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How to Pray on the Henro
Last year I made a couple of videos about the standard Henro prayer service done by most modern pilgrims for people to learn and practice...
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Dec 24, 20244 min read
Buddhas of the Henro: Dainichi Nyorai
A wooden image of Dainichi Nyorai from Fukusho-ji Temple in Wakayama Pref. In the center of Shingon's mandalas we find a youthful figure,...
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Aug 5, 20243 min read
Buddhas of the Henro: Jizō
For thousands of years, Buddhist art has vividly depicted the scene of the Buddha's death. In Japanese these are called nehan-zu...
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Jul 24, 20249 min read
Goeika: Songs of the Shikoku Pilgrimage
Several months ago I started working on poetic translations of the Goeika (御詠歌 - Sacred Songs) of the Shikoku Henro. Goeika are waka,...
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Jul 2, 20244 min read
Buddhas of the Henro: Amida Nyorai
The smashing popularity of the show Shogun seems to have brought the martial history of Japan back into the Western cultural spotlight....
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Jun 22, 20243 min read
Buddhas of the Henro: Fudō
He sits or stands on a boulder surrounded by an aureole of flame. His name, “Fudō,” simply means “Unmoved.”
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Jun 20, 20245 min read
真言僧の僕はGay
6月は世界中で「LGBTプライド月間」とされています。プライド月間の由来は、1969年6月のニューヨーク市に起きた「ストーンウォールの反乱」という差別的な警察のポリシーに反対したデモです。それ以降、6月はLGBTのコミュニティとしてパレードやデモを行う期間、そして個人的に「...
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