Is it possible to go to Shaolin to study kung fu, learn the language and learn the philosophy of Tao?

Answer Larisa Barysheva
Yes. You can study at the Academy of Shaolin Monastery. The price includes training wushu, accommodation, three meals a day. The total amount per month per person is 880 USD plus a one-time non-refundable payment of $ 100 for filing an application. The school does not speak Russian! Shaolin is a Buddhist monastery not related to Taoism
Answering information department of "Tourism Subtlety"
Everyone can get to Shaolin Monastery as a tourist, from 8 to 17 hours, by simply buying a ticket for 100 CNY . There are even martial arts schools for foreigners. Many of them expose rather high prices for training.

However, this can not bring it to the true knowledge of Shaolin philosophy, because the place is not so important as a mentor or teacher is important. Here it is found anywhere, and in Shaolin, too, is not so easy. Invitations to the Shaolin Monastery are not sent out, but a truly thirsty person can try to find his teacher and, having proved his true aspirations, try to enter this world. By the way, the tourist Shaolin has very little in common with the traditional Shaolin, and therefore it is possible to find teachers in a completely different place.

Even if you train near Shaolin monks, you can not become "your own" for a long time, it's not a matter of months, rather several years. It is not enough to know the language and do kung fu, you need to understand the internal rules and obligations that are imposed on the person going inside the Tradition. And the question of money here does not matter at all: there is no money and commerce in the closed world of Shaolin, a person pays only by his own efforts, aspirations, true zeal to grasp his essence - or leaves.

September 16, 2014

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