Shugendo Everywhere
Shugendo, which translates to “the Way to Acquire Power,” is a form of Japanese mountain asceticism incorporating rituals and cosmologies from Tantric Buddhism, Shinto, Daoism, and shamanism. The teachings emphasize the interconnectedness between sentient beings and the natural world, and call for practitioners to experience this truth during rigorous training in stunning natural sites, such as scaling steep mountain paths […]