Japan’s Buddhists Run A Deadly 1,000-Day Marathon – Only 46 Monks Have Completed The Seven-Year Marathon Since 1885

The kaihōgyō — a seven-year, 1,000-day marathon — is among the world’s most difficult physical challenges. It is rarely completed, and those who fail are historically expected to kill themselves. Why do Japan’s Buddhist monks take on this nearly impossible challenge? Many of us have that friend—the one who runs marathons. Their car is plastered with bumper stickers: 13.1, […]

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