"Buddha Kung Fu, my new Buddhist Kung Fu School." January 2008 was the birth of Buddha Kung Fu. Created by Buddha Zhen Shen-Lang from the preexisting curriculums of Shaolin Chi Mantis Traditional Buddhist Gongfu schools, the goal of Buddha Kung Fu is to create more Buddhas. Buddha Zhen discusses the origins of Kung Fu and Zen Buddhism at Shaolin Temple by founder, Bodhidharma. Kalaripayattu may have been the East Indian martial art that began Zen Buddhism at the Shaolin Temple in China.

"A Quickie" Sneaking in during American Zen's recording sessions for album, LEVEL 3 = I WANT YOU TO LOVE ME, Buddha Zhen gives a brief update on his school activities. Plastic mind concept was invented by Bodhidharma when he created Zen Buddhism. Zen Buddhism requires exercise, or it's not Zen Buddhism. Buddha Zhen finished his TAI CHI MAGIC #1 CD, and tells how his new BUDDHA KUNG FU school is taking off "gangbusters... "Live longer!  Do Kung Fu."

Buddha Zhen reads from the Shaolin Zen CyberTemple website, the "DONATIONS" webpage. Buddha Zhen explains how Zen Buddhism was created by Bodhidharma after meeting the Chinese Emperor. His stories include the formation of the Tai Chi Youth nonprofit education organization, his grandmaster, Chiu Chuk Kai (bodyguard of South Vietnamese President), his son hunted by a Puma, his Shaolin monk spade, being bitten by a black widow spider and how he lost 55 pounds by attending his own Tai Chi classes at the YMCA.

Buddha Zhen reads from the Shaolin Zen CyberTemple website, the "SEMINARS" webpage. Buddha Zhen criticizes other martial arts style and claims they are perpetuating mistakes that don't exist in Kung Fu and Tai Chi. Push Hands Seminars Push Hands Tournaments Tai Chi Staff Seminars Tai Chi Qigong Seminars Tai Chi Tournament Seminars Combat Taiji Seminars Podcast ends with 8-track demo recording by American Zen, "Kung Fu Cowboy," featuring Coyote making the "clip-clops" of horses with his tongue.

BUDDHISM DHARMA FOR TODAY:       (About enlightenment) "The Monk In The Doorway" "A monk who enters the home of someone to share Buddhism and get a free meal is that same kind of sunlight. As he enters the home -- I pictured him with the light gleaming from behind him, shining into the house. And all the dust in the air are all the false thoughts, delusions, and misconceptions that are a normal part of the people's life and invisible until the monk's light shines on it."

Buddha Zhen guides the listener to ShaolinZen.org and the "CyberTemple" link in the orange masthead. The CyberTemple has over 100 webpages of "Buddhism Basics" with nothing flashy... just, "words to ponder." Today's song is the original 1994 4-track recording of "In The Pool of Enlightenment" being completed by Shaolin Records with drums from Steve Hixon of American Zen. Buddha Zhen ends with a recommendation, "Be happy in your bubble."

BUDDHISM DHARMA FOR TODAY: "Buddhism Basics of Shaolin Zen" I have learned an incredible amount from teaching Buddhism, Kung Fu and Tai Chi Chuan.  Often it is the inabilities and difficulties of my students that motivate me to add or alter the lessons so that everyone can comprehend them better.  This teaches me to understand them better also. Buddha Zhen explains he will continue the "Buddhism Basics" starting with the "PAGE 1" link in the upper corner of the webpage AFTER completing website tour.

Buddha Zhen talks about American Zen helping to finish his Chinese folk rock album, TAI CHI MAGIC 1. "Zen is everywhere -- you just have to be able to recognize it. Zen is the ability to be smarter." BUDDHISM DHARMA FOR TODAY: "Zen is not so much a religion -- as an awareness. Zen is everywhere," explains the Spirit Wolf of Truth. Buddha Zhen insists that all listeners look for inspiration and enlightenment throughout the activities and resources of their own personal worlds.

Buddha Zhen Shen-Lang, founder of the shaolinZEN.org CyberTemple reads about himself by clicking the "OUR FOUNDER" link in the upper menu from the Shaolin Zen homepage. Buddha Zhen was born Richard Del Connor on February 4, 1954 in San Diego, California.  Straight-A student graduated UCLA Motion Picture Program in 1987 after graduating Tai Mantis Federation in 1984.   Buddha Zhen founded Shaolin Chi Mantis in 1992 and Tai Chi Youth nonprofit 501(c)(3) for troubled youth in 1996.

Podcast 1 of the Zen Buddhist Podcast of Shaolin Zen hosted by Buddha Zhen of the shaolinZEN.org Cybertemple. Buddha Zhen Shen-Lang, founder of the shaolinZEN.org CyberTemple starts at the Shaolin Zen homepage to launch this weekly Sangha Buddhist discussion podcast. After a tour of the shaolin ZEN.org website, Buddha Zhen will lead the weekly podcast through the BUDDHISM BASICS written by Buddha Zhen to educate his children and students in Zen Buddhism.