About Solgorithm
Learn from a living Buddhist Deity
Join us for a rare and intimate gathering at Sky Maple Farm featuring Marathon Monk Mitsunaga Endo Dai-Ajari of Japan. Ajari is the 50th monk in modern history to complete the legendary Kaihōgyō, the thousand-day walking meditation practiced by Tendai Buddhist monks on Mt. Hiei in Japan. This profound discipline requires monks to walk tens of thousands of miles over seven years in continuous prayer and meditation, a path so demanding that only a small number of practitioners have completed it in over a millennium.
It is extraordinarily rare for a Kaihōgyō Ajari to travel internationally, making this a unique opportunity to spend time in the presence of a living practitioner of one of the world’s most rigorous spiritual traditions.
Different Meditative Practices
Format & Offerings
At the heart of the experience is a one-mile forest loop where participants can run or walk alongside the Marathon Monk. Moving at their own rhythm and free from clocks or competition, participants are encouraged to explore the loop as a form of moving meditation. A mala bead will be given for every lap completed, allowing participant to track their distance without clocks or cellphones.
Participants may step off the path to experience a series of contemplative practices offered across the farm. Floating sound baths, sunset yoga, Stargate binaural meditation, and equine-assisted meditation will take place in quiet pockets of the landscape, surrounded by grazing horses, open pasture, and migratory birds.
As the sun sets, the gathering concludes with a vegetarian farm-to-table dinner. The night will include teachings, meditation, and an open dialogue with the Ajari-sama.