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made an articulate arm yesterday for the 'blue mech', it is a little bit out of proportion but that could just work out nicely :D
Front standard enhanced with two Articulating Magic Arm,supports heavy lenses! And of course, Heliar 30cm .
I met this little boy during the International Tipitaka Chanting Ceremony, under the Bodhi Tree which is behind the Mahabodhi Temple, the place of Gautama Buddha's attainment of nirvana (Enlightenment), in Bodh Gaya (बोधगया), in the Indian state of Bihar.
He is a young Indian Buddhist monk and when he saw me taking pictures he started showing me an amazing state of happiness.
All his pictures came with a certain glow and I selected this one where his eyes are giving so much of joy and peace as if he has reached a kind of buddhahood which is the state of perfect enlightenment attained by a buddha.
In Buddhism, the term 'buddha' usually refers to one who has become enlightened.
The level to which this manifestation requires abstraction from ordinary life (ascetic practices) varies from none at all to an absolute requirement, dependent on doctrine.
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This picture was shot inside in a little akhara (gymnasia) lost in the fields near Sakalhida, a village in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
Here pehlwans (Indian wrestlers) who have a rural life don't have many visitors however they were very happy to meet me and they easily accepted to pose in front of my camera.
It might be because, unconsciously, in order to bring about the utopia envisioned and presaged by the ideology of wrestling, it is the moral duty of every wrestler to convert others to his chosen life path.
"It can be said that a wrestler is not a wrestler unless he makes others into wrestlers.
The wicked and the corrupt are quick to swell their ranks with converts, while the pure and honest sit back quietly.
Is goodness cowardly and shy? Is it selfish? It is essential that we put our lives behind goodness. Today! Now! . . .
A wrestler must have a missionary spirit.
He must be obsessed with the advancement of wrestling.
He must get excited about his art.
He must be interested in spreading the word throughout the nation.
He must make wrestling contagious; not as a disease, but as a way of life" (K. P. Singh).
"It is incumbent on every wrestler to read the poetics of this nationalism into the particular situation of his own life.
What this means is to be able to translate personal strength into national integrity, personal health into national well-being and self-control into national discipline".
("The Wrestler's Body: Identity and Ideology in North India" by Joseph S. Alter)
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"I don't want to be shy
Can't stand it anymore
I just want to say 'Hi'
To the one I love
Cherry blossom girl"
Cherry Blossom Girl - Air
"ਅਠਸਠਿ ਤੀਰਥ ਸਗਲ ਪੁੰਨ ਜੀਅ ਦਇਆ ਪਰਵਾਨੁ ॥ athsath tirath sagal punn jee-a da-i-aa parvaan.
Be kind to all beings-this is more meritorious than bathing at the sixty-eight sacred shrines of pilgrimage and the giving of charity". (Guru Granth Sahib)
This was shot at the Athsath Tirath, in front of the Golden Temple in Amritsar (Punjab).
The leaves in the tree were playing making shadows and leaving the sunset golden light coming on the devotees who were in praise in front of the marble platform.
This minor section of the Temple complex, which is in the center of the eastern bank of the Amrit-sarovar, abounds in much sanctity, it is said bathing once at the Athsath Tirath is as auspicious as the pilgrimage of the 68 holy places in India.
I always enjoy visiting this place and staying among the people, each time it gives me peace and strength and I believe that whether you are Sikh or not, whatever can be your religion, you can share the same over here.
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So unlike home- this people-
dotted-city.
face-filled streets
swelling
past the signs
into the metro
where they paint the station's
blue plastic seats.
"Experiência e Variáveis 01", 04 fotos. Use4i a Canon 6D e objetiva 28x135 mm.
"Experience and Variables 01", 04 photos. Use the Canon 6D 4i and 28x135 mm lens.
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Just waiting for contact so I can introduce her ..
Beautiful, articulate, funny, many faces for the camera .. easily able to reverse a bad day into great.
“The oldest living city in the world”.
"And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplication, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes."
(The Holy Bible - Daniel 9:3)
Those women were sitting on the ghats along river Ganga in Varanasi (Benaras).
There are eating “singhara” which is a root found in small seasonal pounds in Uttar Pradesh.
Ladies eat it when they are fasting.
I think that the elder ones took a deep in the holy waters just before I came and this is why her hair are still wet.
They seemed to be happy to be there, looking at them was ticking away the moments that make up a dull day.
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This picture was shot a few days ago in Armitsar which is in the state of Punjab in India.
This man was praying next to the Holy waters facing the Golden Temple, the holiest place in Sikhism, his faith and devotion touched me and was adding a kind of grace and beauty to the magical place which was surrounding me.
Ek On Kar
Sikhs believe there is only one God, who has infinite qualities and names.
He is the same for all religions.
God is the Creator,Sustainer and Destroyer.
All that you see around you is God's creation.
He is everywhere, in everything. He is fearless and has no enemies.
Only God is without birth or death, and He has and will exist forever.
The following are quotations from the Guru Granth Sahib:
a). There is but one God:
•There is only the one Supreme Lord God; there is no other.
•Soul and body are all Yours. Whatever pleases You shall happen.
•Through the Perfect Guru, one becomes perfect. O Nanak, meditate on the True One.
b). God the Creator:
•He formed the planets, solar systems and nether regions, and brought what was hidden to manifestation.
•When He so willed, He created the world.
•Without any supporting power, He sustained the universe.
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Professional travel guide extraordinaire. Age 30. Born in Sousse, Tunisia. Spoken languages : Arabic, French, English, Italian, German. Highly knowledgeable in all things Tunisian ... cultural, social, political, historical. Decidedly articulate in English. Funny. Charming. Charismatic. Having a good guide can make or break a trip to an alien country when you don't speak the language. But you don't know what/who you're going to get until you get there. We got Samy. Lucky us. We hit the jackpot ! My travel mate, Brenda, took this candid pic while we were visiting Mides, one kilometre from the Algerian border. A small mountain oasis with a deep 3 kilometre long gorge. The original village of Mides was destroyed by the great rain flood of 1969. All that remains is the abandoned mud houses on the lip of the gorge. It's reached via rough terrain through the Atlas mountain range. The only way to get there is by 4 wheel-drive, as such it is not much visited.
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image : leading with this pic to put the whole trip into context. We could not have travelled the country as we did nor understood all its historical & cultural implications without Samy's expert guidance. (Additional images embedded in first comment box....please click' "view ..more"
The Eleusinian Mysteries (Greek: Ἐλευσίνια Μυστήρια) were ceremonies held every year for the cult of Demeter and Persephone based at Eleusis in ancient Greece.
They were religious practices characterized by initiation rites, cathartic and ecstatic practices, and a code of silence.
These myths and mysteries were the most famous and begun in the Mycenean period (c. 1700 BC) and lasting two thousand years, were a major festival during the Hellenic era, later spreading to Rome.
The rites, ceremonies, and beliefs were kept secret, as initiation was believed to unite the worshipper with the gods and included promises of divine power and rewards in the afterlife.
Since the Mysteries involved visions and conjuring of an afterlife, some scholars believe that the power and longevity of the Eleusinian Mysteries came from psychedelic agents.
Eleuseos means "the coming," so the word Eleusinian refers to a spiritual advent.
Mysterion means to close the mouth or eyes; its root mu imitates the sound made with the lips closed.
Mysteria thus signified an event defined by closing the lips, closing the eyes, and entering into darkness.
The journey of consciousness taken from that point onward was a mystery indeed, and yet we will explore these mysteries.
This is a picture that I took a few days ago on the upper terrace in Varanasi (Benaras) for our new catalogue.
The poses, the light and of course the fact that we mostly had throws to drape were easily reminding me sculptures of the Hellenistic period.
Now I am playing with those images and others that I took in Le Louvre museum, making a fallacy of equivocation and misleading the viewer's perception.
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for a protected nature on Earth...cared Humanity...and in unity of family love...may be the hope of all children forever...
Prem Rawat, widely known as Maharaji, articulates a message of hope in a time of rapid change and turmoil. Through Words of Peace he points to the possibility that each individual can find peace within, whatever is going on around them. Below is an excerpt from one of his addresses where he talks about his message of peace.
Read more: Words of Peace Global
Prem Rawat, widely known as Maharaji, articulates a message of hope in a time of rapid change and turmoil. Through Words of Peace he points to the possibility that each individual can find peace within, whatever is going on around them. Below is an excerpt from one of his addresses where he talks about his message of peace.
Read more: Words of Peace Global
Prem Rawat, widely known as Maharaji, articulates a message of hope in a time of rapid change and turmoil. Through Words of Peace he points to the possibility that each individual can find peace within, whatever is going on around them. Below is an excerpt from one of his addresses where he talks about his message of peace.
Read more: Words of Peace Global
Saint Valentine’s Day celebrated as the day of articulation of love falls on the 14th of February. Very little is known about the Saint in whose honour the feast was established by the Roam Catholic Church in the 5th Century AD. It is supposed to have been a Christianization of a Pagan festival of Lupercalia, a fertility festival. Chaucer was probably the first to associate Saint Valentine’s Day with romantic love. His Parlement of Foules has the following verse;
“For this was on seynt Volantynys day
When euery byrd comyth there to chese his make”
Whatever the story behind the day, and whatever the history of Saint Valentine, Love makes the world go! As Ralf Waldo Emerson said, ‘Give all to love; obey thy heart.’
Myron's a homeless author I met a few weeks ago. A brilliant, articulate man. We are currently working on his escape plan...
Prem Rawat, widely known as Maharaji, articulates a message of hope in a time of rapid change and turmoil. Through Words of Peace he points to the possibility that each individual can find peace within, whatever is going on around them. Below is an excerpt from one of his addresses where he talks about his message of peace.
Read more: Words of Peace Global
Prem Rawat, widely known as Maharaji, articulates a message of hope in a time of rapid change and turmoil. Through Words of Peace he points to the possibility that each individual can find peace within, whatever is going on around them. Below is an excerpt from one of his addresses where he talks about his message of peace.
Read more: Words of Peace Global
Prem Rawat, widely known as Maharaji, articulates a message of hope in a time of rapid change and turmoil. Through Words of Peace he points to the possibility that each individual can find peace within, whatever is going on around them. Below is an excerpt from one of his addresses where he talks about his message of peace.
Read more: Words of Peace Global
Because of social and political events a few main roads were cut in Rajasthan those past days.
This allowed me to cross the countryside which is beautiful during the monsoon season in order to reach Agra.
The contrasts between the land and the villagers garments is amazing, I couldn’t stop clicking, each sight was a colour masterclass.
Rajasthani women have been renowned for their grace and beauty.
They usually cover their faces with an odhni or dupatta and wear thick, full-length skirts with innumerable pleats and a blouse with colorful designs and their heavy jewelry, made mainly of silver, tinkles and jingles whenever they move.
Those two women saw me taking pictures, they were happy and very friendly however their legendary pride kept one smile under a veil.
The colours of their clothes and the way they have adjusted the drapes of the veils reminded me paintings from Zurbáran who had a special gift for draperies and who inspired so much the work of Balenciaga.
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LEGO model of the Bell B30D Articulated Dump Truck with tracks. This is another model in the scale 1:17,5 to fit my other models. It features: 3 sets of PF light units, XL powered drive, M motor powered articulated steering, M motor powered dumping and M motor powered air pump to operate the tracks. Of course it all operated remotely with a PF remote control except for the pneumatic switches which are operated manually.
Prem Rawat, widely known as Maharaji, articulates a message of hope in a time of rapid change and turmoil. Through Words of Peace he points to the possibility that each individual can find peace within, whatever is going on around them. Below is an excerpt from one of his addresses where he talks about his message of peace.
Read more: Words of Peace Global
Prem Rawat, widely known as Maharaji, articulates a message of hope in a time of rapid change and turmoil. Through Words of Peace he points to the possibility that each individual can find peace within, whatever is going on around them. Below is an excerpt from one of his addresses where he talks about his message of peace.
Read more: Words of Peace Global
Prem Rawat, widely known as Maharaji, articulates a message of hope in a time of rapid change and turmoil. Through Words of Peace he points to the possibility that each individual can find peace within, whatever is going on around them. Below is an excerpt from one of his addresses where he talks about his message of peace.
Read more: Words of Peace Global
The Manhattan Districts 1/2/5 Garage, at the corner of Spring Street and West Street, houses three district garages for the NYC Department of Sanitation, accommodating over 150 sanitation vehicles, separate vehicle wash and personnel facilities for each district, and centralized fueling and repair facilities. The double-skin façade wraps the curtainwall with custom, perforated, metal fins to vertically articulate the massing and mitigate sun exposure. A green roof softens views from neighboring buildings, protects the roof membrane, and enhances storm water retention and thermal performance. A benchmark project for NYC’s Active Design program, the garage is designed to achieve a LEED Gold certification. Dattner Architects designed the project in association with WXY Architecture + Urban Design.
Finding Gratitude
Gratitude can be easily forgotten in a world filled with terror, fear, and heightened concern for safety. It is not difficult to understand a pervasive mood of suspicion and guardedness given the regularly disruptive news of violence and tragedy. A hand-wringing anxiety replaces the open-heartedness that accompanies gratitude.
More than this, it can seem naïve or insensitive to articulate gratefulness in the midst of human suffering. How can I be thankful when so many around the world suffer in unspeakable ways? It feels more appropriate to maintain a somber outlook as a way of finding solidarity with those who are hurting. Being grateful for personal “blessing” seems to add salt to the wound.
Perhaps this is why it is always amazing to encounter those who find gratitude to be healing even in the midst of loss and tragedy. A powerful editorial by New York Times writer, David Brooks, introduced readers to Kennedy Odede, a Kenyan man who grew up in the infamous Kibera slums of Nairobi. Odede and his wife, Jessica, have created schools for girls and a community organization called Shining Hope for Communities. In their co-written memoir called Find Me Unafraid, Jessica and Kennedy recount the horrors of life growing up in this slum with all of its abundant evil. Kennedy was molested and abused by a priest, repeatedly beaten by his father, watched friends and family murdered before his eyes, saw others die from drug abuse, and had to survive through petty theft because of constant hunger and poverty. Yet, Brooks described Kennedy as the most joyful person he knows. How can this be, Brooks wondered, given all that he suffered? In an email to Brooks, Kennedy wrote:
“While I didn’t have food and couldn’t go to school or when I was the victim or witness of violence, I tried to appreciate things like the sunrise—something that everyone in the world shares and can find joy in no matter if you are rich or poor. Seeing the sunrise was always healing for me, it was a new day and it was a beauty to behold.”(1)
Gratitude for the sunrise was what sustained him and what fueled his desire to do more with his life than what he had been given.
Interestingly, recent studies have concluded that the expression of gratitude can have profound and positive effects on health, mood, and social connections. In one study on gratitude, researchers randomly assigned participants to groups given one of three tasks. Each week, participants kept a short journal. One group briefly described five things they were grateful for that had occurred in the past week, another group recorded five daily hassles from the previous week that displeased them, and the neutral group was asked to list five events or circumstances that affected them, but they were not told whether to focus on the positive or on the negative. Ten weeks later, participants in the gratitude group felt better about their lives as a whole and were a full twenty-five percent happier than the hassled group. They reported fewer health complaints, and exercised an average of 1.5 hours more. In addition, other studies showed that participants in the gratitude group also reported offering others more emotional support or help with a personal problem, indicating that the gratitude exercise increased their goodwill towards others and their “pro-social” motivation.(2)
Kennedy Odebe knows first-hand of a world that seeks to crush its weakest members. His days growing up in the Kibera slum confirmed this reality. With all that he suffered, it would have been easy for him to turn into a heard-hearted and abusive man. There would be ample justification for disappointment and cynicism given his experiences in the world.
But Kennedy found an authentic reason to give thanks and his gratitude for a simple sunrise grew into a life spent giving to others. His gratitude was not borne out of an attempt to escape or as a means of placing his head in the sand to the realities around him. Rather, it was seeing light in the darkest of realities and wanting to share that light with those still grappling with the darkness.
In times of deepest sorrow, there can be a gratitude that rises up on the heart even as thanksgiving comes with tears. Gratitude fosters a heart full of gladness which overflows and spills out into acts of kindness and generosity towards others. When we are grateful, we cannot help but share. As the author of the letter to the Hebrews concludes: Let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God that is the fruit of lips that give thanks to his name. And do not neglect doing good and sharing; for with such sacrifices God is pleased.(2)
Margaret Manning Shull is a member of the speaking and writing team at Ravi Zacharias International Ministries in Bellingham, Washington.
(1) David Brooks, “The Things They Carry,” The New York Times Op Ed, November 10, 2015.
(2) Ocean Robbins, “The Neuroscience of Why Gratitude Makes Us Healthier,” The Daily Good, October 30, 2015.
(3) Hebrews 13:15-16.
"Trying to be misunderstood,
Just a product of my childhood,
Still I find myself outside,
You can’t say I haven’t tried,
Perhaps I tried to hard,
No excuses,
I Won’t apologise,
To justify your lies,
Come find me,
Tell them to me,
Look me in the eyes
I’ll be misunderstood,
By the beautiful and good in this city,
None of this was planned,
Take me by the hand,
just don’t try and understand..."
I took this picture of Anand a few weeks ago on the upper terrace of my office in Varanasi (Benaras).
Anand is a majhi (hindi word for boatman), I know him since a few years and he often meets me for photo cessions which allow him to talk about his favorite topic, the day when he'll make enough money in order to get his beautiful girlfriend's mother approval for their wedding.
"Misunderstood" by Robbie williams:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mc30I_pUmTM
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Fort Brockhurst Moat & Defences
Any attacking force trying to take the fort would be faced by a deep, wide moat, articulating cannon and row upon row of rifle fire through gun ports at several different levels in the external walls.
Inside the fort, was a secondary line of defence identical to the first. Any opposing force breaking through the outer wall would have to do it all again when they met the second line of defences.
Any enemy force approaching the fort would be met by withering lines of crossfire from cannon and rifles from whatever angle they approached.
The lines of fire did not have any blind spots. The enemy would be met with cannon or rifle fire from many different angles from whatever direction they approached.
Prem Rawat, widely known as Maharaji, articulates a message of hope in a time of rapid change and turmoil. Through Words of Peace he points to the possibility that each individual can find peace within, whatever is going on around them. Below is an excerpt from one of his addresses where he talks about his message of peace.
Read more: Words of Peace Global
Prem Rawat, widely known as Maharaji, articulates a message of hope in a time of rapid change and turmoil. Through Words of Peace he points to the possibility that each individual can find peace within, whatever is going on around them. Below is an excerpt from one of his addresses where he talks about his message of peace.
Read more: Words of Peace Global
Prem Rawat, widely known as Maharaji, articulates a message of hope in a time of rapid change and turmoil. Through Words of Peace he points to the possibility that each individual can find peace within, whatever is going on around them. Below is an excerpt from one of his addresses where he talks about his message of peace.
Read more: Words of Peace Global
History shows that the cross was used centuries before Christ.
"From its simplicity of form, the cross has been used both as a religious symbol and as an ornament, from the dawn of man's civilization.
Various objects, dating from periods long anterior to the Christian era, have been found, marked with crosses of different designs, in almost every part of the old world.
India, Syria, Persia and Egypt have all yielded numberless examples, while numerous instances, dating from the later Stone Age to Christian times, have been found in nearly every part of Europe.
The use of the cross as a religious symbol in pre-Christian times, and among non-Christian peoples, may probably be regarded as almost universal, and in very many cases it was connected with some form of nature worship".
(The Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th ed., 1910, Vol. 7, pg. 506. Emphasis ours.)
The surprising thing is that the Christian use of the cross did not begin until the time of Constantine, three centuries after Christ.
Archaeologists have not found any Christian use of the symbol before that time.
According to one writer (W. E. Vine, Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words, article "Cross"), the cross as a "Christian" symbol was taken directly from the pagans.
The New Testament does not specifically describe the instrument upon which Christ died, though Acts 5:30; 10:39; and 13:28-29 refer to it as a "tree."
The Greek word xulon, translated "tree" in these verses, can mean a stick, club, tree, stake, or other wooden articles.
There is absolutely no evidence that God's true church ever used the cross symbol for any purpose.
Nowhere does the Bible command its use however, throughout the world, people universally regard the cross as THE symbol of Christianity.
Among Christians it recalls the crucifixion of Jesus and humanity's redemption thereby.
The Christian form of blessing by tracing a cross over oneself or another person or thing.
This cross is the reflection of a light on a wall in the Église de Saint-Eustache which is a church in the Ier arrondissement of Paris, built between 1532 and 1632.
It was shot during the midnight Mass celebrated on Christmas Eve.
they can fly on strange places :-))
DRUNKEN BUTTERFLY
SMILE LIKE THE SUN, BACK OVER TIME
CRAZY ON YOU, THE PLEASURE IS MINE
I LOVE YOU, I LOVE YOU, I LOVE YOU
WHAT’S YOUR NAME
YOUR COMING THRU, EVEN IT UP
GOING TOO FAR, TRY TO UNDERSTAND
I LOVE YOU, I LOVE YOU, I LOVE YOU
WHAT’S YOUR NAME
WHISPER THAT KISSES YOUR EAR
I’LL TELL YOU WHAT I FEAR
COM’ON HOME, JUST AIN’T FAIR
IN THE NAME OF ROCK ‘N ROLL
WHERE LOVE DIES, COULDN’T FIND A SOUL
TELL IT LIKE IT IS
DEEP DOWN INSIDE
DRUNKEN BUTTERFLY
Kim Gorden Sonic Youth - Drunken Butterfly
Now it's time to say good night
Good night Sleep tight
Now the sun turns out his light
Good night Sleep tight
Dream sweet dreams for me
Dream sweet dreams for you.
Close your eyes and I'll close mine
Good night Sleep tight
Now the moon begins to shine
Good night Sleep tight
Dream sweet dreams for me
Dream sweet dreams for you.
Close your eyes and I'll close mine
Good night Sleep tight
Now the sun turns out his light
Good night Sleep tight
Dream sweet dreams for me
Dream sweet dreams for you.
Good night Good night Everybody
Everybody everywhere
Good night.
The Beatles
Ma Man
"He kin play a banjo.
Lordy, he kin plunk, plunk, plunk.
He kin play a banjo.
I mean plunk, plunk … plunk, plunk.
He plays good when he's sober
An' better, better when he's drunk."
- Langston Hughes
This is a fallacy of equivocation, I have been playing with this image, misleading your visual perception.
Here I am showing a close-up of a classical greek sculpture which is in Le Louvre museum in Paris.
It was fun to use colours in order to emphase this perfectly proportioned figure of the Hellenistic period.
This was the time when sculptors were using a combination of Contrapposto and "in the round" compositions (intended to be seen from multiple angles) creating more interesting and natural poses.
The fundamental aim was to create fluidity within the pose by changing from the conventional parallels of the shoulders, hips and knees to sloping angles.
These angles were much more comparable to the anatomy in real life, further emphasising naturalism and movement.
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A few words to thank you all for your last comments and kind mails which really touched me.
It is always great to share my images and words with you.
For those who were asking about the Golden Temple and about Sikhism, this is a short description which, I hope, will allow you to understand what this beautiful culture is about.
Namaskar.
Sri Harmandir Sahib (Punjabi: ਹਰਿਮੰਦਰ ਸਾਹਿਬ), also known as Sri Darbar Sahib (Punjabi: ਦਰਬਾਰ ਸਾਹਿਬ ), or Golden Temple, is named after Hari(God) the temple of God.
It is culturally the most significant shrine of the Sikhs and one of the oldest Sikh gurdwaras, located in the city of Amritsar in Punjab (India).
The Sikhs all over the world, daily wish to pay visit to Sri Amritsar and to pay obeisance at Sri Harmandir Sahib in their Ardas.
Guru Arjan Sahib, the Fifth Nanak, conceived the idea of creating a central place of worship for the Sikhs and he himself designed the architecture of the temple.
Unlike erecting the structure on the higher level(a tradition in Hindu Temple architecture), he got it built on the lower level and unlike Hindu Temples having only one gate for the entrance and exit, Guru Sahib got it open from four sides.
Thus he created a symbol of new faith, Sikhism.
Guru Sahib made it accessible to everyone without any distinction of Caste, creed, sex and religion in order to worship God equally.
Its architecture represents a unique harmony between the Muslims and the Hindus way of construction work and this is considered the best architectural specimens of the world.
It is often quoted that this architecture has created an independent Sikh school of architecture in the history of art in India.
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“The oldest living city in the world”.
Early this morning I was walking along the ghats of river Ganga in Varanasi (Benaras) and I saw a group of elder Marathi women who were bathing in the holy waters.
I sat on on the steps and took a few pictures.
Later they came nearby me with several colourful saris that they have been washing in order to get them dry.
They were helping eachother to spread them covering the whole ghat.
They seemed to be happy, I think that it was important for them to have come all the way from Maharashtra in order to worship here.
I saw beauty in their tired bodies, I felt the grace from their hands and the dignity of those long lives.
The sun was already burning, it was becoming too hot for me and I had to leave them but I kept the colour of their souls in my mind.
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I took this picture of a lotus last morning while visiting Bodh Gaya (बोधगया), in the Indian state of Bihar, the place of Gautama Buddha's attainment of nirvana (Enlightenment) and where stands the International Tipitaka Chanting Ceremony which will end the 10th of December .
Eleven-day long chanting prayer ceremony gather hundreds of Buddhist monks and devotees from across the globe for world peace.
Monks and nuns in saffron robes chant scriptures of the ”Tipitaka”, the collected teachings of Lord Buddha in the sacred Pali language, at Mahabodhi temple.
The monks are praying for the prosperity and well-being of all living creatures.
The aim of this prayer is that there should be peace in the world, and prosperity and happiness should prevail among all living beings, said Bhante Dinanand, a monk.
Lord Buddha is said to have attained enlightenment while doing penance under the Bodhi tree in Bodh Gaya where emperor Ashoka built the Mahabodhi temple complex about 250 years after the Buddha’’s enlightenment.
Everywhere I could read: "May you all be happy!"
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I suppose the yellow chair could be anywhere to sit and stare out there to simply take you were your imagination can take you. So I propose the fellow where one should to be fair to admit to lose by a hair and bluntly say the direction is really up to you.
They say is their special way, “I is what I is. Love the person I be because the person I was may not be perfectly happy. But, I am happy in my unhappy ways today, even though maybe for the next day I may take a different pathway.”
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What has awed me most at the Occupy Toronto site in St James Park is how incredibly articulate the young people are. They speak with passion, with conviction & with a burning belief that if they stay the course they CAN make a difference. Easy to dismiss them as malcontents. Easy to say the occupy settlements are a haven for substance abusers. To say "I don't get it....what is it exactly that they want" What's not to get ? They want a better world. A fairer, kinder, more just world. A world that doesn't revolve on money & greed & corruption. Impossible idealism, you say. We went through all that in the '60's. I agree. But that's because I'm old & jaded. They, on the other hand, these young protestors, dare to carry faith & hope & charity in their hearts. They know they're going to be ousted, that the day must inevitably come. Our inarticulate mayor, Rob Ford, has spoken. "They've made their point. Time for them to move on". That's the extent of his contribution in the past month. They are not there to make a point, they're there to make a change. They are shining a light on dire civic, federal & global issues. They intend peaceful non-compliance & will legally resist eviction if necessary but are, nontheless, accepting of their inevitable departure at some point & have plans to restore the park to its original state, including reseeding. The young people I've met are not fighters... they're peace-seekers. Any aggression comes from the troubled souls in their midst, those they have embraced, sheltered & fed without judgement, the homeless & addicted citizens the mayor ignores. Occupy Toronto is what democracy looks like. If you support them, call Rob Ford's office at 416-397 3673. Let's not have just the naysayers clogging up his line.
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additional photo added to Occupy Toronto set
Here is Josh, a very articulate and gracious college student who commutes from NJ to NYC to attend an Ivy League University- Columbia. And yes he is in a rock band. With that hair I would have been disappointed if he didn't. Josh is very much into his music (all kinds as long as it is labled Good by someone) as well as his studies seen in this photo still working on a paper. His band can be found at:
www.freewebs.com/freedoomordeath/
check it out.