月山館

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Inner Dharma and Moon Mountain Hall are an activity concerned with the development of skill at internal martial arts, especially those influenced by Taoist and Esoteric Buddhist practices.

月山館 is read as Yueshan-guan in Mandarin and Gassankan in Japanese; the name of my school is inspired by the three sacred mountains of Dewa. It was in 2005, after visiting Gassan Dai-jinja and Haguro Shugen Honshu Kotaku-ji Shozen-in that I made the decision to focus my training efforts on classical and traditional approaches.

気剣体の一致を会得したとき、剣術の極意は全う するのである — When one has mastered the harmony of spirit, sword and body, the secret of swordsmanship is realized.

Twenty years later, after visiting sacred places in Kyoto and Nara, I renewed my dedication to continuing my practice with the emphasis of cultivating mindfulness and awareness through shugyō 修行 while at all times respecting internal martial arts principles.

For bodhisattvas who see selflessness, all phenomena: what is cut, the cutter, the time of the cutting, the method of the cutting, and so on; are seen to be like a reflection.

Therefore, they have patience.

—9th Karmapa

Mark Raugas

baguazhang, xingyiquan, taijiquan
shin-no-shinkage heihō