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Title:     Pilgrimage in China: A Trip to Jiu Hua Mountain : Going for a Pilgrimage
Creator: Ji Kwang Mu Kyong, Zen Master (Wöhrle-Chon, Roland) ; Tao, Teresa C.H., photographer
Catalan subject: Pelegrinatges budistes Xina
English subject: Buddhist pilgrims and pilgrimages China
Abstract:  In April of 2014, a group of monastics and laypeople from our Asian sangha visited root temples from our Chinese heritage at Jiu Hua Mountain in China. The tour was documented in photographs by Teresa C. H. Tao, who was kind enough to share them with us, along with some captions about the sites. Visits to sites such as these have the feel of a pilgrimage, which is also part of the Zen tradition. We’ve asked Zen Master Ji Kwang, who has gone on pilgrimages in India and elsewhere, to say something about the spirit of pilgrimage. Mengxiao Wang and Guo Gu Yu provided translations of some of the calligraphies seen in the photos. I’ve chosen stories about encounters between the ancestors to add to some of the photographs. It may help us appreciate why these sites have been preserved and the reason for visiting them. When Dizang asked Fayen why Fayen was on a pilgrimage, Fayen said, “I don’t know.” Dizang responded, “Not knowing is most intimate.” May this essay help us become intimate with our ancestors
Source:  Primary Point 2015, vol. 31, no. 3, pp. 9-14
Document type:  info:eu-repo/semantics/article ; info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
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