 "Sunderland Echo (Pennywell, England)")
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Here's Adelaide's clock, now we just need the ship.
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Time is ticking away in the race to save the Adelaide - and pictured is a centuries-old clock that will form the first stage of her revamp if she comes home.
Sunderland City of Adelaide Recovery Fund (Scarf) and Sunderland Maritime Heritage (SMH) are trying to save the 150-year-old Sunderland-built clipper ship from destruction.
Its owners Sunderland Maritime Museum (SMM) say they can no longer afford to keep her and are looking at the best way to dismantle her.
But Peter Maddison, chairman of Scarf, says the group is moving closer to rescuing the ...
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Incredible! Lookout Post has More Free Tickets, this time for "Treasures of a Sacred Mountain: Kukai and Mount Koya," an exhibition being held at the Kyoto National Museum from April 15 to May 25.(Lookout Post)
Magazine article from: Look Japan
; ...for "Treasures of a Sacred Mountain: Kukai and Mount Koya," an exhibition being...25. This year marks 1,200 years since Kukai, the Buddhist priest also known as Kobo...esoteric Buddhism under Huiguo. In 819 Kukai initiated construction of a monastic center...
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Sacred Koyasan: A Pilgrimage to the Mountain Temple of Saint Kobo Daishi and the Great Sun Buddha
Magazine article from: Japanese Journal of Religious Studies
; ...religious centers of Japan. Founded by Kukai in the ninth century and the headquarters...numerous resplendent temples, along with Kukai's mausoleum, where, according to legend...on to Koya's atmospheric graveyard and Kukai's mausoleum (by which Nicoloff passes...
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The eighty-eight temples: pilgrimages were among the earliest forms of historical travelling, and they remain popular in many parts of the world. Alex Koller tries Japan's most famous Buddhist pilgrimage.(ANOTHER COUNTRY)
Magazine article from: History Today
; ...people. At the end of the eighth century, Kukai (774-835) and Saicho (767-822...proved appealing to the common people. Kukai talked of 'Enlightenment in Ibis very...extensive pantheon of esoteric Buddhism. Kukai is the central hero of the Shikoku pilgrimage...
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Touched by 9/11
Newspaper article from: The Malay Mail
; ...Tung Huang, and the Sacred Journey of Kukai One, his latest release. It traces the...The uniqueness of the Sacred Journey of Kukai project, which Kitaro said would feature...from 88 Buddhist temples in Shikoku where Kukai came from. The first album in the series...
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On being a pilgrim: the centuries-old pilgrimage to the 88 temples of Shikoku entails for walkers a punishing 1,200-kilometer circuit of the Shikoku coastline. Tony McNiCol completed the pilgrimage earlier this year ... (Culture Feature).
Magazine article from: Look Japan
; ...to the ninth century when the Buddhist priest Kukai, later to be canonized as Kobo Daishi, made...pilgrimages, which at some point after the time of Kukai combined to form the present route. Kukai was the founder of the Shingon Buddhist sect...
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Buddhism and Ecology: The Interconnection of Dharma and Deeds. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Buddhist-Christian Studies
; ...Buddhism, especially that of the Japanese monk and scholar Kukai, offer resources for resolving the environmental crisis (as...for environmental destruction (74), Ingram contends that Kukai's principles of holistic unity of all of nature (ecosystems...
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Holy strollers: Shikoku's popular pilgrimages bridge the gap between Buddhism and tourism. But can the rest of the moribund tourism industry succeed in selling the spiritual?
Magazine article from: Japan Inc.
; ...ji is the birthplace of the pilgrimage's founder, the monk Kukai--better know as Daishi Kobo. In addition to founding the...and Tibetan Buddhism. The pilgrimage traces the route that Kukai is believed to have walked on a solitary journey towards enlightenment...
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Blisters for Buddha: Japanese pilgrims keep up 1,000-year tradition _ some for religion
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream
; ...millennium. The circuit links temples associated with the monk Kukai, also known as Kobo Daishi, who founded the Shingon sect of...he attained enlightenment on the southern coast of Shikoku. Kukai's main message was that enlightenment is possible on earth...
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Religion in the News
News Wire article from: AP Online
; ...millennium. The circuit links temples associated with the monk Kukai, also known as Kobo Daishi, who founded the Shingon sect of...he attained enlightenment on the southern coast of Shikoku. Kukai's main message was that enlightenment is possible on earth...
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 "Deseret News (Salt Lake City)")
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Japan's Buddhists keep trek tradition alive
Newspaper article from: Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
; ...millennium. The circuit links temples associated with the monk Kukai, also known as Kobo Daishi, who founded the Shingon sect of...he attained enlightenment on the southern coast of Shikoku. Kukai's main message was that enlightenment is possible on earth...
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