Combining esoteric Buddhist practice, Shinto awareness of the living sacredness of nature, and outdoor ascetism such as mountain pilgrimage and immersion in waterfalls, Shugendo is an intensely embodied path of awakening. In Shugendo, mountains and the natural world themselves become the mandala of spiritual practice. Shugendo is truly a way to be reborn in nature.

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Korinji houses Korinji Shugen Dojo, a center for Shugendo practice, and has relationships with temples in Japan connected to several of the prominent Shugendo mountains there. Korinji is one of the founding temples of the International Shugendo Association (ISA), an organization working to make make genuine Shugendo practices accessible to the world, train future Shugendo leaders, and establish Shugendo gyoba - training fields - outside of Japan. Through our work natural areas, waterfalls, and caves near Korinji - as well as elsewhere in N. America and in Europe - have been recognized as gyoba. To learn more about ISA see this site.

 

We conduct frequent Shugendo training events including formal Mine-gyo: Mountain Training. Please see the Calendar.