsider the present mainstream lifestyle and return to our traditional Chinese cultural.

Dharma Talks

What is Regarding the Theory of Dependent Origination Mentioned above, Is There Any Sutta or Treatises Available for Further Study?2022-12-05

What Is Meant by “Cause and Effect-Continuously Connected without Interruption”?2022-12-05

What is Pali?2022-11-24

Were the Buddhist texts written by Sakyamuni himself?2022-11-24

Why is the Buddha Called “Fo” in Chinese? What does It Mean?2022-11-18

What is “Dharma”?2022-11-18

Could you now please explain the meaning of “Nibbana is serene”?2022-11-11