false 3008020 1 "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. 3038551 1 2008 The Shaolin Monastery: History, Religion and the Chinese Martial Arts total:3|5:2|3:1| 3 13 10 1 5 0 false false Sat Jul 05 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 24 10:40:22 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 05 17:39:46 -0700 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Jul 09 09:33:34 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 09 09:33:34 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Jun 09 10:09:02 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 10:09:07 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Tue Jun 09 08:52:32 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 29 13:14:37 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 08:52:32 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Nov 19 04:21:34 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 19 04:21:37 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Tue Nov 11 22:51:07 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 11 22:51:26 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Tue Sep 16 20:26:27 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 16 20:26:29 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Thu May 15 11:04:09 -0700 2008 Thu May 15 11:04:09 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Mon May 05 15:01:38 -0700 2008 Mon May 05 15:01:44 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Thu Mar 13 09:27:42 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 13 09:27:42 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=3008020