WALK LIKE A MOUNTAIN
THE HANDBOOK OF BUDDHIST WALKING PRACTICE
Innen Ray Parchelo
WALK LIKE A MOUNTAIN
The Handbook of Buddhist Walking Practice Innen Ray Parchelo
Text © Innen Ray Parchelo, 2012
All rights reserved
Book design: Karma Yönten Gyatso
Cover photo: Walking Buddha © Pitsanu Kraichana
Henro-pilgrim, p. 122: © Radu Razvan
All other pictures © Innen Ray Parchelo
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The Sumeru Press Inc. PO Box 2089, Richmond Hill, ON Canada L4E 1A3
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Parchelo, Innen Ray, 1949-
Walk like a mountain: the handbook of Buddhist walking practice / Innen Ray Parchelo.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 978-1-896559-17-9 paperback
ISBN 978-1-896559-18-6 e-book
1. Meditation–Buddhism. 2. Walking–Religious aspects–Buddhism. I. Title.
BQ5612.P37 2012 294.3’4435 C2012-907731-3
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Table of Contents
Walking – the Hidden Life of the Buddha
Walking as a Contemplative Practice
Walking as Practice: Sitting, Walking; Walking, Sitting
Walking with the Whole Body
Equipment, Sticks and Poles
Purification and Dedication
Winter Walking
Companion Dogs
Documentation: Cameras and Journals
Disability Considerations
First Walking Practices
Walking Practice # 1: Kinhin
Alternate Contemplative Walking
Leading a Formal Walking Practice
Walking and Working
Walking Practice # 2: Walking as Daily Life
Walking Practice # 3: Alms Rounds
The Turning Point
Walking Practice # 4: Circumambulation: Going Around in Circles
Walking Practice # 5: The Sound of Walking – Walking Nembutsu
Contemporary Practice: Mundy’s Prayer Walking
The Road Back
Walking Practice # 6: Pilgrimage
Walking Practice # 7: Kaihogyo
The End in Sight
Walking Practice # 8: Walking a Symbolic Landscape
Walking Practice # 9: Into the Labyrinth
The Manda-Labyrinth