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The sun is the epitome of benevolence - it is lifegiving and warmthgiving and happinessgiving, and to it we owe our thanksgiving.
~Jessi Lane Adams~
Wishing you all a Happy Thanksgiving!
"Selenite is an ancient crystal and one of the most powerful for new energy. Its name has its origins in Greek mythology, where the Goddess Selene is associated with the white Moon, a symbol of perfection, purity and benevolence. Many call it: Mirror of the Virgin".
MACRO MONDAYS
Theme : "Stone"
...Her body was pierced by this toxic world
Still the ethereality of her soul was retained as she passed her benevolence through those perforated scars. - Kukku
Gi sat really still + upright for the camera while Brenda caught her best side...❤️
One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people.
He said, "My son, the battle is between two "wolves" inside us all.
One is Evil. It is anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego.
The other is good. It is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion and faith."
The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather: "Which wolf wins?"
The old Cherokee simply replied, "The one you feed."
My Korner #208 - On the steps of life!
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BLOG NAME: On the steps of life!
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We all go through steps during our life. We are born, we go thru childhood, adolescence, self discovery, adventourousness. We become an adult and learn dedication, comtemplation and benevolence and finally we reach retirement, wisdom and renunciation. I am looking forward to the last steps of life!
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Isabella bracelets come in silver or gold and come with a color change HUD for the heart.
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Bushido refers to the attitudes, morals and behaviours of the samurai. Here is a list of the Bushido codes:
i. Rectitude or Justice
ii. Courage
iii. Benevolence or Mercy
iv. Politeness
v. Honesty and Sincerity
vi. Honor
vii. Loyalty
viii. Character and Self-Control
Posed portrait taken at the Sydney Exhibition Centre at Darling Harbour.
July, 2022
...In the mercy of the ocean's benevolence....
An old picture, with the old version of Gustaf and Stella.
Don´t know when, don´t know where.... just know it was a lovely moment : )
There is often a great deal of spleen at the bottom of benevolence;-(
William Hazlitt
HMM! Ukraine Matters! Resist the Despicable Orange Cockroach Poo Tin Puppet!
hybrid flowering quince, 'Jet Trail', j c raulston arboretum, ncsu, raleigh, north carolina
Glockenturm bei Falkenstein:
www.westpfalz.wiki/wiki/glockenturm-bei-falkenstein/
This stand-alone bell tower has a long story::
The bell tower in Falkenstein, like many other towers in the North Palatinate, was created out of the desire of a Protestant minority in the village to have their own bell ringing. Until 1818, Lutherans were pastored in Winnweiler and the Reformed in Alsenbrück-Langmeil (then Alsenbrück). After the unification of the Reformed and Lutherans (Unionism) in the 19th century, Falkenstein became the parochial town of Imsbach from 1819.
Specifically, the Falkenstein Protestants wanted their own bells for baptisms, prayers or funerals. This wish took concrete form from 1884 onwards, as it says in the annual report of the pastor at the time: “The prepared work to build our own bell tower in Falkenstein has been completed, the building site has been marked out, measured and purchased.”
However, financing the construction was not without problems, as the “poor Protestant community of Falkenstein” was not able to raise the necessary financial resources on its own. The community was therefore dependent on the help and co-financing of the neighboring communities. The construction cost was 2,650 marks. The community was very lucky because Carl von Gienanth (1818-1890) provided generous financial support totaling more than 2,000 marks. The priest was therefore able to send the following message in a report to Speyer: “The rapid completion of the work is primarily due to the benevolence of Freyherrn Carl von Gienanth in Hochstein.”
Glockenturm bei Falkenstein:
Ever since we got Jasper, he's been drawn to this ottoman - his very own empire to rule with benevolence.
This is a 4-image composite brought together in Photoshop. Images all taken from a tripod with identical light metering. The only thing I changed in each image was the focus point.
"But friendship is precious,
not only in the shade,
but in the sunshine of life,
and thanks to a benevolent arrangement
the greater part of life is sunshine."
~ Thomas Jefferson ~
The quote reminds me of one of my favorite words
. . . GESTALT . . .
(When one can experience the beauty of a simple arrangement as a whole unit and not as individual segments.)
Slipping and sliding this evening with a snapshot of a beautiful floral arrangement, wherein one of its parts was composed from the entire arrangement!
Ferrara might not have been the birthplace of the renaissance but the city may have been the first to embrace humanist ideals in its planning it also became the model for patronage of the arts and architecture of that period. The Dukes of Estes came into power in the city in the mid-13th century doing such a terrific job that the peasants revolted in the 14th having almost been overthrown the Este’s learned a lesson of governance and from that point forward ruled with benevolence towards its populace. While other Emilia-Romana cities are on the tourist trail you will find Ferrara full of the same offerings of food, art and architecture as Bologna but without most of the tourists.
I took this on Sept 13, 2011 with my D70s and Tamron 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 Lens at 25mm, 1/500s, f7.1 ISO 200 processed in LR, PS +Lumenzia ,Topaz, and DXO Nik
Disclaimer: My style is a study of romantic realism as well as a work in progress
Balance is a precarious thing that must be perserved. Whether in times of bounty or strife, certain tasks must be done, upholding care and reverence in places of great importance.
The Gods are fickle things, in all of their benevolence and might. Their sight spans vastly beyond the understanding of man, who but live little more than a breath in the eons they must curate. No more are their emotions and moods any different, delicate in ways most could never hope to comprehend.
As such, even the jobs that seem most simple on the surface, must be done with a diligence and precision that mankind could never possess.
Fantasy Faire is finally open, and is bigger than ever! Twenty experiences are here for you to lose yourself in, to write and imagine stories of your own, if only for a short time. Who knows, perhaps it'll be the small inspiration for you make something that lasts. All the better that it's for a good cause!
Why not start with Opet, a striking place where Gods and men collide to meet eye to eye, if only for a moment. Beautifully crafted by Alia Baroque of Fallen Gods fame!
Picture shows but a small corner of the sim for you to enjoy.
Pictured Items:
Hair: ~Mythril~ Mythic Unicorn Hair v.2 BOX *REDS*
Collar and Hands: TURB - Inquisitor Armor and TURB - Aether Crystal Arm
Tattoo: Nefekalum - Nyssa
Non Fantasy Faire items:
Skin: EDERIGON - Guhu Skin [Snow]
Outfit: Aii - + Seductress Celest Outfit +
Cloth Drapes: :MoonAmore: EgyptianTales/ Flying Cloth & Glyphs
Old-Delhi (Inde) - Par manque de temps, je cède à la facilité avec ce portrait du fils d’un vendeur de ferraille qui dispose d’un stock impressionnant de forets d’occasion. Je n’ai pas demandé à ce jeune garçon de poser. Je voulais un environnement plus large pour une meilleure lisibilité de l’atelier, mais quand il a vu que je braquais mon objectif, il s’est arrêté face à moi. J’ai aussitôt zoomé pour resserrer le cadre et j’ai déclenché. Cette photo lui était avant tout destinée. En lui montrant le résultat sur l’écran de contrôle, je voulais obtenir la bienveillance du père afin de pouvoir faire d’autres photos plus naturelles. C’est l’une de mes techniques d’approche.
Old-Delhi (India) - For lack of time, I give in to the easy way with this portrait of the son of a scrap metal seller who has an impressive stock of second-hand drill bits. I did not ask this young boy to pose. I wanted a larger environment for a better readability of the workshop, but when he saw that I was pointing my lens, he stopped in front of me. I immediately zoomed in to bring the frame closer and I shot. This photo was primarily intended for him. By showing him the result on the control screen, I wanted to obtain the benevolence of the father in order to be able to take other more natural photos. This is one of my approach techniques.
This is an update of the first church I shot for Historic Rural Churches of Georgia back in 2013. There was a large oak in front of the church then, that is now gone. I assume it was lost due to one of the many storms in the area in the past few years. Randolph County, Georgia
One of the two bronze statues of phoenixes outside the Hall of Benevolence and Longevity at the Summer Palace in Beijing, China. One of the dragon bronzes is in the distance. The phoenixes (representing the female) were placed between the dragons (representing the male) because of the Empress Dowager Cixi (the original Dragon Lady) asserting her power over China instead of the Emperor.
The Summer Palace, is a vast ensemble of lakes, gardens and palaces in Beijing. It was an imperial garden in the Qing Dynasty. Mainly dominated by Longevity Hill and Kunming Lake, it covers an expanse of 2.9 square kilometres, three-quarters of which is water. Longevity Hill is about 60 m high and has many buildings positioned in sequence. The front hill is rich with splendid halls and pavilions, while the back hill, in sharp contrast, is quiet with natural beauty. The central Kunming Lake, covering 2.2 square kilometres, was entirely man-made and the excavated soil was used to build Longevity Hill. In December 1998, UNESCO included the Summer Palace on its World Heritage List. 1494
Benevolence, Georgia. I think that the power line is holding up the tree. When the lights go out in Benevolence, it should be easy to find the problem.
The word "Masons" is still just barely visible on the sign over the door.
• Righteousness: Rectitude or justice, not just to self, but all.
• Courage: Doing what is right..without fail at all times.
• Compassion: Benevolence or mercy to all others and all living things.
• Respect: Due regard for the feelings, wishes, rights, or traditions of others.
• Truthfulness: Honesty and sincerity in all words and intentions.
• Honor: A vivid consciousness of personal dignity and worth.
• Loyalty: Faithfulness to commitments, obligations and relationships.
• Self-control: Self-Mastery, ability to recognize, understand, control, and make the most out of your physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual self.
You'll never believe it, but my first response was an inward groan. Although I wasn't asleep yet, the descent into dreamland was most definitely in my immediate plans as I made one last languid scroll on the back of my camera through the evening's adventure at Eystrahorn, just a few miles along the road from our cottage. Jumping out of the warm cosy bed in which I was so snugly cocooned to rush from my generously heated bedroom outside and into the subarctic night was by no means on the agenda. Not one bit. Not even slightly. We'd had a long and successful day and now it was bedtime - 12:30am kind of bedtime at that too. But then again there had been that knock on my bedroom door, accompanied by an urgent and excited announcement from Lee. "It's started again," he sang through the door. Seconds later I heard the front door opening. He was already out there, disappearing into the night.
An hour earlier it had been my turn. Lee had already headed to bed, while Mr Night Owl here was finding sleep harder to come by and had resorted to uploading the day's images into the cloud to ensure that even if the plane went down and I had to involuntarily surrender my cameras to the icy Atlantic waters, at least I'd be able to work with their legacy on my return home. Once we'd been picked up by a lonely trawler with an extra large hold of course. As I made my final foray to the kitchen for a glass of water, I looked through the window into the inky black night. At first, I thought my eyes were playing tricks on me as it took a few moments to realise that a patch of sky that was neither inky nor black might just be the icing on the day's already richly decorated cake. "Lee, wake up," I threw over my shoulder as I headed for the front door. "I think it's the Aurora."
And that's exactly what it was. Faint but distinctly green patterns covered a small area of the sky to the east and north, shifting in and out of the blackness. Never more than a small patch of the night was filled with green at any one time, but we knew this might be it as we raced out into the dark long grass in front of the cottage, hastily assembling cameras onto tripods and trying to remember the lessons we'd learned about night time photography in the long gone days of occasionally entertaining ourselves with star trails. "Aperture wide open, ISO high as you dare, and remember the five hundred rule so the stars don't blur." Fifteen minutes later we'd agreed that the show was over, and returned to our beds, content that for the first time ever, we'd witnessed the Northern Lights; that afterthought we'd written down on the Iceland trip masterplan along the lines of "Watch the app, and stay alert at night, just in case."
But this time it was Lee who'd stayed alert and peered through his window at the back of the cottage towards the north. This time I was the one who was dragged from his bed as a welter of belated enthusiasm overcame that initial refusal to budge from underneath a warm duvet. Throwing my coat over my pyjamas and pulling my boots onto bare feet, I followed him out into the night once more, where I was greeted by a sight that took stole my words and stopped me in my tracks. Where before there had been the odd green streak, there were now huge drifts, filling large areas of the sky with dancing and glowing magnificence. At least the camera settings were still in situ from an hour earlier, but where had the buttons on my head torch gone? Realising that in my haste I'd put it on upside down I tried to switch it on, selecting the right hand button to engage a pointless pair of red flashing lights instead of the solid white beam I needed to see the controls on my camera. As I moved over the unlit grass I almost tripped over my tripod, the legs of which had remained extended from episode one. Calm and controlled? I'll let you be the judge. Strangely, the one thing I can't remember was whether or not it was cold out there.
We needn't have panicked though. The night was on our side, giving us a display that lasted for more than half an hour, the sky becoming ever more filled with the mysterious green light, hanging in ethereal curtains over the mountains behind us like a gateway to another world, moving subtly from one part of the sky to next without us noticing. Fading almost to blackness and then rebuilding brightly, it seemed as if they were softly breathing as they gazed down at us like gods upon mortals in silent benevolence. What a surreal experience to stand beneath the stars, wearing your jimjams in a land whose story was built upon the sagas handed down over more than a thousand years, where your imagination can roam across those mountains into a universe that you thought only existed in the writings of Tolkien, CS Lewis and Philip Pullman. In a place like this, at a moment like this, the distance between fiction and reality can become blurred to the point that you no longer know which is which. Very much in the same way that you no longer know which button operates which light sequence on your head torch when you put it on in a terrible hurry.
Just after one o clock, exhilarated and beyond any hope of getting meaningful sleep, we took one final look at the sky, where the greens had receded once more and given way to the stars on the black and indigo canvas in front of us. We'd hadn't come to Iceland with any real hope of seeing the Aurora, but here in this remote farmstead, more than twenty miles from the nearest small town, we'd had our moment. Although the show was forecast to return more strongly the following night, we never saw it again. But it didn't matter. I'd taken photos in my jimjams and seen a night sky I'd remember forever. What more could we ask for on this fantastic adventure that seemed to get better and better with every passing day?
Friendship is an extraordinary mixture that humans feel the need to develop, feel and maintain for a harmonization of group life. It is of a bewitching resonance, making a softness and an ardour of well-being, to live well and especially to communicate well. It surpasses benevolence, which goes far beyond simple behavior and a gracious sympathy customary to good morals. Friendship is this bond woven with tenderness, benevolence, altruism, generosity and especially honesty.
She did not have the piety to forgive but she had the grace to exact the measures of her justice.
When time came to exhume life, the decision was not to extend but to transfer the pain into the solitude of the soul and have the benevolence of hope to know this will not only be recognized but also received.
One needs to know when it is enough and when it is time to leave.
Varanasi (Inde) - Après ses ablutions ritualisées dans les eaux du Gange, le croyant termine son long cérémonial par une prière à l’un des dieux de l’hindouisme. Il a le choix car cette religion, considérée comme l’une des plus anciennes au monde, ne compte pas moins de 33 millions de divinités. Chacune est sollicitée pour une raison particulière. Pas de guichet unique. Mais les plus importantes sont connues sous les noms de « dieux de la trinité hindoue » : Brahma, le dieu créateur du monde et des êtres vivants ; Vishnu, est chargé de veiller et protéger l’univers ; Shivâ, dieu destructeur (il détruit l’univers pour le recréer) ; Ganesh, le dieu à tête d’éléphant, représente la sagesse, il est aussi protecteur du foyer, de l’éducation et de la chance. Enfin, Krishna, dieu de la compassion, de la bienveillance et de l’amour.
Morning prayer
Varanasi (India) - After his ritualized ablutions in the waters of the Ganges, the believer ends his long ceremony with a prayer to one of the gods of Hinduism. The devotee has the choice because this religion, considered one of the oldest in the world, has no less than 33 million deities. Each is called upon for a specific reason. No one stop shop. But the most important are known under the names of “gods of the Hindu trinity”: Brahma, the creator god of the world and of the living beings; Vishnu, is in charge of watching over and protecting the universe; Shiva, destructive god (he destroys the universe to recreate it); Ganesh, the elephant-headed god, represents wisdom, he is also protector of home, education and luck. Finally, Krishna is the god of compassion, benevolence and love.
As she gazes down from on high, a kind smile crosses her face. "They're silly but mostly lovely".
Experiment with high key lighting.
- Il più rinomato caffè letterario di Napoli. Il ritrovo di intellettuali, politici e uomini d’affari che hanno lasciato nelle sue sale frammenti della loro grandezza. Uno dei più riusciti esempi in Italia di caffè letterario di ispirazione europea, tempio dell’elite intellettuale napoletana e internazionale. Il Gran Caffè Gambrinus è da sempre il Caffè frequentato dai Presidenti della Repubblica italiani in visita a Napoli. Agli inizi degli anni ’70 Michele Sergio dà inizio alla battaglia per recuperare i locali del Caffè situato nel cuore di Napoli.
Il Gambrinus: il più importante Caffè di Napoli. Tra i locali più celebri della penisola, membro dell’Associazione Culturale Locali Storici d’Italia, salotto letterario partenopeo, celebre galleria d’arte, animatore della cultura cittadina, questi in breve i tratti d’eccellenza del Caffè che dal 1860 è punto di riferimento tra i più importanti della cultura della nostra città.
La storia del Gran Caffè Gambrinus inizia con l’Unità di Italia quando, nel 1860, al piano terra del palazzo della Foresteria, l’elegante edificio del 1816 che oggi ospita la sede della Prefettura, viene aperto il “Gran Caffè”. Affacciato direttamente su Piazza Plebiscito e Palazzo Reale, il Caffè diventa in breve tempo il salotto del bel mondo cittadino. La fama dovuta all’opera dei migliori pasticceri, gelatai e baristi provenienti da tutta Europa procura subito al Caffè la benevolenza della famiglia reale e il riconoscimento per decreto di “Fornitore della Real Casa”, onorificenza tributata dai Savoia soltanto ai migliori fornitori del Regno delle due Sicilie.
- The most renowned literary café in Naples. The meeting place for intellectuals, politicians and businessmen who have left fragments of their greatness in its halls. One of the most successful examples in Italy of a European-inspired literary café, temple of the Neapolitan and international intellectual elite. The Gran Caffè Gambrinus has always been the café frequented by the Presidents of the Italian Republic visiting Naples. In the early 1970s Michele Sergio began the battle to recover the premises of the café located in the heart of Naples.
The Gambrinus: the most important café in Naples. Among the most famous establishments of the peninsula, member of the Cultural Association of Historic Places of Italy, Neapolitan literary salon, famous art gallery, promoter of the city's culture, these in brief are the excellent features of the Café which has been a point of reference since 1860 reference among the most important of the culture of our city.
The history of the Gran Caffè Gambrinus begins with the unification of Italy when, in 1860, the "Gran Caffè" was opened on the ground floor of the Foresteria building, the elegant building from 1816 which now houses the headquarters of the Prefecture. Directly overlooking Piazza Plebiscito and Palazzo Reale, the Café quickly became the living room of the city's beau monde. The fame due to the work of the best pastry chefs, ice cream makers and bartenders from all over Europe immediately procured the Café the benevolence of the royal family and the recognition by decree of "Supplier of the Royal House", an honor bestowed by the Savoy only to the best suppliers of the Kingdom of two Sicilies
- El café literario más famoso de Nápoles. El lugar de encuentro de intelectuales, políticos y empresarios que han dejado fragmentos de su grandeza en sus salones. Uno de los ejemplos más exitosos en Italia de un café literario de inspiración europea, templo de la élite intelectual napolitana e internacional. El Gran Caffè Gambrinus siempre ha sido el café frecuentado por los presidentes de la República Italiana que visitan Nápoles. A principios de la década de 1970, Michele Sergio comenzó la batalla por recuperar las instalaciones del café ubicado en el corazón de Nápoles.
El Gambrinus: el café más importante de Nápoles. Entre los establecimientos más famosos de la península, miembro de la Asociación Cultural de Lugares Históricos de Italia, salón literario napolitano, famosa galería de arte, promotor de la cultura de la ciudad, estas son en resumen las excelentes características del Café que ha sido un punto de referente desde 1860 referente entre los más importantes de la cultura de nuestra ciudad.
La historia del Gran Caffè Gambrinus comienza con la unificación de Italia cuando, en 1860, se inauguró el "Gran Caffè" en la planta baja del edificio Foresteria, el elegante edificio de 1816 que ahora alberga la sede de la Prefectura. Con vistas directas a Piazza Plebiscito y Palazzo Reale, el Café se convirtió rápidamente en la sala de estar del beau monde de la ciudad. La fama debida al trabajo de los mejores pasteleros, heladeros y bartenders de toda Europa procuró al Café de inmediato la benevolencia de la familia real y el reconocimiento por decreto de "Proveedor de la Casa Real", honor otorgado por la Saboya sólo a los mejores proveedores del Reino de las dos Sicilias.
is a peculiar organism of unlimited kindness and benevolence that makes no demands for its sustenance and extends generously the products of its life activity; it affords protection to all beings, offering shade even to the axe-man who destroys it.”
-Gautama Buddha
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The six steps of mettā bhāvanā are to cultivate love and benevolence towards:
1. Yourself
2. A friendly person
3. A neutral person
4. A difficult person
5. People 1, 2, 3 and 4 together
6. Gradually, the entire universe
I sei passi del mettā bhāvanā sono coltivare amore e benevolenza verso:
1. Sé stessi
2. Una persona amica
3. Una persona neutrale
4. Una persona difficile
5. Le persone 1, 2, 3 e 4 insieme
6. Gradualmente, l'intero universo
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The Marble Boat (Chinese: 石舫), also known as the ‘Boat of Purity and Ease’, is a lakeside pavilion on the grounds of the Summer Palace in Beijing. The pavilion is 36 meters (118 feet) long and stands on the northwestern shore of Kunming Lake, near the western end of the Long Corridor.
It was first erected in 1755 during the reign of the Qianlong Emperor. The original pavilion was made from a base of large stone blocks which supported a wooden superstructure done in a traditional Chinese design.
In 1860, during the Second Opium War, the pavilion was burnt on the orders of Lord Elgin. It was restored in 1893 on order of Empress Dowager Cixi. In this restoration, a new two-story superstructure was designed which incorporated elements of European architecture. Like its predecessor, the new superstructure is made out of wood but it was painted to imitate marble. Imitation paddlewheels on each side of the pavilion make it look like a paddle steamer. T
The boat design of the pavilion may relate to a quote attributed to Wei Zheng, a Tang dynasty chancellor. He is said to have told Emperor Taizong that "the waters that float the boat can also capsize it", implying that the Chinese people can not only support an emperor, but can also topple him. With this in mind, the Qianlong Emperor might have chosen to construct the Marble Bat as an auspicious symbol of a stable reign.
The Marble Boat is often seen as an ironic commentary on the fact that the money used to restore the Summer Palace largely came from funds originally earmarked for building up a new imperial navy. The controller of the Admiralty, Prince Chun, owed much of his social standing as well as his appointment to Empress Dowager Cixi, who had adopted his eldest son, Zaitian, who was enthroned as the Guangxu Emperor. Because of this, he probably saw no other choice than to condone the embezzlement.
The Summer Palace is the best place to explore both the finery of China’s Golden Age and its rapid decay in the 19th Century. The Summer Palace isn’t just one palace, but in fact a vast complex covering more than a square mile, containing more than 3,000 buildings, and the famous Seventeen Hole Bridge as iconic a symbol of Beijing as the Palace of Westminster is of London.
Beijing was booming in the 1700s, with the population growing rapidly and along with it much light industry. Around 1749, the Qianlong Emperor decided to build a palace eight miles from the smoky downtown, on a beautiful site overlooking a lake that was being used for stables, to celebrate the 60th birthday of his mother, Empress Dowager Chongqing. He had the lake dredged and expanded to create what is now Kunming Lake, and the earth excavated to do so was used to raise the height of what is now Longevity Hill. What would become the Summer Palace was still called the Gardens of Clear Ripples.
Designed in the style of the gardens of South China, and drawing on motifs from Chinese mythology, the hill was soon graced by the Great Temple of Gratitude and Longevity, later renamed the Hall of Dispelling Clouds, which was overlooked by the Tower of Buddhist Incense, and graced by other wonderfully named buildings like Hall of Benevolence and Longevity the Hall for Listening to Orioles.
Encapsulating China’s Qianglong Golden age, it also encapsulates its subsequent disastrous decline. While the Qianlong Emperor lavished support on the arts and expanded China’s borders to their greatest ever extent, years of exhausting campaigns weakened the military, while in the Empire’s prosperous core, decadence set in, with endemic corruption, wastefulness at the court and a stagnating civil society. These problems would accelerate after the Qianlong Emperor died in 1799. In the heyday of intercontinental sailing ships, Chinese had already successfully managed direct trading relations with Europe for several centuries by this point, exporting porcelain to Europe and the Americas at scale. So when some arrogantly uncouth emissaries arrived at court in the 1830s from an upstart country named Britain, they were initially dismissed as a particularly unpleasant of self-deluding barbarians.
But a sign of the rotten state of the Chinese Empire as the 19th Century wore on was the increasingly dilapidated state of the Summer Palace. During the Second Opium War, British and French forces sacked and burned the Summer Palace as part of an invasion of Northern China which forced the Qing government to sign a trade treaty on unwelcome terms. The Place was further damaged in 1900, by an alliance of Western and Japanese troops who were putting down the Boxer Rebellion. Yet the Chinese Imperial system which stretched unbroken back to Qin ended in 1912, when Puyi, the last Emperor abdicated. Two years later, the Summer Palace was turned into a public park, and so it has remained ever since, barring a few years after the Communist takeover of 1949, when it briefly housed the Central Party School.
Restoration work has taken place at some pace since the 1980s, and continues to the present day.
This magnificent site can be very crowded, especially if you visit, as I did, on the second day of China’s weeklong early October holiday. More than ten million visitors come here every year, averaging nearly 30,000 per day. You can see why. Despite the crowds, this is one of the world’s great historic sights.
The Summer Palace is a half-hour ride on a new subway line from the city centre. The surrounding are suburbs are wealthy, and house Xi Jinping and most of the party bigwigs – but they don’t take the subway!
This description incorporates text from the English Wikipedia.
O ! Life eternal
Ever that shines
Alike on one and all !
Shed your light
And lead the Mind right.
Pleasures and pain
Praise and curse
Are all alike ,
If only you spare
A bit of benevolence
To Make the Mind
See the Self , Now, Here.
- Anuj Nair
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Symbolizing both benevolence and malevolence, the fox is sometimes identified with the messenger of the kami Inari in Japanese mythology.
Statues of foxes are found in great numbers both inside and outside shrines dedicated to the rice and fertility god.
At the Toyokawa Inari Betsuin Temple in Tokyo, we saw hundreds of these kitsune fox statues bedecked in their bright red bibs (a sign of their divinity) with some holding a scroll in their mouth, symbolizing their roles as messengers of the gods. They were surrounded by complimentary red and white flags, Inari's traditional colours.
Built in 1828, many of its structures are Shinto, but this is a Buddhist temple of the Sōtō Zen sect.
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Hoewel de geschiedenis van Veenhuizen teruggaat tot 1381 is het bekend geworden als gevangenisdorp sinds de bouw van drie grote gestichten voor bedelaars, landlopers en wezen. Initiatiefnemer in 1823 was de Maatschappij van Weldadigheid. Was dit oorspronkelijk gebaseerd op vrijwillige deelname, allengs veranderde dit in een verplichting en later - na de overname in 1859 door de rijksoverheid - in straf. Nog steeds zijn in Veenhuizen drie gevangenissen in gebruik.
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Although the history of Veenhuizen dates back to 1381, it has become known as a prison village since the construction of three large asylums for beggars, vagrants and orphans. The initiator in 1823 was the Society of Benevolence. Originally based on voluntary participation, this gradually became an obligation and later - after the takeover in 1859 by the national government - into punishment. Three prisons are still in use in Veenhuizen.
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Venezia Gondola's Parking - ITALY
Venezia En la Antigüedad esta región estaba habitada por el pueblo véneto. Cuando los germanos empezaron a invadir Italia en el siglo V, los habitantes de algunas ciudades se refugiaron en estas islas. Se establecieron y llegaron a tener su propio gobierno presidido por 12 tribunos, tantos como islas principales había. Casi desde el principio esta comunidad fue autónoma y obtuvo su independencia en el siglo IX, el gobierno de la ciudad lo ostenta un dux o dogo, cargo de carácter vitalicio, no hereditario.
En la Alta Edad Media, Venecia se expandió gracias al control del comercio con Oriente y a los beneficios que esto suponía, expandiéndose por el mar Adriático. El apogeo de Venecia alcanzó su cénit en la primera mitad del siglo XV, cuando los venecianos comenzaron su expansión por Italia, como respuesta al amenazador avance de Gian Galeazzo Visconti, duque de Milán.
Venecia supo aprovecharse de todos los cambios que ocurrieron en el Occidente:
Acertó al aliarse con los francos contra los longobardos.
Acertó al aliarse con el Imperio Bizantino contra los normandos.
Acertó en su benevolencia y tolerancia con el Islam, de manera que al estar el Imperio Bizantino en guerra con los árabes éste no podía traficar sin gran riesgo y fue entonces cuando las naves venecianas iban a Alejandría, Beirut y Jaffa, monopolizando aquel comercio.
La toma de Constantinopla por los turcos en 1453 marcó el principio de la decadencia. El descubrimiento de América desplazó las corrientes comerciales y Venecia se vio obligada a sostener una lucha agotadora contra los turcos. En 1797, fue invadida por las tropas de Napoleón. A la firma del tratado de Campoformio, se repartió el territorio de la República entre Francia y Austria.
Venecia está rodeada de lagunas de poco fondo; eso le valió siempre como gran defensa. En sus aguas encallaban fácilmente las naves que no conocían los fondos, así es que era como una ciudad atrincherada dentro de grandes murallas.
Venezia In antiquity this region was inhabited by the Venetian people. When the Germans started to invade Italy in the V century, the inhabitants of some cities took refuge on these islands. Were established and came to have its own government headed by 12 galleries, as many as there were major islands. Almost from the beginning the community was autonomous and was granted its independence in the ninth century, the city government holds a rioja or Doge Doge, a position for life, not inherited.
In the High Middle Ages, Venice was expanded through the control of trade with the East and the benefits that this entailed, expanding on the Adriatic Sea. The heyday of Venice reached its peak in the first half of the fifteenth century, when Venetians began its expansion in Italy, as a response to the threatening advance of Gian Galeazzo Visconti, Duke of Milan.
Venice was able to take advantage of all the changes that occurred in the West:
Andalusia successful alliance with the Franks against the Lombards.
Andalusia successful alliance with the Byzantine Empire against the Normans.
In his benevolence and tolerance of Islam, so that when the Byzantine Empire in its war with the Arabs could not without great risk to traffic and it was then when the Venetian ships were going to Alexandria, Beirut and Jaffa, that monopolize trade.
The taking of Constantinople by the Turks in 1453 marked the beginning of the decline. The discovery of America trade flows went to Venice was forced to hold an exhausting struggle against the Turks. In 1797, it was invaded by Napoleon's troops. In signing the treaty Campoformio, the territory was divided between the Republic of France and Austria.
Venice lagoon is surrounded by little background, it provided him as a great defense. Easily bogged down in its waters the ships had no knowledge of funds, so it was like a town entrenched in large walls.
Said to be representations of architecture and ecology “arcology” this photo transcends the powerful and benevolent embodiment of compassion & peace that can be seen as a representation of the most sacred sounds in the Universe, including the sound of Om. Arcosanti, AZ
"Ni ddylai Tony Blair fod yn unman agos i Gasa. Dyma beth a geid yng nghyfnod y trefedigaethau, fel Rhaglaw'n cael ei benodi i redeg Gasa. Mae'n hurt." - Jeremy Corbyn ▪️---"1.5 million Palestinians being held hostage under inhumane and unspeakable conditions. Trump, Netanyahu and their vile cronies are the worst sort of gangsters. Untrustworthy rogue states. International pariahs. This is just devastating. The international community must step up and step in. "--- Mimi de Messieres ▪️"I'm sure the armed resistance in Gaza loves the terms "Give up immediately, trust in the benevolence of your butchers and the Arab collaborators, or we will exterminate everyone." Putting that ghoul Blair in there as a figurehead, must just be a way to make an acceptance even more unlikely. Genuinely obscene. They are really trying to bring back the mandate system." Lukas Unger ▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️Chapel Trevelowen/ Trelawne Manor Chapel (1860- 62) en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trelawnehttps:/
Varanasi (Inde) - Vue partielle du Gange, bordé par une infime partie de Varanasi. En face, sur la gauche, c’est Dasaswamedh Ghat. L’un des lieux les plus célèbres de l’ancienne Bénarès. A la haute saison des pèlerinages, les hindous affluent par milliers vers ce lieu pour accéder au fleuve sacré.
J’évite d’y aller quand la foule est trop compacte, au point de créer des embouteillages de piétons. La foule indienne peut être oppressante ; mais pas à Dasaswamedh Ghat, où c’est la bienveillance qui règne. Mais je reste malgré tout le plus souvent à distance.
A part of Varanasi
Varanasi (India) - Partial view of the Ganges, bordered by a small part of Varanasi. Opposite, on the left, is Dasaswamedh Ghat. One of the most famous places in ancient Benares. During the peak period of pilgrimages, Hindus flock by the thousands to this place to access the sacred river.
I avoid going there when the crowd is too dense, to the point of creating pedestrian traffic jams. An Indian crowd can be oppressive; but not at Dasaswamedh Ghat, where benevolence reigns.
The historic Calvary Baptist Church in Chinatown in the United States Capital Washington DC opened in 1866, designed by German native Adolf Cluss. The Calvary Baptist Church was formed in 1962 during the American Civil War when a group of prominent Baptists (12 men & 13 women) sided with the Union opposing slavery many form the E Street Baptist Church. The spire that is in this image was a landmark for the fledgling capital for many years until a major lightning storm in 1914 created damage that at that time could not be repaired. It was restored in 2005 , was a replacement along with the belfry. The congregation has an amazing track record of benevolence post-Civil War, in 1889 the church began Sunday school classes for the Chinese Community, founded a Chinese YMCA in 1908, was in opposition to the 1924 Oriental Exclusion Act, was a key enabler of supporting women that began moving to DC to fill jobs during WW I and integrated in 1954 many years before most congregations. OM System Olympus OM-D EM-1 Mark III Olympus M.Zuiko PRO 12-40 mm f/2.8 #developportdev @gothamtomato @developphotonewsletter @omsystem.cameras #excellent_america #omsystem @bheventspace @bhphoto @adorama @tamracphoto @tiffencompany #usaprimeshot #tamractales @kehcamera @mpbcom @tenbabags @visitwashingtondc #olympus #olympusphotography #microfournerds #microfourthirds #micro43photography #micro43
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