[pct-l] Walk like a Buddha

[Brick Robbins]

Wow, that sounds like a thru-hike.

"If he fails, he must die instantly."
There were a few river crossings like that in 1995, another high snow year.


2011/5/24 Yoshihiro Murakami <completewalker at gmail.com>:
> Dear Mary
>
> There is a sect of the zen assumed the training of the soul by
> walking. The training is called "Sennichi Kaihou", which will be
> translated directly as " The round visits to mountains in a thousand
> days".  This training begins 700 days visits to the mountains. The
> monk walks about 30 Km every day, and then the "Doiri " (confined in
> the temple) starts. While Doiri he is not permitted to sleep, to lie
> down, to eat any thing. If he survived,  he must start another 100
> days training, in which he walks 60 Km every day. In the seventh year,
> he begin 100 days 84 Km round walk in Kyoto, and 100days 30 Km walk in
> Mt. Hiei. If he fails, he must die instantly. But he succeeded, he
> will be regarded as a buddha.
>
> I am sorry, English translation is very difficult.
>
> This video is explained by English.
>
> http://bit.ly/lrxNcT
>
>
>
> 2011/5/25 Mary Kwart <mkwart at gci.net>:
>> For those hikers who are so inclined, there is an interesting article on the Tricycle magazine website about walking meditation:  www.tricycle.com/practice/walk-buddha. Not so far fetched--after all, the PCT is one of the premier spiritual pilgrimages available on the planet.
>>
>> "Your foot touches the earth mindfully, and you arrive firmly in the here and the now. And suddenly you are free―free from all projects, all worries, all expectations. You are fully present, fully alive, and you are touching the earth."
>>
>> Sound familiar??
>>
>> --Fireweed
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