Bahá'í Faith

The shrine where Bahá'u'lláh is buried.

Located in Bahji near Acre, Israel, the Shrine of Bahá'u'lláh is the most holy place for Bahá'ís and their Qiblih, or direction of prayer. It contains the remains of Bahá'u'lláh, founder of the Bahá'í Faith and is near the spot where he died in the Mansion of Bahji. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The Mansion of Bahji is a term used to describe a summer house where Baháulláh died in 1892. ... The city of Acre [1] is in the Western Galilee district in northern Israel. ... Shrine of Baháulláh from the North Located in Bahji near Akká, the Shrine of Baháulláh is the most holy place for Baháís - their Qiblih. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Holy of Holies. ... Seat of the Universal House of Justice, governing body of the Baháís, in Haifa, Israel The Baháí Faith is the religion founded by Baháulláh in 19th century Persia. ... In the Baháí Faith the Qiblih refers to the location that Baháís should face when saying their daily obligatory prayers, and is fixed at the Shrine of Baháulláh in Bahjí, near Akká which is in present day Israel. ... Shrine of Baháulláh Baháulláh (ba-haa-ol-laa Arabic: Glory of God) (November 12, 1817 - May 29, 1892), born Mírzá usayn-`Alí (Persian: ), was the founder of the Baháí Faith. ... The Mansion of Bahji is a term used to describe a summer house where Baháulláh died in 1892. ...

Shrine of the Báb

The Shrine of the Báb, the burial location of the Báb, who Bahá'ís see as the immediate forerunner of their religion, is located on Mount Carmel, in Haifa, Israel.
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Buddhism

The tooth sanctuary

The Buddha's body was cremated and the relics were placed in monuments or stupas, some of which are believed to have survived until the present. For example, the Temple of the Tooth or "Dalada Maligawa" in Sri Lanka is the place where the right tooth relic of Buddha is kept at present.
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Bodhidharma (early 6th cent. CE) is generally regarded as the founder of Zen Buddhism, one of the Mahayana traditions. According to a 7th century account by Dàoxuān, odhidharma, he writes, died at Luo River Beach, where he was interred by his disciple Huike, possibly in a cave. Soon after his death, someone supposedly witnessed Bodhidharma walking back towards India barefoot and with a single shoe in hand. His grave was later exhumed, and according to legend, the only thing found in it was the shoe he left behind. Because of uncertainty about the precise physical location as well as ambiguity about what might be left of Bodhidharma at his burial site, no burial site has been venerated in the Zen tradition. Bodhidharma (early 6th century CE) was the Buddhist monk traditionally credited as founder of Zen. ... A woodblock print by Yoshitoshi, (Japan, 1887) depicting Bodhidharma the founder of Chinese Zen. ... Relief image of the bodhisattva Kuan Yin from Mt. ... According the traditions of Zen Buddhism, Huike (慧可) was the second patriarch of the Chan (Chinese Zen). ... Bodhidharma (early 6th century CE) was the Buddhist monk traditionally credited as founder of Zen. ... Zen is a school of Mahāyāna Buddhism notable for its emphasis on practice and experiential wisdom—particularly as realized in the form of meditation known as zazen—in the attainment of awakening. ...

Christianity

The Edicule of the Holy Sepulchre (The Tomb of Christ)

The Church of the Holy Sepulchre occupies a possible location of where Jesus was entombed for three days, between his Crucifixion and Resurrection. Other sites are mentioned in the article Tomb of Jesus.
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Confucianism

The grave of Confucius is in his home town of Qufu. There is a temple built around his grave. Confucius (Chinese: ; Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Kung-fu-tzu, lit. ... Qufu (Chinese: ; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Chü1-fu4) is a city in Shandong Province, China. ...

Islam

Masjid al-Nabawi (Mosque of the Prophet)

Prophet Muhammad is buried in the Al-Masjid al-Nabawi (Mosque of the Prophet) in Medina, the second holiest mosque in Islam. The edifice was originally Muhammad's house; he settled there after his Hijrah (emigration) to Medina. He later built a mosque on the grounds.
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Judaism

Cenotaph of Abraham

The Cave of the Patriarchs is a religious compound located in the ancient city of Hebron (which lies in the southwest part of the West Bank, in the heart of ancient Judea), and is generally considered by Jews, Christians, and Muslims, to be its spiritual centre. Jewish, Christian, and Islamic, tradition holds that the compound encloses the burial place of four Biblical couples: (1) Adam and Eve; (2) Abraham and Sarah; (3) Isaac and Rebekah; (4) Jacob and Leah. According to Midrashic sources, it also contains the head of Esau.
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Other Religions

Not all religions lend themselves to being listed on this page.

• Hinduism is a religions of approximately 1 billion adherent, yet it has no single "founder". The Vedas and subsequent commentaries (including Upanishads were written by anonymous sages. The only foundational text in Hinduism with a traditionally attributed author is the Bhagavad Gita, said to be composed by Vyasa.
• Taoism was founded by Laozi, the author of the Daodejing. According to Taoist legend, Laozi transmitted the Daodejing at the request of a border guard before departing from China (i.e. from known civilization); he is believed to have lived out the rest of his days in communion with Nature, and some Taoist traditions hold that he achieved immortality. Whether he underwent death or not is not made clear by all parts of the tradition, and if he did, it was in some remote area, far from civilization at that time.
• Many so-called primary religions --- the old Celtic religion, shamanism, Shinto in Japan, the Bon religion in Tibet, and indigineous religions of Africa, Australia, and the Americas --- have traditions that extend back before the recorded history of those places. It is unclear whether any of these had founders; more likely, they were modified by several and evolved over the course of millenia.

Hinduism (known as in modern Indian languages) is a religious tradition that originated in the Indian subcontinent. ... The Vedas (Sanskrit: वेद) are a large corpus of texts originating in Ancient India. ... The Upanishads (उपनिषद्, Upanişad) are part of the Hindu Shruti scriptures which primarily discuss meditation and philosophy and are seen as religious instructions by most schools of Hinduism. ... Hinduism (known as in modern Indian languages) is a religious tradition that originated in the Indian subcontinent. ... Bhagavad Gīta भगवद्गीता, composed ca the fifth - second centuries BC, is part of the epic poem Mahabharata, located in the Bhisma-Parva chapters 23–40. ... Veda Vyasa(Contemporary painting) Vyāsa (DevanāgarÄ«: व्यास) is a central and much revered figure in the majority of Hindu traditions. ... Taoism (Daoism) is the English name referring to a variety of related Chinese philosophical and religious traditions and concepts. ... Laozi (Chinese: ; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Lao Tzu; also Lao Tse, Laotze, Lao Zi, and in other ways) was an ancient Chinese philosopher. ... The Tao Te Ching (道德經, Pinyin: Dào Dé Jīng, thus sometimes rendered in recent works as Dao De Jing; archaic pre-Wade-Giles rendering: Tao Teh Ching; roughly translated as The Book of the Way and its Virtue (see dedicated chapter below on translating the... The Tao Te Ching (道德經, Pinyin: Dào Dé Jīng, thus sometimes rendered in recent works as Dao De Jing; archaic pre-Wade-Giles rendering: Tao Teh Ching; roughly translated as The Book of the Way and its Virtue (see dedicated chapter below on translating the... Celtic polytheism refers to the religious beliefs and practices of ancient Celts until the Christianization of Celtic-speaking lands. ... Shinto ) is the native religion of Japan and was once its state religion. ... Bön has typically been described as the shamanistic religion in Tibet before the arrival of Buddhism in the 7th century C.E. With the recent exile of many Bönpo lamas to India, however, a more complex description of Bön is emerging and is now being considered by... Tibet (older spelling Thibet; Tibetan: བོད་; Wylie: Bod; Lhasa dialect IPA: [; Simplified and Traditional Chinese: 西藏, Hanyu Pinyin: XÄ«zàng; also referred to as 藏区 (Simplified Chinese), 藏區 (Traditional Chinese), ZàngqÅ« (Hanyu Pinyin), see Name section below) is a plateau region in Central Asia and the indigenous home to the Tibetan people. ... A world map showing the continent of Africa Africa is the worlds second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. ... World map showing the Americas CIA political map of the Americas The Americas are the lands of the Western hemisphere or New World consisting of the continents of North America[1], Central America and South America with their associated islands and regions. ...

See also

• Most Holy Place
• Pilgrimage