滝たき行ぎょう

noun

waterfall meditation; ascetic practice under a waterfall

A traditional Shugendō or Buddhist ascetic practice where a person stands or chants under a cold waterfall for purification and spiritual training.

• 彼かれは毎まい朝あさ、山やまで滝たき行ぎょうをしている。

  He does waterfall meditation in the mountains every morning.

• 滝たき行ぎょうは心しん身しんを清きよめる修しゅ行ぎょうの一ひとつだ。

  Waterfall asceticism is one of the practices for purifying the mind and body.