Talk:Shaolin
From Academic Kids
Can't understand a line in the present article:
- his contributions to the martial arts have lately been in dispute; some say that elements of the spiritual content of the martial arts credited to him contain teachings reminiscent of the esoteric (Mi Tsung) and Yogacara (Wei Shih) Buddhist traditions.
What's the dispute? Mandel - May 14, 2004
Unattributed story
For the following story to be encyclopaedic we are going to need to know who originally told it, who tells it today, and why it is relevant to the Shaolin temple. If these requirements are meant, then it really should go on the Shaolin Quan martial art article, not this one, which is about the Buddhist temple.
"It is said that at one point in history, a teacher had a student that only wanted to learn the martial arts. So, the teacher told him to fill a huge copper basin with water every day and splash the water out with his hands. He did this for a full year, every day, from dawn to dusk. At the end of the year, the monk went back to see his family and friends. All through the day they asked him what he'd learned, and finally he was fed up,and he slammed his hands down on the table (in a splashing motion) and said, "I HAVE LEARNED NOTHING!" seconds later, the 4+ inch thick wooden table split apart... This is the perfect example of the Shaolin principle that the martial arts can be simple, yet extremely destructive."
I removed it from the article but put it here so that it will be easier to rewrite and then cut and paste into its appropriate spot. Fire Star 08:08, 25 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Possible Vandlism
Wu-Tang Clan is in the "See Also" section. I don't really have the time to check every old version to see any context in which that was added, but this seems more like subtle vandlism to me than any relevant side reference. I don't think a group of rappers taking a pseudo-Chinese name and referring to their hometown as "Shaolin" merits being on this page. The Red Hot Chili Peppers have a song that mentions Shaolin a few times, but they aren't on here, nor should they be. In the unlikely event that there was an actual Shaolin group with the same name as the rappers, a disambiguation page should be set up.
I would delete it myself but figured I would wait a few days to see if anyone had any objections to me doing so. --BDD 03:15, 5 Apr 2005 (UTC)
