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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

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

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

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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I'm Kōei, a Shingon priest and Shugen Sendatsu from Nebraska living in Japan.

My Shugen teacher's practice center in Chichibu, Saitama.

My Shingon teacher's temple in Kainan, Wakayama.

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