The Shaolin Buddhist monastery dates back 1500 years ago and originated with the monk Bodhi Dharma, the founder of the martial art that evolved to become the world renowned Shaolin Kungfu. Through austerity, discipline and meditation, these monks learn to tap into a hidden Chi force, which allows them to perform superhuman feats. Below is a set of photographs that illustrate some of their fascinating training.
They are of course humans. But they have acquired some superhuman capabilities, that is all.
What a waste of life. Training to be acrobats and circus men fit for entertainment of children. These men are just curios if they are not capable of any thing else. Are these men examples to follow? Enlighten us whether these men are useful to the society in any way.
It is exclusively amazing. there is no limit for Human Achievement.. We have instances in Puranas and Vedas. But aconquest of this order is an example to show that anytime the tops can be touched. Yoga is the masure and means. salutations such accomplishers.
one of my past incarnations. Its the spiritual poise that is most important
Thank you. Amazing pictures. I wonder what is their Spiritual attainment. Does the tradition include unconditional service?
They are the real Mahavir. Devotion, dedication and the sacrifice that demands a lot to accomplish this capability. I can tell you they are more capable then what is shown in the above pictures and that they will never disclose.. .
This is not JUST what these honorable Monks do. When they are doing what they do best they are in Yoga Sadhana and while overcoming physical feats their mind is in deep concentration. It is people like these that are silently helping in keeping the Gods happy with their devotion. This helps keep the equilibrium for those of us that do not do what we are here to do. So to conclude, they are not wasting their time or energy.
Mahavir, it depends on how you look at life and value of attainment! But please impose your great ignorance on them! Stay away from making such a stupid, uneducated comments in public. Have you considered whether your own life is useful to anyone? Perhaps ask your family if they have any respect on you 🙂
Who are they? Are they Tibetan or Chinese? They are amazing. It needs so much one pointed concentration of mind. My mind was boggling but with lot of humbleness, “Wow”. Thank you.
Of course they are human. What’s in those pictures is not the *result* of spiritual progress, it is the result of intense physical training – except for the anti-gravity one, which is photoshopped. One should not be mistaken for the other, nor assigned causality. One does not cause the other; they can be parallel, overlap, or run in opposition to each other. Spiritual accomplishment or lack of it is in no way visible in photographs. … If they were not ‘human’, they would not be wearing athletic shoes.
yes Mahavir, you may not yet grasp the immense capacities from these hard trained monks to overcome human limits , out of your blind self routine of consuming only petty objects and low ideals of a material society, but please accept the fact that any society with a developed, real civilized ideal , with concerned, high standard and real caring values, need such great leaders , and models with spirited background , in order to point everyone’s heart to the top One Spirit who hold all together in harmony, ..Your questioning in ”what is the use” is already a good start , so continue now with your own questioning ,what is the use of you being given a body, a mind , a heart , for which model accomplishment are you born?
The moslems are invading the world fast with increased momentum. UK has already fallen so are other European nations USA is not far behind. The countries that swore by christianity and sent crusades after crusades, shed christian blood to save the faith, today are surrendering to the satan. Jesus the Christ is being forsaken by its own children.
If the monks could evade the satan with their superhuman ability, then their hard work, their faith, their sacrifice, their dedication all would stand justified. After all the the Shaolin Kung fu was developed to protect their faith and the followers.
Nothing is impossible if its done at the appropriate time
Balu
Th same feeling you have about these monks I HAVE FOR YOU…
only the monks should tell the world the purpose behind the training which is not possible to ordinary people.
Bass-Tone The Attitude Adjuster: Disciplined, intense & humbling. As an instructor of Kung Fu, anything is possible in this multiverse TimeSpace. Thanks for your photos
I want to say the opposite. When you respect yourself (god mind and body) then you are a real human.
like everything needs to be useful to society..what it shows is that single point of dedication towards mastering a art.
What is useful to society? Nothing is useful to society yet everything is useful to society. It is up to society and not for the individual. For example, is a painting useful to society?
Having been trained many years ago by one of the top Shaolin master’s that came over to the USA, I can tell you that these things are real. Even as the least able of the small student body, I was soon able to do some of these things. I assure you I am 100% human! It takes discipline and practice, however I realized that it was not helping my spiritual sadhana, and left Shaolin to spend time in meditation and seva.