Abbot Shi Yongxin, local name Liu Yingcheng, was born in 1965, his hometown in Yingshang, Anhui province. He got to Shaolin Temple in 1981 and respected Abbot Xingzheng, the twenty-ninth abbot of Shaolin Temple, as his master. Abbot Xingzheng passed away in 1987 and then Shi Yongxin took over the position of director of Shaolin Temple Management Committee, comprehensively presiding over the Shaolin Temple’ s affairs. Shi Yongxin got the honor to become the abbot of Shaolin Temple in 1999. Abbot Shi Yongxin has been selected as president of the Buddhist Association of Henan Province ever since selected in July of 1998. Abbot Shi Yongxin has been selected as the president of the Buddhist Association of China ever since September of 2002. Abbot Shi Yongxin has been respectively selected as the deputy to the ninth, tenth, eleventh and twelfth National People’s Congress ever since March of 1998.【More】
pursuing one’s self-cultivation in the milieu of everyday life in the mundane world
The Quintessence of Buddhism Is Its Religious Practice
Our Purpose in Publicizing the Text of Shaolin Medicinal Canon
Shaolin culture belongs not only to China
The Influence and the Realm of Martial Arts
Self-Discipline
Shaolin is not only Kungfu. It is a culture. Mr. Zhao Puchu said: “Buddhism is a culture.” Shaolin is part of traditional Chinese culture, including Chan, martial arts, medicine and others. Then Shaolin Kungfu is the most important part of Shaolin culture. Shaolin culture has been inherited over thousands of years with a profound historical background. Shaolin Kungfu has also been inherited generation by generation, continuing developing and shaping the Chinese treasure, which is esteemed by people around the world. (From Words of Chan by Shi Yongxin)
Moral Cultivation of Buddhism for Human
Buddhism, out of World and in the World
All Rivers Run into Sea
Preserving a Great Spirit
The aging population in our country hit 0.25 billion people in 2014. The country makes relevant policies and governments at all levels, communities and social organizations do a lot of work about how the old people spend their later years happily and peaceful.
Some advice to restart the preparations for the “International Shaolin Federation”
Recommendations concerning revitalizing martial arts and implementing “Three entering” “Six entering” and “Entering the Olympic Games”
Recommendations concerning the propagation of traditional sports and improving health
Recommendations concerning protecting the material carrier of traditional culture
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