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Buddhism

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1. Here's a link to an online video of it

Reply to ellenrr (Original post)

Sun Dec 6, 2015, 08:56 PM

Dec 2015

"Shikoku: At a Glance

The Japanese island of Shikoku is the birthplace of the most revered figure in Japanese Buddhism, the monk and teacher Kobo-Daishi, who brought a populist form of Buddhism to Japan from China in the 9th century. For hundreds of years, a 750-mile pilgrimage route has circled this mountainous island, connecting 88 separate temples and shrines that claim connection to Daishi, also known as the Great Master. Each leg of the journey represents a stage of the path to nirvana: awakening, austerity and discipline, enlightenment, and nirvana."

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/sacredjourneys/content/shikoku/

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Here's a link to an online video of it left-of-center2012 Dec 2015 #1

thanks! I fell asleep and missed it. :) ellenrr Dec 2015 #2