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Film Club

The Mountain Path

In The Mountain Path, filmmaker Edward A. Burger journeys into the peaks and valleys of China’s Zhongnan Mountain range in search of a Buddhist hermit master.

By Edward A. Burger

Film Club

Shugendō Now

In this poetic documentary feature, follow along with a group of modern practitioners as they journey into sacred mountains and seek to integrate the nature-based practices of Shugendō into their modern urban lives. 

By Jean-Marc Abela

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