Walk Like a Mountain. Innen Ray Parchelo

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      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

      Published by

      The Sumeru Press Inc. PO Box 2089, Richmond Hill, ON Canada L4E 1A3

      LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA CATALOGUING IN PUBLICATION

      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

       FOREWORD

       INTRODUCTION

       PREFACE

       Why Leave Your Abode?

       Chapter 1

       STIRRINGS FOR THE ROAD

       Walking – the Hidden Life of the Buddha

       Walking Practice as Metaphor

       Walking as a ‘Yoga’

       Walking as a Contemplative Practice

       Chapter 2

       IMAGININGS

       Walking as Practice: Sitting, Walking; Walking, Sitting

       Walking with Jizo

       Dharma Masters Go On Foot

       Non-Buddhist Advice

       Chapter 3

       THRESHOLD – FOOT AND STEPS

       Walking with the Whole Body

       Chapter 4

       THRESHOLD: PREPARATIONS

       Equipment, Sticks and Poles

       Purification and Dedication

       Winter Walking

       Companion Dogs

       Documentation: Cameras and Journals

       Disability Considerations

       Chapter 5

       JOURNEY 1: FIRST STEPS

       First Walking Practices

       Walking Practice # 1: Kinhin

       Alternate Contemplative Walking

       Leading a Formal Walking Practice

       Chapter 6

       JOURNEY 2: CROSSING

       Walking and Working

       Walking Practice # 2: Walking as Daily Life

       Walking Practice # 3: Alms Rounds

       Chapter 7

       THRESHOLD 2: TURNING BACK

       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

       Chapter 8

       JOURNEY 3: THE LONG ROAD BACK

       The Road Back

       Walking Practice # 6: Pilgrimage

       Walking Practice # 7: Kaihogyo

       Chapter 9

       JOURNEY 4: NEW WALKING

       The End in Sight

       Walking Practice # 8: Walking a Symbolic Landscape

       Walking Practice # 9: Into the Labyrinth

       The Manda-Labyrinth