SF Season : SHAOLIN

Performance Information
Artistic Vision
Melody of China Musician Bios
A Brief History of Shaolin
Kung Fu and Ballet
Shaolin Martial Arts
Shaolin Philosophy and
Chan Buddhism
Seven Shaolin Temple Stories
The Temple in Modern Times
Early Buddhist Art in China
Sources
Shaolin Interview
Kung Fu Classes
Rehearsal Video

Sources

Apocyphal Scriptures. Ed. and trans. by JC Cleary et al.
Berkeley: Numata Center for Buddhist Translation and
Research, 2005.

Berkowitz, Alan J. Patterns of Disengagement: the Practice
and Portrayal of Reclusion in Early Medieval China. Stanford:
Stanford University Press, 2000.

Ch’en, Kenneth. Buddhism in China. Princeton: Princeton
University Press, 1972.

Chow, David, and Richard Spangler. Kung fu: History, Philosophy, and Technique. Hollywood: Unique Publications Co., 1980.

Epstein, Ron. “Chan and Zen Buddhism.” San Francisco State University Philosophy Department Resource List. http://online.sfsu.edu/~rone/Buddhism/zen.html.

Hallsall, Paul. “Religious Traditions” and “Imperial China.” Internet East Asian History Sourcebook. http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/eastasia/eastasiasbook.html, 2001.

Hinako, Ishimatsu. Buddhist Images in the Northern Wei period. Kunitachi-Si: Buryukke, 2005.

Karetzky, Patricia Eichenbaum. Chinese Buddhist Art. Hong Kong: Oxford University Press, 2002.

“Kung Fu Styles.” Shaolin Gung Fu Institute. http://www.shaolin.com, 1997.

Laughing at the Tao: Debates among Buddhists and Taoists in Medieval China. Trans. by Livia Kohn. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1995.

Mamoru, Tonami. The Shaolin Monastery Stele on Mount Song. Trans. by PA Herbert. Ed. by Antonino Forte. Kyoto: Istituto Italiano di cultura, Scuola di studi sull’Asia orientale, 1990.

Nagaboshi, Shifu Tomio, et al. The Bodhisattva Warriors: The Origin, Inner Philosophy, History and Symbolism of the Buddhist Martial Art Within India and China. Boston: Red Wheel/Weiser, 1994.

Rhie, Marylin. Early Buddhist Art of China and Central Asia, Vol I. Leiden: Brill Publishers, 1999.