There’s a short article on shugendo in this month’s Kansai Scene, which can be read online here. It’s of particular interest because it describes an opportunity for foreigners to experience this Shinto-Buddhist blend of mountain asceticism for themselves.
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The ofuda is the equivalent in the house of ‘the spirit body’ (goshintai) in the Shinto shrine. The word literally means an honourable tag or tablet, and it is usually purchased from a shrine. It acts as a … Read the rest
The Japanese Dutch Shinzen Foundation published the following account of three spiritual exercises: misogi, furitama and chinkon from An Actor Adrift by Yoshi Oida (London, 1992 ISBN 0 413 67080 5)
Copyright © 1992 Yoshi Oida & Lorna Marshall… Read the rest
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