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	Mount Hiei travel guide - Wikitravel
		Mount Hiei (比叡山 Hiei-zan), [1] a mountain that lies to the northeast of Kyoto, Japan, has an extensive temple complex near the summit.
		The temple of Enryakuji, the first Japanese outpost of the esoteric Tendai sect of Buddhism, was founded atop Mt. Hiei by Saicho in 788.
		There are several ways to reach Sakamoto and Mount Hiei.
	wikitravel.org /en/Mount_Hiei (928 words)

	Chapter 9
		From 1181 to 1201, during the period of his entry as a child into the Order and life on Mount Hiei, 20 years of traditionalism and ardent practice culminated in a religious dissatisfaction which led him down from Mount Hiei to seek a new path.
		On Mount Hiei, rather than achieving high ecclesiastical status as depicted in tradition, Shinran is revealed in his wife Eshin-ni's letters (discovered only as recently as the 1920's) to be a Doso, a priestly functionary in the Hall of Continuous Nembutsu in the monastery.
		According to Eshin-ni, when he came down from Mount Hiei, convinced he was a failure, and filled with deep religious dissatisfaction and despair, he confined himself in Rokkakudo for 100 days.
	www.shindharmanet.com /course/chapter9.htm (4152 words)

	SGI-USA Study Curriculum - Life of Nichiren Daishonin (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Rencho studied at Mount Hiei under a priest named Nansho-bo Shumpan, who was acclaimed as a scholar of Buddhism by his colleagues at Mount Hiei.
		Mount Koya was the center of study and practice of the Shingon sect, which had been founded by Kobo (also known as Kukai)
		After leaving Mount Minobu, Nichiren Daishonin traveled northward around Mount Fuji and, sensing that death was imminent, shunned the hot springs in favor of a trip to the home of Ikegami Munenaka.
	www.sgi-usa.org /buddhism/library/SokaGakkai/Study/Entrance/LifeDaishonin.htm (13294 words)

	Ultrarunning: The Spiritual Athlete's Path to Enlightenment
		In Mount Hiei of Japan, there can be found a small group of monks who live in a monastery and can accomplish many remarkable challenges.
		At the base of Hiei, there is a cute little temple-town where most of the retired priests go to live.
		Many of the trainees at Mount Hiei who hope to qualify for priesthood are their children.
	www.howtobefit.com /ultra-running.htm (3050 words)

	Trail Runner Magazine Online (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Mount Hiei has five main peaks, the highest being O-bie-dake at 2782 feet.
		Kakudo is one of the Marathon Monks of Mount Hiei, and this will be only the first of 100 successive nights that he will get up at midnight, attend the service and start his marathon run/walk (kaihogyo) around Mount Hiei, completing the route between 7:30 and 9:30 a.m.
		In his book, The Marathon Monks of Mount Hiei, John Stevens sums up the greatest contributions of these spiritual adventurers: "The most admirable thing about the Hiei gyoja is their warmth, open-heartedness and humanity...
	www.trailrunnermag.com /features/feature%2019.html (2041 words)

	Ennin Summary
		At fifteen he entered the monastic center on Mount Hiei, the headquarters of the Tendai school, where he soon became a favorite disciple of Saichō (767–822), the Japanese monk who transmitted the Tendai (Chin., Tiantai) teachings to Japan from China.
		Eventually, a physical ailment forced him to retire to a hut at Yokawa in the northern part of Mount Hiei, where he waited quietly for death.
		Hiei (比叡山: Hieizan) near Kyoto at the age of 14.
	www.bookrags.com /Ennin (1562 words)

	Mount Hiei - Enryakuji Temple
		Mount Hiei (Hiei-zan) guards the northeastern approach to Kyoto.
		Kaidanin - the ordination hall of Enryakuji Temple on Mount Hiei.
		Hokkedo - the Lotus Hall of Enryakuji Temple on Mount Hiei.
	www.taleofgenji.org /mount_hiei.html (176 words)

	ASD Forums - The Marathon Monks of Mount Hiei
		With dramatic fl and white photographs taken by Tadashi Namba, John Stevens presents a two-part story of the Tendai monks of Mount Hiei.
		Like the monks of Mount Hiei they were energized by their spiritual practice, and their running served as a means to impart compassion and Buddhist teaching.
		The Marathon Monks of Mount Hiei is a joyful text, which should be of interest to anyone engaged in the practice of traditional and martial arts.
	www.aikido-shobukan.org /forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=86 (1066 words)

	Siege of Mount Hiei 29th September 1571
		The attack by Oda Nobunga on the fortress monastery of Hiei was such a massacre it is an exaggeration to classify it as a battle.
		The assault began on 29th September 1571 with the burning of the town of Sakamoto at the base of the mountain; this drove most of the townsfolk to seek refuge in the monastery above.
		It is possible that 20,000 died in the attack and the result wiped out the warrior monks of the tendai sect.
	www.historyofwar.org /articles/battles_mount_hiei.html (191 words)

	Tendai Buddhism (Site not responding. Last check: )
		This doctrine was elaborated in a complex cosmology of 3,000 interpenetrating realms of existence.
		In 804 the Japanese monk Saicho (767-822) was sent to study at Mount Tiantai, and returned with the teaching that formed the nucleus of Japanese Tendai, which he expounded from a new monastic centre on Mount Hiei near Kyoto.
		In time, the sect accumulated great wealth and political power, and the armed monks and lay-brothers of Mount Hiei, especially in the lawless days of late Heian, would descend from their monasteries to threaten the government or simply to loot.
	www.compsoc.net /~gemini/simons/historyweb/tendai.html (507 words)

	A Taste of Tendai, by The Reverend Jion Prosser
		Mount Hiei is often referred to as "the mountain of severe ascetic practices." During my stays on the mountain, I witnessed the wide fluctuation of temperatures for which the region is known.
		Yet throughout this antagonistic environment, the whole of Mount Hiei remained a very serene place resplendent with a certain spiritual poignancy.
		When I witnessed the tourists who flocked to the mountain (Mount Hiei is one of the most-visited monasteries in Japan), I saw a look of serene appreciation for the spiritual in their eyes as they entered the religious confines.
	www.hsuyun.org /Dharma/zbohy/Literature/essays/guests/Jion/tendai_taste.html (1100 words)

	Enchin Summary
		Enchin was sent by the government to China, where he studied from 853 to 859, first on Mount Tiantai (center of the Tiantai sect), and then at the Qinglong Monastery in the capital, Chang'an, thus absorbing the teachings and practices of both Tendai and Esoteric Buddhism.
		Upon his return to Japan he was sponsored by the court (he established an initiation hall within the precincts of the imperial palace) and by the leaders of the Fujiwara clan, and took up residence in the Onjōji in Shiga prefecture, at the foot of Mount Hiei.
		891) was the founder of the Jimon School of Tendai Buddhism, and Chief Abbot of Miidera at the foot of Mount Hiei.
	www.bookrags.com /Enchin (810 words)

	Documento sin título
		At the age of twelve, Dogen entered the main monastery of the Tendai School in Mount Hiei and the following year he was ordained a monk.
		Not satisfied with the Tendai teachings, he entered the Keninji Zen temple in Mount Hiei and studied with master Eisai (1141-1215).
		Due to persecution and pressure from his rivals of the Tendai sect, Dogen had to leave Kyoto, and followed by his closest disciples he settled in Mount Eihei, where in 1245 he inaugurated temple Eiheiji, the Temple of Eternal Peace.
	www.zencolombia.org /dogen_en.htm (394 words)

	Mount Hiei
		As small as its beginnings were, Mount Hiei would quickly become the cultural, religious, and artistic center of Japan until it was destroyed by Oda Nobunaga in 1571.
		The move, however, would make the Buddhists of Mount Hiei the most powerful political force in early and medieval Japanese history.
		As a result, the Hiei monastery, which was officially titled, "Center for the Protection of the Nation," became the most influential institution in the country.
	www.wsu.edu:8080 /~dee/ANCJAPAN/HIEI.HTM (397 words)

	THE SPIRITUAL ATHLETE'S PATH OF ENLIGHTENMENT
		In Mount Hiei of Japan, there can be found a small group of monks who live in a monastery and can accomplish many remarkable challenges.
		At the base of Hiei, there is a cute little temple-town where most of the retired priests go to live.
		Many of the trainees at Mount Hiei who hope to qualify for priesthood are their children.
	www.lehigh.edu /~dmd1/holly.html (3004 words)

	Observer \| The run of a lifetime
		They are the so-called 'marathon monks' of Mount Hiei, Japan.
		The monks, known as Kaihigyo, are spiritual athletes from the Tendai Sect of Buddhism, based at Mount Hiei, which overlooks the ancient capital city of Kyoto.
		The ultimate achievement is the completion of the 1,000-day challenge, which must surely be the most demanding physical and mental challenge in the world.
	www.runpunxsyrun.org /marathonmonks.html (1393 words)

	HONGANJI OTANIWEB
		He joined the Tendai school of Buddhism located on beautiful Mount Hiei in Kyoto as a monk.
		Mount Hiei was the major center of Buddhist studies and practice in Japan by that time.
		When he was 29 years old, he left Mount Hiei.
	www.honganji.net /emaki/e-emaki/1shinran.html (203 words)

	Mondo Monkey the Time-Traveling Chimp: Marathon Monks of Mount Hiei
		Mondo Monkey the Time-Traveling Chimp: Marathon Monks of Mount Hiei
		The viewer will learn about the monk's death-defying fast, his vegetarian training diet, his handmade straw running shoes, and other feats of endurance such as the mummifying fire ceremony.
		Illustrated with superb cinematography and music, this film contains the first full insight into Mount Hiei and Tendai Buddhism based on the book "Marathon Monks of Mount Hiei" by John Steven, published by Shambala Press.
	mondomonkey.com /2006/11/marathon-monks-of-mount-hiei.html (179 words)

	[No title]
		I went to Mount Hiei with my partner in crime Troy, and Oya-sensei.
		Mount Hiei is famous for it’s temple 延暦寺 Enryaku-ji which was burned down in the 15th century, the Momoyama Period 桃山時代.
		Infront of the rock is troy, once again being tricky
	web.mac.com /bryansorak/iWeb/Site/4949156B-87EF-46C5-AD07-21C003F88009.html (44 words)

	Kyoto University-About KU-Campus Information-Promenade-6. Mount Hiei (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Kyoto University Yoshida Campus is an ideal place for admiring the holy mountains that adorn the eastern rim of the Kyoto Basin.
		Of these, the most sublime is the sacred peak of Mount Hiei (Hieizan), which is included on UNESCO's list of World Heritage Sites.
		It was in the Ninth Century that Hieizan became the holiest site in Japanese Buddhism, when Dengyo Daishi Saicho founded Enryaku-ji temple there, inaugurating both the Tendai school of Buddhism and Tendai education and learning, both imported from China.
	www.kyoto-u.ac.jp /english/euni_int/e01_camp/promenade_06.htm (436 words)

	Theosophy Trust
		Two years later he went to Mount Hiei, where he was ordained in 1154.
		Rather, he immersed himself in the Tendai Zen of Mount Hiei, which had been transmitted by Saicho, and in various esoteric doctrines in preparation for a more extensive sojourn in China and, he hoped, India, where Buddha had walked the earth and taught.
		Not interested merely in a health aid or a stimulus to remain awake during meditation, Eisai elaborated his views through a profoundly arcane interpretation of the human organs and their psycho-spiritual correspondences, which are reflected to a degree in the tea ceremony.
	www.theosophytrust.org /tlodocs/articlesTeacher.php?d=Eisai.htm&p=38 (3149 words)

	Eden - Meeting with Master Shunpan & Study Atop Mount Hiei
		Subsequently he returned to Mt. Kiyosumi and then journeyed to Mt. Hiei, the center of Buddhist learning in Japan (located just outside the former capital city of Kyoto) in order to continue his studies.
		Hiei was founded by the monk Saicho (767-822) and his monastic center had been accorded a royal decree by Emperor Kammu.
		Because of Rencho's speed in mastering difficult Buddhist concepts-in spite of his youth he was soon put in charge of the Enton-bo, a hall which claims a number of famous alumni.
	la.nichirenshu.org /nichiren/eden/eden-03.htm (274 words)

	The World of Ash: Iwakura, Mt. Hiei
		But the gutters were still deep off the side of the road, the hills still pushed up close to the houses, the triangle of Mount Hiei still hovered, and there were a few rice paddies left, wet and so green they made her thirsty." (
		In the '60s and '70s, Iwakura was a quiet area with many rice fields and vegetable gardens set against the backdrop of Mount Hiei and surrounding mountain ridges.
		Today, although development has encroached, and the subway now reaches southern Iwakura, the area feels pleasantly removed from the city and monkeys still come down from the hills to steal vegetables, one of Caitlin's childhood memories of the area.
	www.stonebridge.com /ash/Pages/iwakura.html (206 words)

	When He Spoke, by Mark Yates; Notre Dame Magazine Online - University of Notre Dame
		Years later, I learned that the same romanticism that partially drove me to Mount Hiei also drove my father to the heat and primitive living of Mesa Verde.
		He forced me to be practical, to blend the "good" and "bad" of Mount Hiei into a single gestalt that eventually affected me like the Jackson Pollack painting I used to gaze into at the University of Iowa.
		The same is true for the memory of Mount Hiei, which is why more than 15 years later I still think of it almost every day.
	www.nd.edu /~ndmag/au2003/yates.html (2760 words)

	Shinran Shonin (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Nearly a year later he went to Hieizan or Mount Hiei, center of Buddhist learning at that time.
		His high moral qualities and excellent scholastic record were so outstanding that he could have easily been appointed to the head of all the temples on Hiei.
		This he was able to gain after giving up his studies on Mount Hiei and after entering the monastery of Honen, who was teaching a way of salvation through faith in the power of Amida Buddha.
	www.ekoji.org /shinranshonin.html (398 words)

	Togakure Ryu
		As was a custom in those times he left his home to live for three years in a cave, subjecting himself to the hardship of nature in order to discover truth and enlightenment.
		These early experiences were to play an important role later when Daisuke was to establish a system of fighting, survival and infiltration.
		The 33rd Soke, Toshitsugu Takamatsu, was the last member of the Toda family to control the Togakure Ryu.
	www.geocities.com /remipulwer/Budo/TogakureRyu.html (1188 words)

	Marathon Monks of Mount Hiei - quote on Gratitude
		The Marathon Monks of Mt Hiei in Japan make a pilgrimage of 27,000 miles, a distance greater than the circumference of the earth.
		During their seven-year journey, they complete 900 marathons (on top of the 100 that they run in order to qualify!).
		Through Millennium Television's website, you can learn about the documentary movie, The Marathon Monks of Mount Hiei, based on the book by John Stevens (Shambala Press).
	www.gratefulness.org /readings/MarathonMonks.htm (146 words)

	RunningMovies.com: Movies of the Month 2003
		They are the Marathon Monks of Mount Hiei." This film follows Tanno Kakudo, the sixth man to attempt the feat since World War II and only the 46th monk since 1885.
		Most marathons take between six and seven hours as he stops at the 270 sacred sites including temples, tombs, ponds and images on Mount Hiei to chant and recite prayers that are outlined in a handwritten manual called a tebumi.
		To order this film you will need to contact Documentary Educational Resources who obtained rights to distribute this film in late 2002 and whose prices are directed towards institutions, although individual-use-only copies can be obtained for $49.95.
	www.runningmovies.com /month.htm (3801 words)

	foxhusband
		quite a shine to Hiei, though the youkai was often brusque towards it.
		Spotting Hiei, Lady Mukuro slowed her chocobo to a halt before him.
		Hiei returned home to find Kurama munching contentedly on aburage and rice.
	rivendell.fortunecity.com /lufia/944/foxhusband.html (1256 words)

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