'One of us who had made pilgrimage to the Holy Places - he is now Abbot of the Lung-Cho Monastery - gave it me,' stammered the lama.
For the first time he heard of the labours of European scholars, who by the help of these and a hundred other documents have identified the Holy Places of Buddhism.
'And thus it was, O Fountain of Wisdom, that I decided to go to the Holy Places which His foot had trod - to the Birthplace, even to Kapila; then to Mahabodhi, which is Buddh Gaya - to the Monastery - to the Deer-park -to the place of His death.'
I dare say every cigar I smoke and every liqueur I drink comes directly or indirectly from the harrying of the
holy places and the persecution of the poor.
Salaymeh and another guard, Issa Barakat, who was also summoned by police for interrogation, have stopped police who entered Bab al-Rahma prayer area with their shoes on and stepped on prayer rugs in a step seen as a grave disrespect for a
holy place by desecration of a worship area.
According to the statement of the club, the list of prisoners includes 22 youth who were arrested in the compound of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, after the Israeli forces stormed the
holy place on Tuesday and abused the worshipers in the mosque.
Speaking to reporters, Herbert Kaur appreciated that 'Pakistan has taken a positive step by opening border with India through the Kartarpur corridor project.' He said the Indian Sikhs could now easily visit the
holy place.
The meeting also touched on efforts being exerted by Jordan to preserve the Islamic and Christian
holy place in Jerusalem, as well Arab Christians' role and contribution in this regard.
Palestinians accuse Israel of meddling in the internal affairs of the Muslim
holy place with an intention to take it over and turn it into a Jewish temple since it believes the site is the location of Jewish temples destroyed thousands of years ago.
Ziarat is a
holy place for Zakri community where people come from different places for pilgrimage.
In this connection, Mamata thanked Biswa Bharati authorities for constructing Bangladesh Bhaban on its campus and said that it will remain as a
holy place for the two countries.
It is pertinent to mention here that the accused Adeel and his sub agents used to swindle the people by puffing up the religious sentiments on sending them to visit
holy place at Iran, Syria and Iraq as there are abundant of
holy place in these three countries.
And finally, we need theological investigation of how the sanctity of one religion's
holy place is changed by the presence of the "other." From a theological perspective, can such
holy places be shared, or are they defiled by the presence of the other, making political compromise impossible?
Worshippers were assaulted and the sanctity of the
holy place was defiled during the intrusion by the Israeli forces.
It pointed out that al-Quds Day is an occasion to remember that Palestine is a
holy place for al-Bth Arab Socialist Party and the Syrian people despite all issues that taking place on the Arab and regional arenas.