Discipleship and Training for the Shingon Priesthood TESTING, LICENSING and FURTHER TRAINING The Disciple must then take a comprehensive test for Licensing and upon passing requires payment of 300,000 yen for the lowest level license (about $2820 at current yen value.) This is only the basic training, for four rituals. In Shingon there are more than 250 rituals. These require additional training, through what is called the Transmission of the Complete Teachings (Ichiryu Denju). On Mount Koya a person then takes the Gakue program for ten years and becomes a Maha Acharya. On Mount Koya a person must be a Maha Acarya in order to take on Disciples. Back | Training ©1998,1999 Shingon Buddhist International Institute