The Shaolin Monastery
History, Religion, and the Chinese Martial Arts
Seiten
2008
University of Hawai'i Press (Verlag)
978-0-8248-3110-3 (ISBN)
University of Hawai'i Press (Verlag)
978-0-8248-3110-3 (ISBN)
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Charts the history of the Shaolin Temple and the evolution of its world-renowned martial arts. This study considers the economic, political, and religious factors that led Shaolin monks to disregard the Buddhist prohibition against violence and instead create fighting techniques that by the twenty-first century have spread throughout the world.
"The Shaolin Monastery" charts, for the first time in any language, the history of the Shaolin Temple and the evolution of its world-renowned martial arts. In this meticulously researched and eminently readable study, Meir Shahar considers the economic, political, and religious factors that led Shaolin monks to disregard the Buddhist prohibition against violence and instead create fighting techniques that by the twenty-first century have spread throughout the world. He reveals the intimate connection between monastic violence and the veneration of the violent divinities of Buddhism and analyzes the Shaolin association of martial discipline and the search for spiritual enlightenment.
"The Shaolin Monastery" charts, for the first time in any language, the history of the Shaolin Temple and the evolution of its world-renowned martial arts. In this meticulously researched and eminently readable study, Meir Shahar considers the economic, political, and religious factors that led Shaolin monks to disregard the Buddhist prohibition against violence and instead create fighting techniques that by the twenty-first century have spread throughout the world. He reveals the intimate connection between monastic violence and the veneration of the violent divinities of Buddhism and analyzes the Shaolin association of martial discipline and the search for spiritual enlightenment.
Meir Shahar is associate professor in the Department of East Asian Studies, Tel Aviv University.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 15.3.2008 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 38 illustrations, 4 maps |
| Verlagsort | Honolulu, HI |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Kampfsport / Selbstverteidigung |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Buddhismus | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-8248-3110-1 / 0824831101 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-8248-3110-3 / 9780824831103 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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