檢視 Pilgrimage 的原始碼

Buddhists consider '''pilgrimage''' ([[Wyl.]] ''gnas skor'', ''nékor'')—the visiting of holy places blessed by great beings during the course of Buddhist history—as an important means of accumulating [[merit]]. The tradition is actually inspired by the [[Buddha]] himself. As the [[Mahaparinirvana Sutra]] explains, when he was about to pass into [[parinirvana]], people around him asked him who would there be to guide people if he were to display passing away. He replied that for people in the future to visit the four great holy places would be like meeting him in actuality. 

==Further Reading==
*[[Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche]], ''What to do at India’s Buddhist Holy Sites'', Khyentse Foundation, 2010
*Ngawang Zangpo, ''Sacred Ground: Jamgon Kongtrul on "Pilgrimage and Sacred Geography,"'' (Ithaca: Snow Lion, 2001).

==External Links==
*{{LH|http://www.lotsawahouse.org/tibetan-masters/kathok-situ-chokyi-gyatso/three-types-pilgrim|The Three Types of Pilgrim by Katok Situ Chökyi Gyatso}}
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HMP_xVJFss Khandro Rinpoche on doing pilgrimage]
*[http://www.himalayanart.org/pages/pilgrim/index.html The Art of Pilgrimage & Sacred Sites outline page at Himalayan Art]

[[Category: Pilgrimage]]