Buddhists Go On Pilgrimages Because They Want To Visit The Most Important Places Of Buddhas Life.
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Pilgrimage is a religious journey to a religious place, journeying to a place of holiness or healing. It can also mean a spiritual rather than a physical journey. It is done as a sign of devotion, as a rite of passage, as a physical journey to symbolize the spiritual journey through life, to bring the religion of life and to give a deep sense of satisfaction and self- fulfillment.
Pilgrimage helps Buddhists to learn more about the Dharma, which are the universal law of life and the teachings of the Buddha. As devotion is an important part of the practice of most Buddhists, go on pilgrimages to seek inspiration and to show that they are willing to devote their life to the Buddhist path, going on a pilgrimage can allow them to have time to reflect on themselves, to discover things about themselves and making progress on their spiritual journey. This shows them that spiritual discovery can come out of earthly experiences and that undertaking a pilgrimage is a way of gaining merit.
The popular quote also emphasizes the importance of pilgrimage. "Here at the sarnath the enlightened one was born; here at Bodh Gaya he attained enlightenment, here at Sarnath he turned the wheel of the Dharma; and here at Kusinara he entered Parinirvana".
Devotion is an important part of the practice of most Buddhists. Devotional practices include bowing, offerings, pilgrimage, chanting. In Pure Land Buddhism, devotion to the Buddha Amitabha is the main practice. In Nichiren Buddhism, devotion to the Lotus Sutra is the main practice.
buddhists go to different places one of them is Bodh Gaya
The pilgrimages are sacred places.
Hindus go for pilgrimage to such places of worship, to peform puja or to atone for the misdeeds, if any, done or committed by them, knowingly or unawares.
I am uncertain as to whether you mean what happens to the pilgrim spiritually or what happen a on the pilgrimage, so I will attempt to answer both.
First off, there are pilgrimages and there are retreats.
A pilgrimage in the larger sense is the traveling from one's home to a sacred site in the hope that a spiritual answer or calling will occur. That is, that a spiritual question or need the person has will be answered by making the pilgrimage.
A retreat can be one of two things. Either it is where a person will go to gain or increase their spiritual knowledge, such as entering a monastery for a period of time to receive teachings; or it is where they remove themselves from the world in order to practice in a more reclusive setting. The idea of both is to strengthen the persons spiritual practice.
On a pilgrimage the person stops at sacred sites, prays and usually makes donations to support the site. The idea is that being close to a sacred site will help them in the spiritual quest.
On a retreat, if a persons enters a monastery, they join the other monastics in daily chores, rituals and teachings. So they have removed themselves from the everyday life in order to strengthen their practice.
There is no prescribed pilgrimage in Buddhism. Nevertheless, some Buddhists elect to visit places that were important in the development of Buddhism. The two most popular places to visit are:
Some Buddhists visit other sites as well.
Sarnath is one of the most important Buddhist pilgrimages in India. The pilgrimage town of Sarnath, located ten kilometers north of Varanasi. is one of the four holy places intrinsically connected to the life of the Buddha. After attaining enlightenment, Buddha taught the Dharma here and founded Buddhism.
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The Buddha is said to have given his first sermon near Varanasi.
for worship there is very long story about puja or worship or deep information log on - devdhamyatra
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The Ganges River is a common place for Hindus to go on a pilgrimage.
To be closer to their God/s than where they live. === === Pilgrimage is mainly done for the intrinsic worthiness of their being. Pilgrimage is mainly done for the intrinsic worthiness of their being.
Hindus visit 51 Sakthi peetams, 12 Jyotir Linga, 108 Divya desams on pilgrimage.
It is compulsory for Hindus to go on one pilgimage and that one is to go to the river ganges every year to wash away their sins. If they do not they are condsidered unclean and are forever with their sins.
Ganges River.
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Many Hinduism go to pilgrimage in India known as chara dhama. Also kailash & mansarovar, jaganath puri is also very famous.
They believe that by making a pilgrimage they can be free of all sins. And get a better life after death.
Amarnath in Kashmir, Kedarnath and Badrinath in Uttranchal and Jagannathpuri in Orisa.
They try to get close to their god .
on a pilgrimage Hindus visit Temples & do charity. They also pray to god to forgive their sins.