Friday, December 4, 2009

Daniel Mejia final outside reading

A couple of months ago I was reading about a sacred mountain called Kailas that is venerated by a couple of religions. According to their respective religions, pilgrims might travel to distinct destinations around the world. For example, Buddhists and Hindus make a pilgrimage to Mt. Kailas, located in a remote part of the Tibet. They believe circumambulating the circumference of Mt. Kailas will relieve them from sin, and enlightenment will be achieved.Buddhist and Hindus believe that Kailas is the axis mundi of the world. They believe that it everything originated from this sacred spot. Curiously enough the four main rivers from that area originate from Kailas. When reading about this I also thought about the Lane's second axiom "sacred place is ritually made extraordinary." People come from all over the world and circumambulate this mountain every year. This makes this mountain ritually extraordinary.

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