circumambulation

• “Perhaps it’s easier to describe through what Jung called circumambulation … or talking around the subject.”

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• “It is also interesting to note that scholars are unanimous in holding that the face must be uncovered during circumambulation of the Kaaba in Mecca, during what is arguably considered a peak moment of Islamic spirituality.”

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• “One day, he (Changkya Rolpai Dorje) went out to make a circumambulation of the monastery (H.H. - this is at Ganden) and as he reached the right corner of the mountain behind Ganden he became aware of the smell of a great (column) incense smoke rising from the village that lay down below on the floor of the valley.”

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• “Then, as he continued his circumambulation, a tantric Geshe accompanying him explained the stories associated with each and every one of the many naturally formed stone images of deities, mantras, and hand and foot imprints on stones that were lying above and below on the sides of the road.”

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• “We do not need more cold warriorship or CIA circumambulation.”

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• “In addition, there are practices that are understandable to both Muslims and Buddhists, including, circumambulation and pilgrimage.”

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• “I saw the video and slide show of his circumambulation of Annapurna in Nepal.”

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• “He said, Make a circuit round me seven times, and reckon this (to be) better than the circumambulation (of the Ka'ba) in the pilgrimage; And lay those dirhams before me, O generous one.”

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• “He did the circumambulation at the Harem; he was admitted to the house of our Lord; he went to the well”

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• “The cloth that draped it was in accordance with the Iranian custom for showing veneration, applied equally to Buddha statues as well as stupas, and circumambulation was the common Buddhist manner of worship.”

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