Emei Mountain is one of most majestic and spectacular holy mountains in the world. It is one of the four major Buddhist holy mountains and is the sacred abode of the Maha Bodhisattva Samantabhadra and the Avatamsaka Sutra. Samantabhadra is the primordial Buddha who manifests as a Bodhisattva to bring the teachings of Vajrayana Buddhism to this world system. Full of mountain spirits Emei Mountain was originally inhabited by shamans and Daoists. Laozi (Lao Tsu), the founder of Daoism established a temple in the Jiulao Cave near the mountain's peak during the 5th century BC with the nine ancients of Daoism. The famous Buddhist Monk Tangseng along with the Monkey King Sun Wukong also cultivated in the Jiulao Cave during their famous Journey West. China's most famous poet and Daoist drunken immortal Libai wrote scores of inspirational poems about the inconceivable nature of Emei Mountain. Even the Herbal Immortal Shennong still manifests in the expansive rainforest bestowing amrita elixirs that enlightens as well as they heal. The famous Tibetan Terton Khenpo Jigme Puntsog Rimpoche is the guiding light in the ever expanding Spiritual Water Tantric Monastery where even the Son of Heaven, Emperor Kangxi, stayed and cultivated the precious Buddha Dharma. As a beacon of Wisdom Light outstanding monks, nuns, lay practitioners and pilgrims from every spiritual tradition and every country in the world come to Emei Mountain to receive its blessings and harmonize in this magical sphere of intrinsic awareness.

Rising to 11,000ft. above the Sea of Clouds on the border land between China & Tibet Emei Mountain is a dense jungle rainforest that rises from the rice patties and bamboo groves of the Sichuan basin to pierce the clouds of heaven with its sub-artic peaks. High mountain rivers and crystal clear waterfalls cut deep canyons through the rock faces that can reach thousands of feet high and some waterfalls even dissipate before they hit the ground. There are cavernous swimming holes that lead to underground caves behind the waterfalls where rainbows are always in bloom. Full of Buddhist temples, mountain villages, tribal nomads, exotic animals and sacred herbs pilgrims from all over world come to play in this Buddhist wonderland. Emei Mountain is also home to many rare species of animals such as the panda bear, pigme-pandas and red panda, black bears, frisbee size butterflies, foot long praying mantis', all kinds of birds and hawks, peacocks, many types of snakes, giant insects, and three different types of monkeys that can be found throughout the mountain, yet even a mosquito bite is rare on our Sacred Journeys due to the protective energy and blessings of Samantabhadra.

Emei Mountain is an herbalist's wonderland. The rainforest and varying elevations provide a bounty of common, uncommon and sacred herbs. The extremely potent Snow Lotus Flower stays in bloom even under six feet of snow and makes a powerful kidney tonic. The Golden Hair Dog Root stops bleeding just by touching it. Foot long Suoyang roots raise the Yang even in the coldest of winters. Tianma roots can grow up to six inches long and Emei Ginseng and lingzhi mushrooms are cultivated by the Daoist saints and the Buddhist dakinis to confer immortality. Emei Mountain has four major types of lingzhi mushrooms some the size of coffee tables. The extremely rare Buddha's Hand lingzhi mushroom is a special prize of Emei Mountain. Emei Mountain also has many types of herbal teas. Green tea, black tea, wild tea and high elavation tea can be found throughout the mountain being hawked by local mountain villagers along the forest trail. For the 84,000 types of disease there are 84,000 types of medicine all of which can be found on Emei Mountain.

From the Golden Summit Monastery of Emei Mountain the sun and moon cascades across the Sea of Clouds and sets over the 24,000ft. Konga Mountains of Eastern Tibet. Many healing miracles, wisdom miracles and miracle signs have manifested on Emei Mountain since ancient times and even our students over the past two decades have witnessed quite a few. Some of these miracles include the Buddhist halo, multiplying lanterns, sky signs, unusual rainbows, dreams and visions, and maybe even a visit by the golden monkey. The Maha Bodhisattva Samantabhadra has been know to manifest bestowing blessings and miracle healings even to our own small group of pilgrims. Emei Mountain is adorned with many different types of Buddhist temples and Buddhist monasteries, martial arts schools, healing clinics, TCM hospitals, and even a national TCM and Martial Arts University. It also is home to the world's largest Zen Monastery.

During the Southern Song Dynasty in 1227 AD a Wudang Daoist martial and medicinal priest named White Cloud, came to Emei Mountain, became a Buddhist monk and eventually the Sudden Enlightenment abbot of the Hua Zang Temple at the Golden Summit of Emei Mountain. White Cloud intergrated his knowledge of confucianism, shamanism, Daoism, Buddhism and the three thousand and six hundred schools that were prelavant at that time into a concise system that was easy to learn and apply and brought about great realizations and sudden enlightenment. After writing the Precious Lotus Cannon and formulating the External Energy Diagnosis and Treatment System Samantabhadra came to him in a vision and told him to pass on his knowledge to the next generation to help rid the world of pain and suffering and to let the light of the dharma shine like the sun. Undisturbed for eight centuries the monastics who practiced this tradition enjoyed a peaceful until WWII. During WWII the 11th patriarch Yongxin was gathering herbs down at the bottom of the mountain and ran into Zhou Qianchuan who was a western doctor who was extremely sick. Yongxin healed him and then trained him at the Golden Summit for thirteen years. When the Japanese invaded Yongxin fled to Kangding, Tibet which is the next mountain range over. Master Zhou fled north to Shanxi, Province and opened an Emei clinic there. Master Zhou had two wives and twelve children who taught the system to many people and his lineage is still flourishing today. After China's Liberation in 1949 Master Zhou passed on the Emei lineage to His Holiness Juzan, who was the head of China's Buddhist Association at the Guangji Temple in Beijing.

Linhai is the primary teacher of the Emei Sudden enlightenment School in the west and on sacred journeys. He began his training in martial arts in the seventies and in 1986 went to the Shaolin Temple where he recieved transmission from the abbot De Chan. From Shaolin he went on to study with many of the great Emei masters and is a disciple of the supreme abbot of Emei Mountain, Tong Yong. He has been leading other western student to Emei Mountain annually since 1987. Linhai is also an ordained vajra yogi of the Nyingma tradition, a Doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine and a NCCA Diplomate. He is the founder of Sacred Journeys, the Blue Lotus Dharma Center and the the FHG Shaolin Kungfu Association. He also is the Proprietor of Adzom Rinpoche's Dorje Purba Ling in NYC.

What to expect and what to pack
Climbing up Emei Mountain and living in rustic monasteries can be challenging but that's the best way to purify your body and mind. Participate as much or little as you like, there are no requirements except to enjoy yourself and get out of it as much as you put into it. You can leave your heavy bags at the bottom monastery and carry what you need in a small monk's bag available at all of the temples. If you get tired along the trail you can hire locals to carry you and your gear up the mountain on a bamboo sedan chair. The bottom is tropical hot and the top can be artic cold so dress in layers. You can buy what you need along the way and rent a heavy coat at the top when you'll need it the most. Wear a good pair of broken in sneakers. We live in the temples with double occupancy rooms or dormitories and showers are usually available. If the weather is warm we spend more time at the top. If it's cold we spend more time at the bottom. The exotic organic mountain food is always fresh and grown right around the temples. Meat dishes and herbal medicines are available on the trails outside the temples if you need it. If you want to stay on Emei Mountain in retreat after the journey is over we would be happy to arrange it for you. Private journeys can also be arranged for groups of four or more. Enjoy!!!

The human potential is vast for those on the sacred journey of self discovery!