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A 5 page paper which examines the religious
significance of pilgrimages in Islam and Buddhist traditions. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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individual with the experience of the religion through touching on history, spirituality, and companionship of others who have the same mission. It is seen as a spiritual cleansing of sorts,
as well as a way to truly and powerfully put forth ones faith in the hopes of gaining some powerful spiritual message of feeling. The following paper examines pilgrimages for
the Islams and then for the Buddhists. The paper finishes with a comparison and contrast of the two are it relates to their pilgrimages. Islam "Islamic pilgrimage, or
Hajj, shares with other traditions the basic features of intention or consecration, separation, passage, sojourn (at the shrine or sanctuary), and fellowship, whereby the individual becomes aware of his place
as part of a larger social body transcending frontiers, class, culture and language. The reintegration of the pilgrim into his community upon his return enriches that community by his experience,
which alters his perception of himself, his family, his nationality and his relationships with all of them" (Haeri, 2004). Interestingly enough, however, it seems that it is the Islamic pilgrimages
that are often seen as very intensely reflective of these designs: "Islamic pilgrimage exhibits all these characteristics to a very marked and unusual degree. It is only in modern times
that the political, social and revolutionary benefits of Hajj have been overtaken by mass production of ritual mismanagement" (Haeri, 2004). Haeri (2004) informs us that "Politically, Hajj constitutes the
annual congress of all Muslims, since Hajj is the nearest the believers come to a single corporate presence in one place. For peoples of diverse social and cultural origins and
backgrounds coming together with a common purpose promotes not only spiritual upliftment but also solidarity." In contrast we note that where "mediaeval Christian pilgrimages like Canterbury or Glastonbury promoted national
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