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Buddhistdoor View: The Fall of Shaolin’s CEO-Monk and the Dharma-ending Age’s Temptations of Sex and Greed

Buddhistdoor Global 2 August 2025

Despite the politics, Shi Yongxin’s “CEO-monk” persona was always going to collapse under the weight of its own contradictions

Nichiren using the power of his prayer beads to foil an attack by Tojo no Sayemon Komatsubara in 1264. Woodblock print, 1835, by Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Buddhism and the Martial Arts: A Conversation with Scott Park Phillips

Joseph Houseal 17 April 2021

An exploration of the long relationship between Buddhism and the martial arts

Shaolin monks engage in threshing. From chinadaily.com.cn

Shaolin Monks and Foreign Disciples Harvest Wheat as Part of Chan Training at Shaolin Temple

Anne Wisman 26 June 2018

The farming tradition has a long history at many…

Buddhism in Contemporary China Through a Photographer’s Eye

Guoying Stacy Zhang 23 December 2016

According to the Washington, DC-based Pew Research Center, 18.2 per cent of China’s population—that is 224 million people—are Buddhists, accounting for about half of the

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Buddhistdoor View: The Fall of Shaolin’s CEO-Monk and the Dharma-ending Age’s Temptations of Sex and Greed

Buddhism and the Martial Arts: A Conversation with Scott Park Phillips

Shaolin Monks and Foreign Disciples Harvest Wheat as Part of Chan Training at Shaolin Temple

Buddhism in Contemporary China Through a Photographer’s Eye