Zhan Zhuang

Oh dear, not another one !!

Agreed

Could you elaborate further ?

Deepening my practice of The Four Noble Truths, THE core teaching of the Buddha. Devoting more time to meditation and contemplation/reflection and less time on martial arts. More cardio and bodyweight exercises.

Beautiful. A lesson for everyone.

Hi Don't run any orbit whilst standing, aim for relaxation first using the wuji posture. Start with say 5 minutes, add a minute every week up to 20 minutes. This way you won't notice the increase much. After a few months you can start working with more postures. Don't rush it. You are changing the habits of a lifetime, it takes time. If you're training this alone, get someone to check your posture every now and again. There's some good resources online. Lam Kam Chuen's books are about the best around on this subject also. Have fun zz

No, don't ban him. I can practice my one lined sarcasm on him when he makes ridiculous claims.

Sorry James, but if you read through all of Li Jiong's posts, they all form a familiar pattern. His 'secret system' , asking for money, and then those who question his methods are told that they are unable to be saved etc etc. There are many fraudsters making ridiculous claims, and there are a few who use these forums. It's about time that they are exposed for what they are. I'm sorry if this offends anyone but we need to know that if we are spending time and money, we need to know what we are getting for it.

Maybe the 'karma police' have him

You sound like a Jehovas Witness and not a compassionate being at all. Who are you to judge who can and cannot 'be saved'? To be saved from what exactly ? And by who/what ? You really need to do some of your own self questioning. You seem very bitter to those who do not buy your 'courses' or who criticize your methods. This is not The Way, not at all. Try selling your 'secret methods' elsewhere.

So, does the price of your course buy a ticket to your 'Noah's Ark' when the floods come ?

Horseshit !

Keep off the LSD man

WE are not the greedy one's. You keep asking for payments. All of my knowledge and experience I pass on freely to sincere seekers because I know of the benefits it will have. I ask for NOTHING in return. Hopefully you may see the error of your ways and find the right path.

Enough said

From what I've heard from people who've studied Buddhism in Thailand, those sort of practices are a part of ancient thai culture before Buddhism arrived from India. More like tribal/shamanistic such as the use of amulets for protection etc. I wouldn't say they are a part of Buddhism, although the thai lay practictioners often fuse these ancient beliefs with Buddhism. I am a scholar of the thai forest tradition and this is definitely not part of my practice nor any of the monks or lay people who I know. zz

1. Not what I believe, but what I know from looking into the nature of mind. 2. Theravada Buddhism is more anti guru. No external means are needed, only insight (vipassana). However there are forms of devotional Buddhism such as pure land, chan , tibetan zz

Spot on ! Great post 'Be ye lamps unto yourselves' Buddha zz

Not true. As a Buddhist I surrender to no one but myself. No guru or master is needed or wanted for that matter. zz

Rubbish ! Where do you get this information from ? Why don't you try advertising your multi-level-marketing rip off new age tree hugging on one of the late night shopping channels

Stick a guard dog in there. Something like a rottweiller or an akita.

Sorry, I thought the title of this thread was about problems in the 'plumbing department'

Yet another 'this is the highest/oldest teaching' horseshit. When will it end ? PS His xingyi is good though.