176-The Shaolin Temple London Part 3 - Buddhism in daily life

The Shaolin Temple London Part 3


Have you already read the first part of my series about the
"Shaolin Temple London"?


First, Yan Zi then showed me new exercises specially composed for
my weak points (back). After being almost sixty years old, my
training is more rehab than Kung Fu.


In the afternoon, I took my time recording my English podcast,
(the "London edition" so to speak), looking at the many students
who came to train, talking to people, and of course waiting for
dinner. There is a big kitchen in the temple, my master is a
fantastic cook. When it became quiet in the temple we sat down
and ate in silence, as we have done so often together, the
Shaolin master and the man from Stuttgart, a unit, for almost
forty years.


After dinner my eyes fell shut, a journey is just exhausting, I
slept immediately and deeply.


The next morning, the instructions already echoed across the
courtyard to which my room was attached, the first class had Kung
Fu in the courtyard. I heard my master, a reassuring feeling.
First a coffee, then into the shower to get fit for the yoga. 40
minutes went by quickly, then my new back exercises, no pain no
gain, such is life.


Students came and went, the courtyard was alive, young and older
students took turns. I went to my room to record the German
podcast, after all episode 67, a certain perseverance is not to
deny me. After that I came to the temple dining hall, here was
already plenty of activity, people gathered for the meditation,
which was led today by a Buddhist nun from China, Fa Shi Renryu
Dhammavihari. After the ceremony I "interviewed" the nun,
recorded our conversation, which I will edit and publish as a
podcast sometime soon. I will present the content of the
meditation in a separate post. Anyway, I hadn't spent several
hours sitting cross-legged in a while, the immersion was hard to
come by.


After the session, the big cooking started in the temple kitchen,
everyone seemed to have brought something, a hectic bustle broke
out, in a short time the house was "flooded" with all kinds of
good smells, I was very much looking forward to the food. The
tables were arranged until it was a long table, perhaps you know
the picture from the commercials when the happy family sits at a
long table.


Holding the sacred life in esteem


- Buddha - honorary name of Siddharta Gautama - 560 to 480 before
the year zero


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