Dharma World Buddhist magazine

Published quarterly, Dharma World is a magazine that presents Buddhism as a practical living religion and promotes interreligious dialogue for world peace. It espouses views that emphasize the dignity of life, seeks to rediscover our inner nature and bring our lives more in account with it, and investigates causes of human suffering. It tries to show how religious principles help solve problems in daily life and how the least application of such principles has wholesome effects on the world around us. It seeks to demonstrate truths that are fundamental to all religions, truths on which all people can act.

Dharma World magazine January-March 2012 The Meaning of Modern Pilgrimage

IN THIS ISSUE

Pilgrimage is important to many religious traditions. By viewing its various aspects and learning about the significance of places of pilgrimage, people can deepen their understanding of, and often their respect for, other religious faiths and their adherents. It should also be noted that pilgrimages are not always religious, and may be journeys to important secular sites. In this issue, Dharma World seeks to deepen people's understanding of humanity's aspiration for the sacred by examining the significance of pilgrimage, whether religious or secular, for contemporary society.