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gave the camera to an indian friend - and this is the result.
I'd call it awesome!
Lord, make me a channel of thy peace,
that where there is hatred, I may bring love;
that where there is wrong, I may bring the spirit of forgiveness;
that where there is discord, I may bring harmony;
that where there is error, I may bring truth;
that where there is doubt, I may bring faith;
that where there is despair, I may bring hope;
that where there are shadows, I may bring light
that where there is sadness, I may bring joy.
Lord, grant that I may seek rather to comfort than to be comforted;
to understand, than to be understood; to love, than to be loved.
For it is by self-forgetting that one finds.
It is by forgiving that one is forgiven.
It is by dying that one awakens to Eternal Life.
Francis of Assisi's Prayer
"There is nothing heavier than compassion. Not even one's own pain weighs so heavy as the pain one feels for someone, pain intensified by the imagination and prolonged by a hundred echos."
- Milan Kundera
“A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.”
― Albert Einstein
Beech blossom promotes a sense of tolerance and compassion for others where there was judgement and and intolerance of other people and their behaviour. For being able to see the positive and good in others inspite of their shortcomings.
When I read the sponsorship cards for Compassion children, describing the children, I will often read, "Duties include getting water for the household." It's one thing to read it on a piece of paper. It's another thing to see it in person. These young children are carrying the yellow buckets to the well to fetch water from the well and bring it back to their home. They don't even have a donkey to carry it for them. They have to carry it themselves. Where's your Nintendo Gameboy?
special order from the Catholic Health Corporation of Manitoba.
Each stone was handpicked from the shores of Lake Winnipeg and graced with the powerful word "compassion". The words were all hand written and a multitude of different fonts were used.
Compassion is far more important than belief. . . It is the essence of religion. All the traditions teach that it is the practice of compassion and honoring the sacred in the other that brings us into the presence of what we call God, Nirvana, Raman, or Tao. And people are remarkably uneducated about compassion these days. So we want to bring it back to the center of attention. But then, it's got to be incarnated into practical action.
~ Karen Armstrong, Bill Moyers Journal
Statue of St. Gonzaga helping the poor of his native villiage in Italy. This is on the grounds of Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington.
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (April 1, 2022) U.S. Naval Academy midshipmen receive information about equipment, aircraft and weapons used by the U.S. Marine Corps from Marines stationed in the region during the combat systems display event at the academy. As the undergraduate college of our country's naval service, the Naval Academy prepares young men and women to become professional officers of competence, character, and compassion in the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Jordyn Diomede)
COMPASSIONAbove a rectangular support, on which are arranged alignments of words summarizing the essence of what humanity is, the following sentence is written: COMPASSION FOR THE HUMAN SPECIES.Technique: paper, cardboard. Size: 53 x 24 x 30 cm.
Cintamanicakra, Six-Armed Nyoirin Kannon ( Avalokitesvara 梵深遠 )
The defining attributes of Nyoirin are the wish-granting jewel (nyoi hōju 如意宝珠) and the eight-spoked Dharma wheel (rinpō 輪宝), which he is always holding. The wheel symbolizes the teachings of Buddhism and the eight-fold path. The deity's name is thus commonly translated as "Bodhisattva of the Jewel and the Wheel." A less-common translation is "Omnipotent Kannon."
@Buddha Tooth Relic Temple & Museum
Created for a deck of Inspiration Cards. The face is stamped on acetate and glued to a subtly alcohol inked background. It is embellished with metallic mulberry paper and Lumiere paint. The back is done with Citrasolve and a National Geographic page.
October 2014.
"We must find new ways to speak for peace in Vietnam and for justice throughout the developing world, a world that borders on our doors. If we do not act, we shall surely be dragged down the long, dark, and shameful corridors of time reserved for those who possess power without compassion, might without morality, and strength without sight. "
- Martin Luther King, Jr., "CONSCIENCE AND THE VIETNAM WAR" in The Trumpet of Conscience, 1968
I found the contrast interesting.....one had this expression and the other one just turned his face to look other side.......
so sorry, Nepal
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(detail of the Boudhanath (बौद्धनाथ) stupa, which hopefully was spared by the 25 April 2015 earthquake)