<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><blockquote type="cite"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Each pilgrimage is a circle<br></span></font></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">we travel to return transformed.<br></span></font></blockquote><br><blockquote type="cite"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The key to pilgrimage is to embark on the trip with a heightened intention. </span></font></blockquote><br><blockquote type="cite"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">We are not just tourists. </span></font></blockquote><br><blockquote type="cite"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">We're going to honor someone or something. </span></font></blockquote><br><blockquote type="cite"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">By honoring what is sacred to us, we make it more real in our lives.<br></span></font></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Inevitably, we return from pilgrimage, and this is an essential part of the meaning as well. </span></font></blockquote><br><blockquote type="cite"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">We're supposed to return to our normal lives, except that we return transformed, carrying the experience with us forever, having touched the reality of what we love. . .<br></span></font></blockquote><br><blockquote type="cite"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> - Deng Ming-Dao, from The Lunar Tao</span></font></blockquote><br>All the suffering in the world comes from seeking pleasure for oneself. All the happiness in the world comes from seeking happiness for others.<div> - Shantideva </div></div></div></body></html>