Kumano is the holy ground of the dead, a noble land celebrated by radiant rays and a thousand peaks. Mountain ascetics likened Yoshino to Vajradhatu. "The Diamond Realm," and Kumano to Garbhadhatu. "The Womb Realm."

Practitioners of Esoteric Buddhism trace a path between these worlds, experiencing the illusions of birth and of death.

Chanting the sutras, they come to Kumano; chanting the sutras, they die at Kumano.

Thier bodies are laid to bleach in the fields; their souls are expended; but the chanting goes on...

Kumano. Land of immortals, a noble land protected by moonlight and a thousand gods.