Talk:Circumambulation

Article used as source is unnessiciarily contriversal and off topic

The article used as a source for Hindu circumambulation is a bad choice. There are many more respectable and uncontriversal articles about Hindu circumambulation. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.95.101.54 (talk) 16:25, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

removed as uncited quotation and put on talk page

According to Arab Gateway, "The minimum rituals that must be performed by all pilgrims are wearing ihram, standing at Arafat, and the second circumambulation of the Kaaba. Others may be omitted on payment of kaffarah (expiation)." Thanks! --Mattisse 22:55, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

Meaning

On Bönpo it is said: "The Bönpo in the Northern Hemisphere traditionally circumambulate (generally) in a counter-clockwise or widdershin direction, that is a direction that runs counter to the apparent movement of the Sun."

First of all, apparently - the sun does not move. Although I have heard that in reality it moves very very slowly around a socalled black sun (right?), I wonder how this can be understood, from which planet or star or so.

Austerlitz -- 88.72.29.72 (talk) 18:09, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

any Bönpo in the Southern Hemisphere??? --147.162.48.1 (talk) 08:34, 11 May 2011 (UTC)

Merger Proposal

• I disagree with the merger. Circumambulation (which admittedly is not mentioned in this article) is the geographical equivalent of Circumnavigation, meaning to encircle a landmass on land (be it on foot, vehicle, etc). It doesn't just have the religious meaning discussed in this article. I believe the content within the article on Hinduism should be merged with the proposed article, and the original article left behind to both clarify the definition and redirect people to the Hindu practice. Bezza84 (talk) 15:46, 8 June 2011 (UTC)

• • I have removed the proposal, as this article should include entries related to all types of circumambulation, not just the one in Hinduism. Wiki-uk (talk) 13:12, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

REASON behind Circumambulation

The article needs to bring this out clearly. The HINDU reason for clockwise circumambulation at the time of prayer is based on SCIENCE. The purpose of prayer is to bring about internal harmony and alignment of all aspects including the earth's magnetic field. The clockwise circumambulation follows the "right hand rule" in relation to the earth's magnetic field and being centred to the core of the earth. Reading on the subject will lend more clarity on commonsense rather then searching for "authoritative references" on the subject.