3 Mindsets that Connect the World | Ryojun Shionuma | TEDxTohoku

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Ryojun Shionuma
Head priest of Jigenji temple, Sendai

Ryojun Shionuma is the head priest (“Ajari”, which is a title given to the most holy priest) of Jigenji temple, located in Akiho district of Sendai city, Miyagi prefecture. He became the second person in history to complete the Sennichi Kaihogyo (the Omine Thousand-Day Circumambulation Practice), which involves a 48-kilometer climb and walk into the mountains for one thousand days. In the following year, he completed the practice of Shimugyo (the Four Deprivations), which involves reciting two hundred thousand mantras for nine days straight, with no food, water, sleep, or lying down. Words by Shionuma, who risked his life to complete ascetic practices, inspires people not only domestically, but globally. He spreads the teachings of Buddhism, such as the spirit of omoiyari (thoughtfulness), and the spirit of wa (harmony) of Japan from Tohoku to the world.


塩沼 亮潤
慈眼寺 住職
大峯千日回峰行大行満大阿闍梨

宮城県仙台市秋保の慈眼寺住職。過去1300年で1人しか成し遂げられなかった、1日48kmの険しい山道を千日間歩き続ける「千日回峰行」を満行。その後、9日間の断食・断水・不眠・不臥の中、20万編の真言を唱え続ける「四無行」を満行する。命懸けの行を乗り越えた偉人が説く教えは、国内のみならず世界中で反響を呼んでいる。仏教の教えである"思いやりの心"、日本の"和"のこころを東北の地から世界へ、説く。


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