What is the spirituality of Chinese Kungfu and Japanese Samurais?
What is the spirituality of Chinese Kung fu and Japanese Samurais?
When i watch Japanese films, they don’t give a clear idea about their spirituality. Chinese film shows buddhist deities in their films , here and there. But then Who are Taoist ?
Just Google Taoism and Buddhism for Chinese religion and google Shintoism and Zen Buddhism for Japanese religion.
As far as I know, and anyone can correct me if I’m wrong, Taoism is the religion that founded the Yin Yang Philosophy of Tai Chi and is centered in the Wudang/Wu Tang Mountain Temple. While Buddhism is centered in the Shaolin Temple.
Shintoism is the ancient Japanese religious practice of venerating their ancestors and is as old as Japan itself, while Zen Buddhism is an offshoot of Chinese Chan Buddhism and was the religion practiced by most of the Samurai during the medieval era.
Ok so you have the resources to ask this question, but not do a simple google search?
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Kungfu is a kind of Chinese sports or martial art, and samurai is an occupation, old Japanese soldier.
Many years ago, Japanese believe that the truth can not be explained by words. because it is very complicated, a human can get the truth from only the ascetic practices or one’s experience.
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Just Google Taoism and Buddhism for Chinese religion and google Shintoism and Zen Buddhism for Japanese religion.
As far as I know, and anyone can correct me if I’m wrong, Taoism is the religion that founded the Yin Yang Philosophy of Tai Chi and is centered in the Wudang/Wu Tang Mountain Temple. While Buddhism is centered in the Shaolin Temple.
Shintoism is the ancient Japanese religious practice of venerating their ancestors and is as old as Japan itself, while Zen Buddhism is an offshoot of Chinese Chan Buddhism and was the religion practiced by most of the Samurai during the medieval era.
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Taoism, Confucianism and Buddhism = China
Shintoism and Buddhism = Japan
Kung Fu/Gung Fu = Buddhist
Samurai = Shinto/Buddhist
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There are many religions in Asia. Kung Fu is a generic term that describes all Chinese MAs. The two main schools of religion in China are Buddist and Taoist but that doesnt meant there arent Muslims in China or ither religions. Many martial artists were hired as security for trade caravans that traveled the Silk Road. Tea and spices were traded as far as Turkey.
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