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Welcome to David Mason's San-shin Website
all about Korean Mountain-spirits and their shrines,
Korea's sacred peaks and mountain-worship traditions
Introduction to San-shin (Korean Mountain-spirits)

What Makes a Korean Mountain "Sacred"?

Which Korean Mountains are Most Sacred?

San-shin and Asian Religions
Buddhism, Neo-Confucianism, Shamanism and Daoism

San-shin as a Spiritual Path
SACRED  KOREAN  MOUNTAINS:

Taebaek-san:
the ultra-sacred Grand White Mountain
Shamans using the Taebaek Sanshin
Hambaek-san -- Korea's Rodney-Dangerfield Mtn


Gyeryong-san:
Rooster-Dragon Mountain-spirit Festival,
the Golden-Dragon Hermitage,
many fascinating temples & shrines,
and the Male & Female Dragon Ponds


Sacred Mountains of Seoul:
the Bukhan-san Range
Samgak-san, the Northern Guardian
2008 Mt. Samgak Int'l Cultural Festival
2007 Shamanic Sanshin Rituals
2009 Samgak-san Sanshin Ceremony
Bugak-san, the Northern Crags

Gwanak-san, the Southern Guardian
Hike on Samseong-san Oct 05
Bulam-san, Buddha-Rock Mountain

Inwang-san, the Shamanic Capital
2008 Inwang-Sanshin-je Rituals
with Resulting Magazine Articles
2009 Inwang-Sanshin-je Ceremony
Tours to a Buddhist San-shin Ceremony at
Samgak-san Wangryeong-sa in 2005, 6 & 7


Jiri-san
Exquisite-Wisdom Mountain
2004 & 2006 Namak-je [Southern Peak Ceremony]
Heavenly-King Peak
 National-Holy-Mother  San-shin
Cheoneun-sa -- the Hidden-Spring Temple
Hwaeom-sa -- Avatamsaka Monestary
Cheonghak-dong: the Azure-Crane Village
Three Sages Palace - Korea's Daoist Utopia
Ssanggye-sa: Choi Chi-won & 6th Patriarch
Korea's Original Green Tea Center
Chilbul-sa -- Temple of Seven Prince-Buddhas
Yeongok-sa and Doseon-daesa's Budo
Sudo-am -- nation's largest Sanshin-gak
Sangseon-am, remote meditation hemitage
Banya-bong -- the Prajna Wisdom Peak
Our Hike up the Legendary "Python Valley"
Yeongwon-sa and Godam-sa
Beobhwa-san -- Dharma-Blossom Peak
Shilsang-sa:  one of the "Nine Zen Temples"
Beobgye-sa, one of Korea's highest temples
Daewon-sa  and  Naewon-sa  on the East
Juji-sa & Yeowon-am on the Baekdu-daegan
Deokchi-ri Pass BDDG Monument
Video of my Jan 2007 RAS Lecture



Sogni-san National Park:
Enlightenment Temple and Alpine Altar
Beobju-sa with my Students  Nov 2006


Gaya-san, the Mountain
of Buddha's Enlightenment
featuring Haein-sa and its hermitages

Yeongdeok-gun County Dragon-Rock Temple
in Juwang-san National Park

New -- Goheon-san Daeseong-sa

Chilgap-san -- Peak with 7 Limbs

Hwangak-san  Jikji-sa  & Samseong-am

Ganghwa-do -- Island of Holy Mountains

Sobaek-san -- Home of Biro Buddha

Cheonseong-san -- 1000 Sages Mtn
with Wonhyo-am Hermitage

Anseong City:  Chiljang-san
and Goseong-san Unsu-am!
Mt. West-Clouds Blue-Dragon Temple
At the San-shin-gak of Biseul-
san Nam-jijang-sa Temple
south of Daegu City, Autumn
1999.  Photo by my old friend
Kwon Soon-il.
Seondo Korean Daoism -- the International
Institute for Sundo Taoist Cultural Research, led by
Master Kim Hyeong-mun at Hanseo University in
Chungcheong-namdo.  AKA
Kuksundo [Guk-seondo]
Daoist practices -- very interesting stuff.
See my listing of Korea's 40 most sacred places on
Martin Gray's excellent Sacred Sites of the World
website, on
this page about Korea.
For plenty of information on and beautiful photos of the
world's holy pilgrimage destinations, get his excellent
new book:
Sacred Earth: Places of Peace and Power.
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