Each pilgrimage is a circle - Deng Ming-Dao

[Larry Robinson]

> Each pilgrimage is a circle
> we travel to return transformed.

> The key to pilgrimage is to embark on the trip with a heightened intention.

> We are not just tourists.

> We're going to honor someone or something.

> By honoring what is sacred to us, we make it more real in our lives.
> Inevitably, we return from pilgrimage, and this is an essential part of the meaning as well.

> 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. . .

>        - Deng Ming-Dao, from The Lunar Tao

All the suffering in the world comes from seeking pleasure for oneself. All the happiness in the world comes from seeking happiness for others.
   - Shantideva 
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