Pilgrims Until We Die: Unending Pilgrimage in Shikoku, Reader Ian, Shultz John

Автор: Robert C. Sibley
Название: The Way of the 88 Temples: Journeys on the Shikoku Pilgrimage
ISBN: 081394211X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780813942117
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Описание: Compelled to seek something more than what modern society has to offer, Robert Sibley turned to an ancient setting for help in recovering what has been lost. The Henro Michi is one of the oldest and most famous pilgrimage routes in Japan. It consists of a circuit of eighty-eight temples around the perimeter of Shikoku, the smallest of Japan's four main islands. Every henro, or pilgrim, is said to follow in the footsteps of K?b? Daishi, the ninth-century ascetic who founded the Shingon sect of Buddhism. Over the course of two months, the author walked this 1,400-kilometer route (roughly 870 miles), visiting the sacred sites and performing their prescribed rituals.Although himself a gaijin, or foreigner, Sibley saw no other pilgrim on the trail who was not Japanese. Some of the people he met became not only close companions but also ardent teachers of the language and culture. These fellow pilgrims' own stories add to the author's narrative in unexpected and powerful ways. Sibley's descriptions of the natural surroundings, the customs and etiquette, the temples and guesthouses will inspire any reader who has longed to escape the confines of everyday life and to embrace the emotional, psychological, and spiritual dimensions of a pilgrimage.

Автор: Sibley Robert C.
Название: The Way of the 88 Temples: Journeys on the Shikoku Pilgrimage
ISBN: 0813934729 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780813934723
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Описание: The Henro Michi is one of the oldest and most famous pilgrimage routes in Japan. It consists of a circuit of eighty-eight temples around the perimeter of Shikoku, the smallest of Japan`s four main islands. Over the course of two months, the author walked this 1,400-kilometre route, visiting the sacred sites and performing their prescribed rituals.

Автор: Reader Ian, Shultz John
Название: Pilgrims Until We Die: Unending Pilgrimage in Shikoku
ISBN: 0197573592 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780197573594
Издательство: Oxford Academ
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Описание: Pilgrims Until We Die examines the Shikoku pilgrimage a 1400 kilometre, eighty-eight temple circuit around Japan`s fourth largest island, which takes around forty days by foot, or one week by car. Historically, Buddhist ascetics walked it without ceasing, creating a tradition of unending pilgrimage that continues in the present era, both by pilgrims on foot and by others in cars. Some spend decades walking the pilgrimage, while others drive it repeatedly,completing hundreds of pilgrimage circuits. Most are retired and make the pilgrimage the centre of their post-work lives. Others who work full-time spend their holidays and weekends as pilgrims. Some have only done the pilgrimage a few times but already imagine themselves as unending pilgrims and intend to doit “until we die”.