So grateful I had the chance to meet the Yamabushi and to delve into some practices. The mountains had a powerful way to humble me and to teach me some very important lessons. Thanks Tim for your guidance and thanks for all the articles and videos you are producing. I have a lot to watch and read and I am really happy for this 🙏🏻 UKETAMO
Thank you so much for coming! I’m so glad you were able to get so much out of your experience with us. Mountains have that power, I feel it every time I go up there (including yesterday!). Thank you for your support! Hopefully sometime soon you can make it up to the summit of Gassan, although there are plenty of other mountains around too :)
I also do similar things like walk in forests, and last I climbed mount kurama about a month ago, I practice shinto , zen, Tibetan Bushist and Taoist teachings . I really want to learn this path
What are the supernatural powers that a Yamabushi can obtain? You explained a lot, thank you, but could you please give detail on what the supernatural powers are since that's the meaning of the term Shugendo? Thank you.
Very nicely explained Tim! The Shugendo festival I went to today (Kongo-san Tenporin-ji Renge) is Shinbutsu Shugyo as it involves rituals at both Katsuragi jinja and Tenporin-ji that are only a short walk apart. The festival marks the death of En-no-Gyoja since July 7th is the anniversary. The hiwatari was not nearly as hot this year though!
Thanks Gary! They’re all shinbutsu shugo if they’re practicing Shugendo, come to think of it :) That’s really cool! I heard that the later you go on the Hiwatari, the hotter it gets. Did you get on earlier this time? Haha
@@kiwiyamabushi I was one of the last, but it wasn't too hot at all this year. They had raised the logs up higher this year, possibly for health and safety reasons
@@gentlemaninjapan gotcha! They did a Hiwatari here for the 400th anniversary of a Sokushinbutsu last month, but unfortunately I couldn't join. Would love to try one day, especially if it's not as hot as you claim :)
@kiwiyamabushi I think the difficulty/temperature depends on the event itself. Katsuragi Shugen has very close ties to the local communities so more than half of the people attending were local villagers rather than specifically yamabushi. Last year the logs for the hiwatari were set directly on the burning coals so fire was still coming up between them. Quite a few people got nasty blisters and mild burns and at least one old lady fell over half way across. This year, they raised the logs up higher above the floor so they were not nearly as hot, likely for health and safety reasons. I think if the event is specifically for practicing Shugenja, the hiwatari is likely to be hotter as there wouldn't be an inclusivity requirement.
How does present day yamabushi relate to the one from the past when "Yamabushi who self-mummified to become Sokushinbutsu (Living Buddha) had to spend at least 1,000 days in the mountains. The self-mummification process involved severe fasting over an extended period" ?
Hi, thanks for your comment! Although the practices are indeed similar, the monks who became Sokushinbutsu, and the Yamabushi, are / were two separate groups. So the ‘Yamabushi who self mummified’ is an incorrect statement. Yamabushi didn’t self mummify. Issei Gyonin monks did, however. It might be one of those cases where we were misunderstood by a reporter, but the two groups aren’t directly related! The Issei gyonin trained at Senninzawa, which has been translated as ‘the swamp of the immortals’, and is located at the current yudono-san jinja (shrine). Yudono-san jinja was established forcefully during the Meiji period when the Shinto took over control of Mt. Yudono, in all but Dainichibo Ryusuiji and Churenji temples, both temples that house Sokushinbutsu. I’ve been meaning to make a video on the Sokushinbutsu, but it’s a huge *huge* subject that would take a lot of work. I have done some groundwork on this though. I recommend reading Living Buddhas: The Self-mummified monks of Yamagata, Japan, by Ken Jeremiah, and there is a feature-length documentary on this by Shayne Dahl.
@@kiwiyamabushi I took this citation from the BBC article about Dewasanzan yamabushi. There is a link to this article from your yamabushido site (Review section). But I guess even BBC make mistakes. Thanks!
I don’t actually know how many there are, it would also depend on definition. For example, I practice as a Shinto yamabushi through Dewa Sanzan Jinja, but also with Master Hoshino and that is a pure mix of Shinto and Buddhism (we also say the heart sutra and a number of Buddhist mantra). Yamabushi are typically either Shingon or Tendai esoteric Buddhism sects as they were the easiest to assimilate with. We are the only Shinto yamabushi in Japan, but Shinto is a part of all Shugendo as is Taoism.
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So grateful I had the chance to meet the Yamabushi and to delve into some practices. The mountains had a powerful way to humble me and to teach me some very important lessons.
Thanks Tim for your guidance and thanks for all the articles and videos you are producing. I have a lot to watch and read and I am really happy for this 🙏🏻 UKETAMO
Thank you so much for coming! I’m so glad you were able to get so much out of your experience with us. Mountains have that power, I feel it every time I go up there (including yesterday!).
Thank you for your support! Hopefully sometime soon you can make it up to the summit of Gassan, although there are plenty of other mountains around too :)
Great video. I can’t recommend Tim and the experience enough.
Thanks Justin!!
Thank you Ryosen!🙏
Thank you for your support!!
I also do similar things like walk in forests, and last I climbed mount kurama about a month ago, I practice shinto , zen, Tibetan Bushist and Taoist teachings . I really want to learn this path
That’s great! You’re well on your way!
@@kiwiyamabushi ok so how can I join and learn this path in Japan?
Yamabushi is an interesting person in the world.
Thanks!
What are the supernatural powers that a Yamabushi can obtain? You explained a lot, thank you, but could you please give detail on what the supernatural powers are since that's the meaning of the term Shugendo? Thank you.
Ohayo gozaïmasu !... domo arigato for this beautiful vidéo !... 👺🙏☺😌
Thanks! I’m glad you enjoyed it!
Great video as always. Glad to do the hike on Hagurosan with you. I hope to do a three-peat one day.
Thanks Tim! I bet you recognized a few of the spots! Would love to hike again!
Great video !
Thank you!!
Very nicely explained Tim!
The Shugendo festival I went to today (Kongo-san Tenporin-ji Renge) is Shinbutsu Shugyo as it involves rituals at both Katsuragi jinja and Tenporin-ji that are only a short walk apart.
The festival marks the death of En-no-Gyoja since July 7th is the anniversary.
The hiwatari was not nearly as hot this year though!
Thanks Gary! They’re all shinbutsu shugo if they’re practicing Shugendo, come to think of it :)
That’s really cool! I heard that the later you go on the Hiwatari, the hotter it gets. Did you get on earlier this time? Haha
@@kiwiyamabushi I was one of the last, but it wasn't too hot at all this year. They had raised the logs up higher this year, possibly for health and safety reasons
@@gentlemaninjapan gotcha! They did a Hiwatari here for the 400th anniversary of a Sokushinbutsu last month, but unfortunately I couldn't join. Would love to try one day, especially if it's not as hot as you claim :)
@kiwiyamabushi I think the difficulty/temperature depends on the event itself.
Katsuragi Shugen has very close ties to the local communities so more than half of the people attending were local villagers rather than specifically yamabushi.
Last year the logs for the hiwatari were set directly on the burning coals so fire was still coming up between them. Quite a few people got nasty blisters and mild burns and at least one old lady fell over half way across.
This year, they raised the logs up higher above the floor so they were not nearly as hot, likely for health and safety reasons.
I think if the event is specifically for practicing Shugenja, the hiwatari is likely to be hotter as there wouldn't be an inclusivity requirement.
@@gentlemaninjapan yep, that makes a lot of sense!
How does present day yamabushi relate to the one from the past when "Yamabushi who self-mummified to become Sokushinbutsu (Living Buddha) had to spend at least 1,000 days in the mountains. The self-mummification process involved severe fasting over an extended period" ?
Hi, thanks for your comment! Although the practices are indeed similar, the monks who became Sokushinbutsu, and the Yamabushi, are / were two separate groups. So the ‘Yamabushi who self mummified’ is an incorrect statement. Yamabushi didn’t self mummify. Issei Gyonin monks did, however.
It might be one of those cases where we were misunderstood by a reporter, but the two groups aren’t directly related!
The Issei gyonin trained at Senninzawa, which has been translated as ‘the swamp of the immortals’, and is located at the current yudono-san jinja (shrine).
Yudono-san jinja was established forcefully during the Meiji period when the Shinto took over control of Mt. Yudono, in all but Dainichibo Ryusuiji and Churenji temples, both temples that house Sokushinbutsu.
I’ve been meaning to make a video on the Sokushinbutsu, but it’s a huge *huge* subject that would take a lot of work. I have done some groundwork on this though.
I recommend reading Living Buddhas: The Self-mummified monks of Yamagata, Japan, by Ken Jeremiah, and there is a feature-length documentary on this by Shayne Dahl.
@@kiwiyamabushi I took this citation from the BBC article about Dewasanzan yamabushi. There is a link to this article from your yamabushido site (Review section). But I guess even BBC make mistakes. Thanks!
@@annakozlova2546 I thought that might be the case! That article was rather hastily made, but yeah, it's wrong! Thanks for following up!
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how many sects of yamabushi currently exist in Japan and what are they ? I am aware that there are shinto, buddhist and taoist sects ,
I don’t actually know how many there are, it would also depend on definition. For example, I practice as a Shinto yamabushi through Dewa Sanzan Jinja, but also with Master Hoshino and that is a pure mix of Shinto and Buddhism (we also say the heart sutra and a number of Buddhist mantra). Yamabushi are typically either Shingon or Tendai esoteric Buddhism sects as they were the easiest to assimilate with. We are the only Shinto yamabushi in Japan, but Shinto is a part of all Shugendo as is Taoism.
@@kiwiyamabushi that is awesome I am very fond of learning , how and where do I start ?