— activity & upcoming events.
— current: learning from the dharma-gate of shugen (shūgen hōmon).
📄 Please contact me for further details.
— current translation projects:
• Shūgen Senpō Working Group.
• Horagai Ryūra-Sahō & Mountain Entry Procedures.
• Learning from An Account of Shugen in Thirty-Three Sections.
• Learning from the Collection on the Essential Practices of Shugen.
• Stone Faith in Shugen
• bonji-shittan-nyūmon: An Introduction to Siddhaṃ Bīja for use in Esoteric Sādhanā
• A Commentary on the Ritual Procedures for the Eighteen Methods.
• A Commentary on the Daily Mindful-Recitation Dedicated to Acalanatha Vidyaraja.
• A Commentary on the Ritual Procedures for the Roaring-Homa Method.
• A Commentary on the Ritual Procedures for Establishing the Order of the Day.
• A Commentary on the Homa Dedicated to Acalanatha Vidyaraja
• A Commentary on the Divine Method of the Fundamental Pillars
• In Search of the Origin of Esoteric Buddhism by Bonshin
— current | services:
Services conducted regularly in line with the ritual cycles and connection-days (縁日; ennichi) of the head temple.
Contact for further information.
— past events:
• 03/24—07/24 | Haguro / Dewasanzan Retreat - Kannonji Mountain-Entry - Spring Retreat - Abhiṣeka of Karmic Affinity - Nanzenbō Training
• 25.08.23 | Shugen Seminar Part 2
• 22.07.23 | Shugen Seminar Part 1
• 05.23 | [book release] Shugendo w/ Dr. Gaynor Sekimori.
• 05.23 | Mountain Entry and the Abhiṣeka of Karmic-Affinity with Dai-Ajari Mitsunaga Kakudo
• 05.08.23 | (Mon) 14:00 Free Zoom Lecture - Yamabushi Q&A with Rev. Riten Tanaka. Zoom Link
• 01/23 — 03/23 | Winter Training.
• 03/23—05/23 | Katsuragi, Minō, Ikoma.
• 2022: Fundraiser
• 12.05.22 | Reflections on a Past Pilgrimage
• 01.22 | Provincial Developments in the History of Shugen Part 1: Dewa.
• 06.2021 | Sangha QLD: Interventions into the Prison system Zoom Session.
• 13.04.2021 | Zoom Lecture: Shugendo and the politics of Indigeneity in Aoteroa
• 04.2020 | Online Zoom Lectures from Kannon-ji.
• 02.2020 | JP Society Online discussion ft. Rev. Shionuma Ryojun: Overcoming Mountains.
• 06.2019 | QSA Chaplaincy Convocation.
• Mt. Koshikidake Mountain Entry & Valley Entry: 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2023
• 2019 | Mt. Omine: Yoshino - Sanjogatake - Tenkawa - Dorogawa - Jinsen - Hongu - Shingu - Nachi Pilgrimage.
• 2017 | Haguro / Akita Yamabushi Kagura / Mt Chokai Pilgrimage
• 2016 | Shonai and Dewa Mandala: Koshikidake, Komatsuzawa, Nakazawa & Dewa Sanzan
• 2015 | Cultural Revival with Rev. Kokai Shimazu (Haguro Kotakuji Shozenin) and Rev. Komei Sato (Yudono Churenji).
• 2014 | Japan Shugendo Cultural Studies Association gathering: Tamukeyama Hachiman-gu Shrine, Nara.
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