“Why This Incredible Story of An Ancient 

Buddhist Monk That Lived 1300 Years Ago 

Can Literally ​Save Your Life​:” 

Bodhidharma/Damo- The Patriarch of Zen/Chan Buddhism​ & founder of Shaolin

Kung Fu and the ​Healing Qigong Exercises​ - noted for their ability to reverse
deadliest common chronic illnesses in the west today...
If you suffer from any of these ailments, I have news for you…
● Obesity
● Anxiety
● Type 2 diabetes
● Inability to focus and concentrate
● Inability to take action and get things done
● Low self esteem
● High blood pressure
● Anger
● Fatigue
● Insomnia

Read on Because: 

What I have to share with you today… is going to change 

your life for the better forever… 

Bodhidharma was an indian buddhist monk that travelled from india to china to spread
ZEN/Chan buddhism… and he discovered monks that were suffering from the same kinds of
diseases we find prevalent today..

He taught his 'wall-facing" meditation (like in Soto Zen) to the monks, but he quickly realized
that ​they were not robust enough to endure the rigorous and long sessions of meditation.

They were so weak that they would often fall asleep during Zazen or get sick.
Bodhidharma bolstered their stamina and willpower by teaching them Indian breathing
exercises as well as martial arts. (Baduanjin/18 Arhat hands qigong, and Yijinjing)

If you put these powerful qigong protocols into your life & begin doing Qigong
daily you will find they will rejuvenate and reinvigorate your health, your mind
and your body, reverse most chronic illnesses - without hard work, you will
find you are actually enjoying it and having fun …

There was a difference between the Buddhists who mostly ​saw the body as a 
burden and just focused on developing the mind,​ doing ​loads of sitting 
meditation all day… 
Why This Matters To YOU! 

(THIS IS VERY RELEVANT TO YOU AS YOU WILL SEE BELOW…) 

The taoists believe if you make your mind or spirit very strong, without 
SIMULTANEOUSLY strengthening the body at the same time it can “burn out” your 
body very quickly – 

This is the case when you do a lot of sitting (meditation) it created massive 
problems for the monks…and simply SITTING creates a lot of problems for US 
today… 

this has been proved by science…. 

The 7 Deadly Risks Of Sitting & Sedentary 

Lifestyle 

1. Sitting too long increases your ​risk of developing cancer​: 

(this ​study​ from the Journal of national cancer institute, 
discovered that for every 2 hours of sitting the risk increased 
for colon, endometrial and lung cancer) 
2. Sitting greatly increases ​heart disease​ (this 14 year ​study​ that 
surveyed 53,440 men and 69,776 women ​from the american 
 journal of epidemiology)​ discovered that men and women 
who sit more than 6 hours a day died earlier than people who 
limited sitting to 3 hours a day. – and was correlated to 
cardiovascular disease mortality… 
3. Obesity and Mortality ​a ​study done by mayo clinic 
discovered that moving throughout the day can help you 
maintain your weight even without exercise.They added 1000 
calories to each of the subjects of the test in a lab- where they 
controlled diet and exercise under lab conditions, and 
discovered some people managed to maintain their weight 
and others put on fat! This was quite interesting as it relates 
well with qigong practice… they discovered those subjects 
that had “moved more” without exercising… had managed to 
unintentionally maintain their weight even though they were 
eating more. 
4. Prolonged sitting induces ​type 2 diabetes, ​along with obesity 
(or perhaps because of it) this study confirms that breaks in 
sedentary time rather than total sedentary time – is correlated 
with adiposity (how fat people are) (heres the ​study​ of over 800 
000 participants that discusses this) ​an interesting 
conclusion is that people who sat the most were 50% 
more likely to develop type 2 diabetes​. 
5. Sitting causes you to become inflexible losing your agility, and 
makes you unable to use your body efficiently as it was when 
you were more active and young, this is not so much to do 
with age as people who are older but use their bodies stay 
flexible agile and nimble (look at elderly dancers, yoga 
instructors etc) this goes to show another of the eternal 
qigong principles holds out…(I think it was Ge Hong who said 
“The hinges of a well-used door never rust) 
6. Here are some youtube vids that prove my point about age 
and using your body effectively: 
1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCAU0-0a9nc 
2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRlhfUvq8hQ 
3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o625rylh3bY 
7. Sitting blocks the enzyme responsible for burning fat​:the 
lipoprotien lipase is the enzyme responsible for breaking down 
fat so your body can use it for energy,the enzyme is switched 
off by sitting and this causes you to get fat. 
8. In this ​journal of physiology study​ mice’s lipase 
(LDL)functionality was measured 
1. Lying down – LDL activity very low 
 2. Standing – LDL 10 X more effective than laying 
down 
3. exercising – No additional effect on LDL – now 
this was surprising! 
4. (This correlates with a profoundly beneficial qigong 
practice called Zhang Zhung ) 
5. I will go into it in my new free course Healing 
Qigong Course – you can sign up at the bottom 
of this page) 
9. Sitting or living a sedentary life correlates to a greater 
incidence of ​depression​ ​this american journal of preventative 
medicine study​discovered the “feel good” hormones cant find 
their way to the receptors. 

Why this is Relevant To YOU? 

Obviously in this modern time and society we all sit a lot more than we should 
unless we are labourers or peasants working the rice paddies! 

Do You Do Any Of The Following (for more than 30 minutes at 

a time?) On A Regular Basis? 
■ Sit behind a desk in front of a computer at work 
■ Drive   
■ Watch tv or netflix or movies 
■ Use a computer 
■ Reading 
■ Do homework or research 
■ Travel by car bus train or subway/tube for more than 30 minutes? 

prolonged sitting and sedentary lifestyle can lead to.. 

■ insulin resistance… 
■ Type 2 diabetes 
■ Fatty liver disease 
■ Congestive heart disease 
■ Kidney disease 
■ High blood pressure 
 ■ Insomnia 
■ Sleep apnea 

What Is The Solution : (The First Zen Master Discovered Or 

Created An Epic Solution..) 
  

There was once a great prince of southern India -of the Pavalla kindgom 
called Bodhidharma​. – 

its important to note that as a prince, Damo would have been of the “kshatrya” or 
“Warrior” caste in india and thus educated on how to liberally kick ass – india has 
several indigenous martial arts such as ​Kalaripayattu 
  

it is interesting to note that Kalaripayattu: has a section of exercises called 

MaiPaya​t : which are body conditioning exercises, could these be the influence 
Damo used to help the monks? 

Maipayat exercises (reference ​here​: )

(also spelled Maipayattu) is associated with the emergence of knowledge 
concerning meditative and prescriptive exercises. Originally recorded late in the 
Vedic period, in conjunction with Vedanta, and Yoga, is done working from a 
full-deep yogic breathing, by initiating set movement patterns that nurture 
creativity and feeds the body with breath energy. This energy is taught in 
Maipayat to be of the divine energy. The teachings of Maipayat are within many 
different branches of Tantra, Yoga & Martial Arts. Similar exercises are taught in 
t'ai chi although Maipayat exercises more fluid movements while attempting to 
align the chakras. 
 
Practitioners of Maipayat seek to ritually channel their harvested energy through 
practical training and development of breath and progressively more intensive 
rapid movements. 
 
Proponent practitioners report that the method improves body-mind balance and 
coordination, causes a rejuvenation of spirit, and assists in creative potential. 
Maipayat, the oldest health art of breathing known from Ancient India. It is 
instructed as a self-healing yoga therapy in Ayurveda, and it also appears in 
conjunction with Indian martial arts: 
 
"The foundation of Kalaripayattu, like all other martial arts, is structured 
 movements called Maipayat, which are based on certain foundational stances 
drawn from the stances of animals like the elephant, horse, crocodile, boar, fish, 
peacock, snake and lion. Maipayat practice is associated with a lot of jumping 
and kicking movements that are typical to the practice of the Kalaripayattu." ref 
 
[1] 
 
Subsequent offshoots of Maipayat have been the basis of various 
transplantations of sutras, such as in the late Han dynasty dealing with breath 
control and mystical concentration. Bodhidharma is said to have transported to 
China in the fifth century, Buddhism combined with mind, body & breath training 
in the form of Maipayat. In China it customarily utilized Taoist vocabulary to make 
the Indian techniques intelligible to the Chinese. ​It shares many basic principles 
with Qigong and kungfu. 
 

We will call him Damo after his chinese name… 

Damo had given up his princedom and his worldly life and riches and converted to 
Buddhism and dedicated his whole life to attaining full enlightenment… 

According to the legend he attained full enlightenment and then went to china to an 
emperor WU who was a dedicated Buddhist and had made many requests for 
Buddhist sages from India to come teach the dharma(truth) in his country… 

Now Damo, was not like your average monk, he was a fully enlightened saint and 
one of those people who do not entertain egos lightly… he made no difference 
between a beggar and an emperor (this is called equinamity)… and answered as he 
would any egoistic person… he was one of those Buddhists who CUT the ego to 
the core.. 

When the emperor Wu asked him “how much merit did I accumulate for all the 
buddhist temples and buddhist monks I supported and all the buddhism I spread” 

Damo’s answer was : NONE 

its important to note here that Damo was bringing real buddhism to China, at the 
time the chinese used to only follow the buddhist scriptures and did little actual 
practice towards attaining enlightenment, and Damo is the FIRST PATRIARCH OF 
ZEN – so he was all about DOING PRACTICE and not just theory… 
 

Emperor Wu​: “How much karmic merit have I earned for ordaining Buddhist monks,
building monasteries, having sutras copied, and commissioning Buddha images?”

Bodhidharma:​ “None. Good deeds done with worldly intent bring good karma, but no
merit.”

Emperor Wu:​ “So what is the highest meaning of noble truth?”

Bodhidharma:​ “There is no noble truth, there is only emptiness.”

Emperor Wu​: “Then, who is standing before me?”

Bodhidharma:​ “I know not, Your Majesty.” 

  

This didn’t sit lightly with an egotistical ruler full of self importance and he​ banished 
Damo from his empire,  

Damo went to Shao-Lin temple 

He was disgusted with Shaolin’s weak, sickly and lazy monks. He was a master of 
martial arts and a believer that you need to practice and have a healthy body to 
support a healthy mind (this is a mahayana buddist doctrine) and thus decided to 
do something about it… 

*He had discovered that the buddhist monks in Shao-Lin were very ill and in a poor 
state of health, because of all the ​sitting​ meditation they do… 

So he started teaching them a set of exercises to reinvigorate their bodies and 

spirits as well as ZEN meditation to reach enlightenment. 
(To read a more detailed story of Damo you can check it out ​Here) 

These EXACT exercises are the basis of much of 

the Qigong tradition we have today…and they were 
created to cure the ​precise problems ​we face 
today! (illnesses from sitting and sedentary life) 

It is my firm conviction that the attitude of some of the original buddhist monks in china,
(remember at that time buddhism in china was dominated by studies of sutras, which people
in the west could equate with lots of reading “holy books of buddhism“ and trying to live a
virtuous life.. And their end goal was enlightenment - you would eventually get enlightened
after many lives(reincarnation) led in this way -​ So They placed NO importance on cultivating
a healthy body​) This led to people living a life without an emphasis on physical or spiritual
development, - ie not enough emphasis on personal effort and cultivation like meditation. - ie
their lives were not even involving physical labour, as monks beg, so largely their lives were
probably somewhat sedentary… mirroring our own present health crises from sedentary
lifestyles…
Damo’s version of buddhism involved intense self cultivation and meditation, which meant a
person was PERSONALLY responsible for their own enlightenment in ONE lifetime… and
could only be achieved by RIGOROUS Zen style meditation… this however means that you
have to have the ability to concentrate powerfully, for Hours every day... and to do that you
need to have both discipline, willpower, focus… and a very healthy body - to support this
strongly developing mind…. So he taught the monks the qigong forms that have come down
to us today - to make them stronger, have better focus, healthier bodies and minds… and
these same qigong exercises can help reverse the typical chronic illnesses presented
above...

If you actually put these qigong protocols into your daily practice you will find they 
OVERDELIVER by a WIDE MARGIN… 

You actually attain amazing health and vitality as well as physical stamina and 
strength 

So What Exactly did Damo teach the monks? 

1. The 18 arhat /lohan hands qigong set​ (I will tell you how you can get an 
entire DETAILED course on this wonderful and health promoting qigong 
set in my free Healing Qigong course) 
2. Yi Jin Jing​ (muscle and sinew changing classic) 
3. Xi Sui Jing​ (Marrow washing classic) – these teachings are advanced 
and concern a lot of internal qigong which can lead a student practising 
without a master to guide him… to harm his own health.. so we cannot 
teach this here. 
4. Baduanjin​: later the monks shortened the 18 Lohan hands into an easier 
set called the​ 8 section brocade​ or ba duan jin… which is the ​first thing 
they teach students because it gives most of the benefits of the full 18 
movements…* 
5. Zhan Zhuang ​commonly practiced in Shaolin as well as almost all martial 
arts, - and its benefits are SO profound… It may simply have been a 
standing meditation which is practiced in Zen Buddhism.*see below in 
yellow 
 NOTE: I will be covering all of these in my free course except Xi Sui Jing, as it 
can be a potentially dangerous form of qigong for someone to practice without 
the guidance of a master.  

See the bottom of this document to learn where you 

can get info on how to do these exercises... 

See my proof of Zhan Zhuang practice in the shaolin tradition below: 

“As we continued our visit: Hall of Abbot, Hall of Damo.

On the uppermost level of Shaolin Temple sits the One Thousand
Buddhas Pavilion.

From the outside, it seems a quite ordinary hall of weathered gray

planks and stone, but inside 48 indentations in the stonework of the
floor immediately grab the attention.

Careful examination reveals they are set in pairs and positioned in

straight rows, each depression approximating the size and shape of a
human foot.

In fact, decades of stamping feet of practicing monks eroded the stone

slabs.

A 70 years old master said: “During the past Chinese dynasties monks
used to practice post standing but later this practice was forgotten.

You should take this as an important indication.”

Ref:​http://taichibasics.com/benefits-of-standing-meditation/
 

The Story Of Bodhidharma in More Detail

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Bodhidharma is believed to be born in the Kanchipuram city of India, located near the
famous Madras city during the early 450-500 A.D. He was the 3rd son of the famous king of
Kanchipuram city and grew up in the Warriors cast.

Bodhidharma was not interested in becoming the king of Kanchipuram and was interested in
the teachings of the ​Buddha​. He began to show great wisdom at the young age of 7 years
old.

He started getting trained under his mentor Prajnatara and became a monk. His name was
changed to from Bodhitara to Bodhidharma and started living in his monastery where he
learned the way of the Buddha.

After his father's death, Bodhidharma started spreading the knowledge and beliefs of
Buddhism throughout India under the guidance of his mentor.

Years later, after the passing of his mentor, Bodhidharma left the monastery and went to
China to fulfill the last request of his master: spreading the real teachings of Buddha further
into China.

Bodhidharma left his motherland of India and started his endeavor. Although the actual route
of his journey to China is unknown, most scholars believe that he traveled from Madras to
Guangzhou province of China through the sea, and then by land to Nanjing.
Some scholars also believe that he cross the Pamir Plateau walking, along the Yellow River
to Luoyang. Luoyang was famous as an active center for Buddhism at that time. It is said
that Bodhidharma’s journey to China is said to have taken three years.

Once in China, Bodhidharma started to spread Buddhism but had to face skepticism and
fierce opposition because of his teaching on real Buddhism.

He professed that Buddhist scriptures were only a guide for achieving Enlightenment, and
that enlightenment itself can only be attained by practicing Dhyana (Zazen).

It is important to note that, at the time in China, Buddhist scriptures, and not meditation, were
at the heart of Buddhism.

Bodhidharma's teaching of authentic meditation-based Buddhism got him ostracized and

rejected - he had to live as a beggar for many months.

He then left the Luoyang province and moved on to the Henan province where he traveled to
Shaolin Monastery.

After being refused entry, he lived in a nearby cave, where he practiced Zazen facing a wall
for nine long years, not speaking for the entire time.

The Shaolin monks were so impressed with his dedication to his zazen that he was
eventually granted entry to the Monastery.
He taught his 'wall-facing" meditation (like in Soto Zen) to the monks, but he quickly realized
that they were not robust enough to endure the rigorous and long sessions of meditation.

They were so weak that they would often fall asleep during Zazen or get sick. Bodhidharma
tried to bolster their stamina and willpower by teaching them Indian breathing exercises as
well as martial arts.
Bodhidharma stayed and taught at the temple for many years and died at 100+ years old -
he was poisoned by some disciple as revenge because he had not been chosen as the
successor.

Bodhidharma was an energetic teacher who called all Buddhists, monks or lay people to
make their best effort in this lifetime. He was opposed the idea of earning merits by making
donations. Instead, he affirmed that everyone has Buddha-nature and encouraged each and
everyone to Awaken.

Bodhidharma is the 28th Patriarch of Buddhism in a line of descent from the Buddha via his
disciple Mahākāśyapa, Buddha's successor after his death.

Besides being known as the father of both Zen Buddhism and Shaolin martial arts, he
remains today as a prime symbol of determination, willpower, self-discipline, and is the
perfect embodiment of Buddhist Enlightenment.

What You Need To ​Do Now​ To Heal Yourself: 

If you want to heal yourself of these ills and ailments of
● premature aging,
● low vitality,
● High blood pressure
● Type 2 diabetes
● Stress and anxiety
● Poor focus concentration and
● failing memory
● Other chronic illnesses..
caused by sitting too much on a job like driving, working at a desk behind computer etc…

Then all you need to do is find out how to do qigong..

Practice the
1. Quiescent qigong
2. Baduanjin
3. Zhan zhuang
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