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In the Mahaparinibbana Sutta Gautama Buddha spoke of the four sites most worthy of pilgrimage for his followers to visit: Lumbini: birth place (in Nepal); Bodh Gaya: place of Enlightenment; Sarnath: (formally Isipathana) where he delivered his first teaching; Kusinara: (now Kusinagar, India) where he attained mahaparinirvana (passed away).
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Peace Pilgrim (July 18, 1908 – July 7, 1981) born Mildred Lisette Norman, was an American pacifist, vegetarian, and peace activist. In 1952, she became the first woman to walk the entire length of the Appalachian Trail in one season. Starting on January 1, 1953 in Pasadena, California, Norman walked across the United States for 28 years. Peace's Pilgrim's only possessions were the clothes on her back and the few items she carried in the pockets of her blue tunic. She had no organizational backing, carried no money, and would not even ask for food or shelter. It had to be offered without asking. For 28 years, all her needs were met.
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The Pilgrim (1923): directed by and starring Charles Chaplin. Tagline: 4 Great Reels. Plot outline: When Charlie escapes from prison he dons a preacher's clothes. By mistake he becomes the new minister for the town of Devil's Gulch. Later, discovered as the convict, the sheriff takes Charlie to the Mexican border where he can choose to return, a convict, or face Mexican bandits at war with each other.
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There are an estimated 1.3 billion Muslims living today and during the month of the Hajj, the city of Mecca must cope with as many as four million pilgrims.
On July 2, 1990, a stampede inside a pedestrian tunnel (Al-Ma'aisim tunnel) leading out from Mecca towards Mina and the Plains of Arafat led to the deaths of 1,426 pilgrims.
On May 23, 1994, a stampede killed at least 270 pilgrims at the stoning of the Devil ritual.
On April 9, 1998, at least 118 pilgrims were trampled to death and 180 injured in an incident on Jamarat Bridge.
On March 5, 2001, 35 pilgrims were trampled to death in a stampede during the stoning of the Devil ritual.
On February 11, 2003, the stoning of the Devil ritual claimed 14 pilgrims' lives.
On February 1, 2004, 251 pilgrims were killed and another 244 injured in a stampede during the stoning ritual in Mina.
On January 12, 2006, a stampede during the ritual ramy al-jamarāt on the last day of the Hajj in Mina killed at least 346 pilgrims and injured at least 289 more.
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The Pilgrim Award is presented by the Science Fiction Research Association for Lifetime Achievement in the field of science fiction scholarship. It was created in 1970 and was named after J. O. Bailey’s pioneering book Pilgrims Through Space and Time. Fittingly, the first award was presented to Bailey.
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Pilgrim by Enya
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Pilgrim Pumpkin Cookies
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The Passionate Pilgrim is an (a word or phrase made by using the letters of another word or phrase in a different order) of I map the past's religion.
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The Pilgrim's Progress from This World to That Which Is to Come by John Bunyan (published 1678) is an allegorical novel. It is regarded as one of the greatest classics of literature, and has been translated into more than 100 languages. Bunyan wrote this book while imprisoned in 1675 for violations of the Conventicle Act, which prohibited the holding of religious services outside the auspices of the established Church of England.
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A pilgrim is a wanderer with purpose. (Peace Pilgrim)
Common sense and nature will do a lot to make the pilgrimage of life not too difficult. (W. Somerset Maugham)
Good thoughts his only friends,/ His wealth a well-spent age,/ The earth his sober inn/ And quiet pilgrimage. (Thomas Campion)
PILGRIM, n. A traveler that is taken seriously. A Pilgrim Father was one who [was] not permitted to sing psalms through his nose [in Europe], followed it to Massachusetts, where he could personate God according to the dictates of his conscience. (Ambrose Bierce)
Pilgrims who are looking for a cure are soon looking for a curio. (Morley Safer)
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Delphi is an archaeological site and a modern town in Greece on the south-western spur of Mount Parnassus in a valley of Phocis. In ancient times it was the site of the most important oracle, dating into prehistoric times as a site for the worship of Gaia and in classical times, converted to that of the god Apollo. Delphi was revered throughout the Greek world as the site of the omphalos stone, the centre of the earth and the universe. In the inner hestia ("hearth") of the Temple of Apollo, an eternal flame burned. After the battle of Plataea, the Greek cities extinguished their fires and brought new fire from the hearth of Greece, at Delphi; in the foundation stories of several Greek colonies, the founding colonists were first dedicated at Delphi.
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A mule can go to Mecca, but it will not come back as a pilgrim. (Arabian)
After eating nine hundred rats, the cat is now going on a pilgrimage. (Indian)
The Pilgrim Fathers landed on the shores of America and fell on their knees; then they fell upon the aborigines. (American)
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