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For many centuries, thousands
of monks from China traveled through Burma on their pilgrimage to the holy
sites in India. Many of them settled in the monasteries on the northeastern
borders between Burma and China. There monks taught different styles and
systems of Chi Gong to local monks and other people.
There are different levels and types of Min Zin. There are also different
purposes for Min Zin. The most important objectives are:
To control one's disruptive and destructive emotions,
To control one's physical well being and health,
To control one's emotional balance and spiritual tranquility.
It is a system of self-discipline to defend against various forms of
threats:
Physical threats
Mental threats (negatives impules, drives, emotions...)
Spiritual threats. |
