Pilgrimage to the 88 Sacred Places of Shikoku
{Shikoku Hachijûhachikasho Meguri}

--SEVEN WEEKS ON THE HENRO MICHI--
--Steps along the Shikoku Island 88 Temple Pilgrimage--
Marc Pearl
(This is what Marc said he was going to send me to post online; all i ever received was the first six chapters. )
All documents are pdf format.
  1. TOC and Prologue
  2. First Steps (Koyasan to Shikoku Island)
  3. A Lucky Encounter — Final Instructions — Starting Out (At Temple #2)
  4. The Settai Offering (Temples #7- #11)
  5. Day 6: A Walk through Tokushima City in the Rain (Temples #17- #18)
  6. Days 7/8: Night Time on a Lonely Mountain (Temples #18- #21)
  7. Days 8/9: Bad Feet at the Temple of the Medicine King (Temple #23)
  8. Days 12/13: Entering the Shugyo-no-Dojo Path of Discipline at Cape Muroto (Temple #24)
  9. On the Road: Shugyo, the Path of Religious Discipline
  10. Days 19/20 Kochi City towards Cape Ashizuri (Temples #33- #36 and beyond)
  11. Day 21: Walking the Wheel of Life (Rokudo) to Kubogawa (to Temple #37)
  12. Days 23/24: Rainy Day Conversations at Cape Ashizuri (Temple # 38)
  13. Day 26: Kariya-san at the Gate to Bodai-no-Dojo, the Path of Enlightenment
  14. Days 30/31/32: Steps along the Path to Enlightenment (Temple #43 towards #44)
  15. Day 33: Mountain Paths to Temple #45 (see Prologue)
  16. On the Road: Thinking about Food
  17. Days 38/39: Bukkyo Keizei: The Business of Japanese Buddhism
  18. Days 40/41: Meeting Kobo Daishi on the Road? (Temples #64- #65)
  19. Day 42: Entering Nehan-no-Dojo, the Path of Nirvana (Temples #66- #71)
  20. Day 43: A Visit to Kobo Daishi’s Birthplace (Temples #71- #78)
  21. Day 44: A Strange Occurrence in the Dark Forest (Temples #79- #82)
  22. Days 46/47: Finishing the Pilgrimage (Temples #85- #88 and back to Temple #2), Return Home
  23. To Koyasan to Thank Daishi-sama
  24. Epilogue: The Shikoku Pilgrimage: Walking the Mandala as a Map of Consciousness

  25. Entire Document (30 pages)
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