Dear Family.
A while ago I read the story of Venerable Jiang Nan meeting his disciple Master Yang Fatt Khuen.
Dispite his old age Venerable Jiang Nan easily defeated Yang Fatt Khuen in a sparring match, after which Yang Fatt Khuen begged to be accepted as Venerable Jiang Nans student. Venerable Jiang Nan accepted him as his student under the condition Yang Fatt Khuen would start afresh and leave everything behind to come into the mountains to start his training. We are lucky Venerable Jiang Nan found his succsessor who later became Sitaigung Ho's Sifu.
Reading this several questions popped into my mind.
How did the two Masters (or any other past masters) make a living in the mountains?
Where they building something like a small hut to sleep in or would they rest in cave?
Where did they get their food? Did they beg like monks in nearby villages? Were they growing their own food, which would have taken a lot of time from the training?
If someone knows how such a scenario could have looked like and how they managed to make a living and still have enough time to train I'd be happy to hear an answer.
Greetings
Benedikt
A while ago I read the story of Venerable Jiang Nan meeting his disciple Master Yang Fatt Khuen.
Dispite his old age Venerable Jiang Nan easily defeated Yang Fatt Khuen in a sparring match, after which Yang Fatt Khuen begged to be accepted as Venerable Jiang Nans student. Venerable Jiang Nan accepted him as his student under the condition Yang Fatt Khuen would start afresh and leave everything behind to come into the mountains to start his training. We are lucky Venerable Jiang Nan found his succsessor who later became Sitaigung Ho's Sifu.
Reading this several questions popped into my mind.
How did the two Masters (or any other past masters) make a living in the mountains?
Where they building something like a small hut to sleep in or would they rest in cave?
Where did they get their food? Did they beg like monks in nearby villages? Were they growing their own food, which would have taken a lot of time from the training?
If someone knows how such a scenario could have looked like and how they managed to make a living and still have enough time to train I'd be happy to hear an answer.
Greetings
Benedikt
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