noun
thousand-day mountain circumambulation; kaihōgyō (Tendai ascetic practice)
A severe Tendai Buddhist ascetic practice involving a 1,000-day walking meditation over several years, primarily on Mount Hiei and to the old Imperial Palace in Kyoto.
回峰行を満行した行者は「大阿闍梨」と呼ばれる。
A practitioner who completes the kaihōgyō is called a 'Dai Ajari' (Great Master).