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A composition with prayer flags in the foreground and Shanti Stupa in the background. In between lies the city of Leh.
A man who pray to the God (Sun) during his bath in the early morning.According to the Hindu belief,the SUN is considered as a Lord,the solar diety who riding in a chariot drawn by seven horses and the God Surya(the sun)is worshipped throughout a large number of Sun temples in India.(One among them is Konark,famous for its architect)Usually people take three dips into the water and took some water on their hands and pour before the Lord Surya & hold their hands over their head and pray for a while.Here is such a picture captured with Olympus OM2000 film camera.........!!check web site konark.nic.in & en.wikipedia.org/wiki/konarak to know more about Lord surya
Prayer wheels at the national memorial chörten (stupa) in Thimpu, Bhutan. Taken after dusk, my guide (a guide and driver is mandatory for all non-Indian foreign visitors to Bhutan) spun the wheels just before I took the photo. The fee for the guide and driver is included in the extortionate visa price to visit the land of gross national happiness. Tuesday, when this photo was taken is "Pedestrian Day" every week in Thimpu, when all private vehicles are banned from entering the city center, vehicles carrying tourists are exempt. Locals are encouraged (no,... forced) to walk or bicycle to work that day, when gross national happiness may decline a little bit.
Lighting butter lamps is a popular addition to prayer in Nepal. People light many lamps close to a temple and recite prayers. It can get quite hot when close to the lamps!
Prayer is when you talk to God;
meditation is when you listen to God.
~Author Unknown~
I almost missed this little guy on my morning me time walk...
Luckily he just sat there in prayer.
On the third anniversary of the war against Iraq, the congregation of Marble Collegiate Church draped its fences in ribbons, each ribbon a prayer. Ribbons were for the dead: U.S. troops, innocent Iraqi civilians, and coalition troop members. | Fifth Avenue and 29th Street (Garment District).
Boudhnath Stupa is one of the largest in the world.It is located just outside the formal boundaries of Kathmandu, Nepal. This shot was taken the day before Tibetan New Year. Brand new prayer flags were put up in honour of the New Year.
This trip was arranged by Razzu Tuladha of Samsara Journeys based in Kathmandu, Nepal.
On our way for a day trip to Jordan, we thought this airport policeman reciting the Quran looked interesting in the early morning light (05.33 am).
Although we did not hear the call for prayer at the airport, we could often hear it at our resort in Sharm El Sheikh and pretty much everywhere else we visited. It's quite a mystical experience for most Westerners.
Muslims pray five times a day:
1. Dawn prayer (Fajr)
2. Noon prayer (Dhuhr, Zhuhr)
3. Afternoon prayer (Asr)
4. Sunset prayer (Maghrib)
5. Evening prayer (Isha)
These ancient prayer books are in the Royal Shrine, in the depths of The Palace in Leh.
Ladakh, Kashmir and Jammu, India.
October 2015. © David Hill.
Another beach shot. My weekly walk with friends seems to be the only chance I've had to shoot lately. Thank goodness there's always something there to catch my eye.
The flowers spell "Gaza."
last year's beech leaves wave like prayer flags and rattle like sunlit paper lanterns in this afternoon's cold leap day wind
These colourful prayer flags will come to your mind whenever you think of Ladakh and any other Budhist region in the Himalayas.
Prayer flags are inscribed with auspicious symbols, invocations, prayers and mantras. Tibetan Budhists for centuries have planted these flags outside their homes and places of spiritual practice for the wind to carry the beneficient vibrations across the countryside. Prayer flags are said to bring happiness, long life and prosperity to the planter and those in the vicinity.
Traditionally they are fastened to eaves or sewn onto ropes to be displayed horizontally or fastened to wooden poles for vertical display. Sets of five flags should be put in the order: yellow, green, red, white and blue (from left to right or bottom to top).
The colours represent the elements of life: earth, water, fire, cloud and sky.
சஞ்சலமற் றெல்லாம்நீ தானென் றுணர்ந்தேன்என்
அஞ்சலியுங் கொள்ளாய் அரசே பராபரமே !!!
தாயுமானவர் பராபரக்கண்ணி
Buddhist monk, Brother Kato, of The Peace Pagoda in Leverett, MA, (originally,from Japan) offering prayers for Japan at the Vigil for Japan & Protest against the VT Yankee Nuke plant, yesterday, March 20, 2011, Vernon, VT.
Today, there were terror attacks on paris. Let us pray for for all of them. What the world has come to, nobody would know.
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My dear Master, to thee I pray. I do not expect more than you can give. Grant me only the comforts you can afford.
This I promise you my Master and friend; that I will never quarrel or argue with you; never say unkind things or point out your faults to you and,most of all, never be disloyal or unfaithful to you.
Though others may desert you and the cares of the world weigh heavily upon you; though you may have poverty or prosperity; though there be sickness or health; I shall remain your obedient servant and friend.
When danger is present I rush to be near you to protect you, sounding the alarm against unwelcome intruders at your door. And if need be, guard you and your possessions with my life.
Dear Master, because I am a domesticated creature, I need to be protected against the harsh elements of weather, and pray you will always give me a clean sheltered place where I can rest peacefully and feel secure.
Since I am no longer a predator and cannot hunt, I pray you to daily provide enough nutritious food and fresh water to sustain my well being.
Protect me, I pray, from humans who would do cruel and inhumane things to me. I cannot understand why some of your fellow creatures are so unkind, and thus so unlike you.
I pray you will take care of me if I am ill or wounded, for I also feel pain and have only you to depend to see that I am tended by loving and competent hands.
As I grow older and my senses fail me; When the infirmities of my later years become too great to bear, please be kind, and help me gently in my pain or passing for I have served you well. Hear this prayer my dear Master, my fate depends on you.
- Unknown
View LARGE on black and say a little prayer for the people of Haiti who were devastated by a magnitude 7 earthquake on the afternoon of 12 Jan 2010. Their infrastructures were leveled and as much as 100,000 people under the rubbles are feared dead. The presidential palace and the UN Headquarters were also flattened. International rescue and relief operations are difficult to deliver as their airport was paralized due to damages. Of the 175 accounted Filipino volunteers three are still missing and also feared to be among the casualties.
Let's pray for them. GOD BLESS HAITI !!!
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The Cowboy's Prayer
This is the prayer used By Roy Rogers at all his riders club meetings
Oh Lord, I reckon I'm not much just by myself.
I fail to do a lot of things I ought to do.
But Lord, when trails are steep and passes high,
Help me ride it straight the whole way through.
And when in the falling dusk I get the final call,
I do not care how many flowers they send --
Above all else the happiest trail would be
For You to say to me, "Let's ride, My friend."
Amen
Hear my prayer, O LORD! And let my cry for help come to You. Psalm 102:1
The Ways and Means of Prayer
In Ephesians 6:18 Paul says we are to pray with “all prayer and petition.” The Greek word translated “prayer” (also in 1 Thes. 5:17) is the most common New Testament word for prayer and refers to general requests. The word translated “petition” refers to specific prayers. Paul’s use of both words suggests our necessary involvement in all kinds of prayer, every form that is appropriate.
The Posture
To pray all the time necessitates being in various positions because you will never be in the same position all day. In the Bible, people prayed standing (Gen. 24:12–14), lifting up their hands (1 Tim. 2:8), sitting (Jud. 20:26), kneeling (Mark 1:40), looking upward (John 17:1), bowing down (Ex. 34:8), placing their heads between their knees (1 Kings 18:42), pounding on their breasts (Luke 18:13), and facing the temple (Dan. 6:10).
The Circumstances
While some people today think prayer ought to be very formal, the Bible documents that people prayed in many different circumstances. They prayed wearing sackcloth (Ps. 35:13), sitting in ashes (Job 1:20–21; 2:8), smiting their breasts (Luke 18:13), crying tears (Ps. 6:6), throwing dust on their heads (Josh. 7:6), tearing garments (1 Kings 21:27), fasting (Deut. 9:18), sighing (Ezra 9:4–15), groaning (Ps. 6:4–6), crying out loud (Heb. 5:7), sweating blood (Luke 22:44), agonizing with broken hearts (Ps. 34:18), making a vow (Acts 18:18), making sacrifices (Ps. 20:1–3), and singing songs (Acts 16:25).
The Place
The Bible records people praying in all sorts of places as well: in battle (2 Chron. 13:14–15), in a cave (1 Kings 19:9–10), in a closet (Matt. 6:6), in a garden (Matt. 26:36–44), on a mountainside (Luke 6:12), by a river (Acts 16:13), by the sea (Acts 21:5–6), in the street (Matt. 6:5), in the temple (1 Kings 8:22–53), in bed (Ps. 4:3–4), in a home (Acts 9:39–40), in the stomach of a fish (Jonah 2:1–10), on a housetop (Acts 10:9), in a prison (Acts 16:23–26), in the wilderness (Luke 5:16), and on a cross (Luke 23:33–34, 46). In 1 Timothy 2:8, Paul said, “I want the men in every place to pray” For the faithful, Spirit-filled Christian, every place becomes a place of prayer.
The Time
At a pastors’ conference I attended some years ago, one man preached on the subject of morning prayer. To support his point, he read various passages that show people praying in the morning. As he did, I looked up all the Scriptures that show people praying three times a day (Dan. 6:10), in the evening (1 Kings 18:36), before meals (Matt. 14:19), after meals (Deut. 8:10), at the ninth hour (3 P.M.; Acts 3:1), at bedtime (Ps. 4:4), at midnight (Acts 16:25), day and night (Luke 2:37; 18:7), often (Luke 5:33), when they’re young (Jer. 3:4), when they’re old (Dan. 9:2–19), when they’re in trouble (2 Kings 19:3–4), every day (Ps. 86:3), and always (Luke 18:1; 1 Thes. 5:17).
Prayer is fitting at any time, in any posture, in any place, under any circumstance, and in any attire. It is to be a total way of life—an open and continual communion with God. After having embraced all the infinite resources that are yours in Christ, don’t ever think you’re no longer dependent on the moment by moment power of God.
MacArthur, J. F., Jr. (1995). Alone with God (18–20). Wheaton, IL: Victor Books. www.gty.org
Madonna - Like A Prayer
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