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Originally Posted by jules
I remember a bunch of so called "Shaolin" monks being sent ot korea by the Chinese governmetn because they didn't know certain prayer rituals and meditations... How can today's shaolin even be called shaolin? The monks don't even know how to meditate...
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I think that you will find that they went to study the Koreans way of meditation as part of there education. Bhudda said to his followers you should respect all religions. Therefore I believe alot of Monks may actually study other countries rituals and beliefs. This actually could be considered as a way of enlightenment and also shows how open minded the Shaolin Monks can be.
This is something you should remember; if a French man teaches an English man to speak his language in America then does this change the way the French man teaches or the English man learns? This is relative to the Shaolin Monks in Korea, the Monks are caplable of learning and improving their understanding of their discipline anywhere, incuding Korea.