Non-Christian pilgrim experiences

[Ana Young]

--- lmorris <kesatotaSHAW.CA> wrote:
Why does everyone
> assume that the Christians
> have the exclusive rights the the Camino?

I've never felt that way. You put your own personal
stamp on the Camino and I think that's one reason why
it's simply called "the Camino." There are as many
names for the Camino, really, as there are pilgrims.

I feel this tremendous inclusion on the Camino and I
know I'll feel it even more on my second walk because
by then, I will have been through all of a pilgrimage
based on Buddhism, and I am not Buddhist. But I was
never made to feel I was not welcome at the temples.
When I arrive at each temple to meditate and get
stamped, there's never any question whatsoever that I
have just as much a right to be there as any Japanese
Buddhist.

I feel that way in the churches, too.

Ana

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