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Buddhism and Mt. Geling 葛嶺 in China
by A. Charles Muller
[Cross-posted from H-Asia]
by George Klonos
Dear List Members,
I am currently reading an eighteenth-century hagiography of En no gyōja 役行者, the founder
of Shugendō 修験道
mountain asceticism in Japan. In the text, the author mentions a mountain
called Geling 葛嶺:
“In the northeast there is a mountain called Kongō 金剛. On
the mountain resides the Bodhisattva Hōki 法喜菩薩. One thousand and two hundred people accompany him and
hear his sermons…That is why Kongōzan 金剛山 is
another name for Geling 葛嶺 (Ge Peak?).”
A paragraph later, En no gyōja visits China.
Unfortunately, I do not have access to a library at the moment. One
possibly relevant mention I found on the internet is that Ge Hong 葛洪 is said to have
written his alchemical treatises there (Ge Hong's Baopuzi was familiar to Shugendo authors).
The only other reference I could find was to "Ge Hill" (Geling) in
Hangzhou (in Duan Xiaolin’s The Rise of West Lake: A Cultural Landmark in
the Song Dynasty. Univ. of Washington Press: 2020). It mentions the
existence of religious sites along the “Ge Hill route.” I am looking for
Buddhist or Daoist associations with this landmark.
Many Thanks
George Klonos
Independent Researcher
