From Alena to Yushu, Part 1: How I Found My Way to Shugendo
Alena Eckelmann
15 August 2022
Alena describes her path into Shugendo and her training and experiences as a Shugendo practitioner
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Alena describes her path into Shugendo and her training and experiences as a Shugendo practitioner
A colorful look into the Buddhist roots of one of Japan’s most iconic festivals
Learning to cultivate peace on and off the meditation mat
Transcendent expressions of inner wisdom and liberation through Ultimate Truth
Allowing questions to unravel threads of identity and clinging so as to see and breathe more clearly and freely in our lives
Advice for for those approaching the path of Buddhist insight
Transformation and purification: scenarios of suffering within the eight worldly conditions
Seeing how the hard work of growing food is much like that of our Buddhist practice
Attachment and impermanence: mindfulness on the path of practice
A Buddhist perspective on nurturing creativity and opening our hearts and minds to the beauty of the universe
Reflections on Earth Day and nature’s ability to bring us to worlds beyond words
Buddhist reflections on the many forms of refuge we might find in life and the importance of healthy, upright, and skillful refuges