Marathon Monks - Japan Tendai Buddhists

[Chowfarn]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S06oMxdt40A

Very inspiring .........................................

[Patrick]

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[I am...]

Great find Chowfarn,

Thanks, I had only read about them.

[Void]

They are amazing - I had an old vhs recording of a documentary following one of them. Its about 15 years since I last saw it or thought of them. That brought it all back. Thanks for posting.

[Craig]

cant see the vid at work but are these the guys who run for something silly like 8 years? I remember reading an article about it a few years back. Does anyone have this article?

thanks in advance!

[Graculus]

I've got an excerpt from John Stevens book, "The Marathon Monks of Mount Hiei". in an old issue of the Kyoto Journal.

I can scan it and send it to you if you like (or post it here if that would be better).


Graculus

[Craig]

post it here would be awesome!

[Graculus]

Here it is. Hope you enjoy it.
http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/1375/marathonmonks001.jpg
http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/4642/marathonmonks002.jpg
http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/961/marathonmonks003.jpg
http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/5449/marathonmonks004.jpg
http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/2802/marathonmonks005.jpg
http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/9319/marathonmonks006.jpg
http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/8402/marathonmonks007.jpg

From Kyoto Journal 25, 1993
Graculus

[Craig]

ta! i'll definitely give these a read when i get home.

cheers

[ashe]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S06oMxdt40A

Very inspiring .........................................

true, but OT.