SHAOLIN TEMPLE
SHAOLIN GONG FU
DAMO
CHAN MEDITATION
ZEN
SHAOLIN POEMS
WING CHUN
 

PAINTED BY PRISCILLA SCHIRMANN INSPIRED BY THIS POEM
PX SHAOLIN/ 2000

A STONE IN SHAOLIN
IS REPUTED TO BE HUMAN

IT LOOKS LIKE A PERSON
YET, IT IS CLEARLY A STONE

WHAT KIND OF STONE ?
A MEDITATION STONE

WHAT KIND OF PERSON ?
A MEDITATING BUDDHA

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ONCE A PRINCE MEDITATED WITH THIS STONE FOR NINE YEARS
ATTAINING THE ENLIGHTENMENT OF A BUDDHA

ON BECOMING A BUDA
HE CLEANSED HIS BODY OF THE WORLD’S IMPURITIES,
ALLOWING HIS SPIRIT TO ENTER THE STONE.

THE STONE TOOK ON THE BUDDHA’S FORM
AND SHAOLIN BECAME ONE OF THE PROMINENT MARTIAL STYLES