DRAFT

ORIGINAL FORMS OF THE SHAOLIN TEMPLE

    I Chin Ching       Yi Jin Jing     易 筋 經   

    Changing of the Sinews & Tendons 49 Postures

     (Dat Mo Yit Gung Ging)         ( aka: "The Muscle Change Classic")

Bodhidharma did not teach a certain system of meditation, but breathing and meditativeness, which could be taken into life's daily activities with the strong faith that this practice would lead to the enlightened state of mind.

At the Shaolin monastery courtyards complex Bodhidharma introduced a series of 49 ancient Prajna yogic exercises, known now known as the I-Chin-Ching (Yi Jin Jing) or Muscle/Sinew Change Classic, to strengthen the monks mentally and physically.

                Swan (Hamsasana), Crane (Bakasana), Eagle
                (Garudasana), Peacock (Mayurasana), and Cock (Kukkutasana).

                Shaolin Temple Bird System