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A woman spins the prayer wheels at Tagong Monastery in Tagong, Garze Tibetan Autonoumous Prefecture, SIchuan China.
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
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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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The Earth is our Mother; care for Her
Honor all your relations.
Open your heart and soul to the Great Spirit.
All life is sacred; treat all beings with respect.
Take from the Earth what is needed and nothing more.
Do what needs to be done for the good of all.
Give constant thanks to the Great Spirit for each day.
Speak the truth but only for the good in others.
Follow the rythms of Nature.
Enjoy life's journey; but leave no tracks.
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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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During Friday prayers at the Great Mosque of Djenne, children line up along the stairs so that they may also participate in the service.
Djenne, Mali
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
In Matho Monastery, Ladakh, India.
Matho Monastery, Matho Gompa or Mangtro Monastery or Mangtro Gompa, from the Tibetan "mang" that means "many" and "tro" that means "happiness", is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery located 26 kilometres southeast of Leh in Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, northern India, on the banks of the Indus River. The village of Matho is located at the mouth of a deep gorge running out of the Zanskar Range and across the Indus. It is directly opposite Thikse Monastery.
Founded in 1410 century by Lama Dugpa Dorje, it belongs to the Sakya Order. It is noted for its six-hundred-year-old thangkas and its Matho Nagrang Festival. The gompa is the only one in Ladakh belonging to the Sakyapa and is said to be one of the few which is seeing an increase of monks in recent years.
Most of the buildings are rather dilapidated but there is a new assembly hall or du-khang which was built in 2005 and which has very colourful paintings and a Sakyamuni Buddha as main statue. There is a small chapel on the top story containing images of Sakya Pandita and other Sakya lamas. There is a 'museum' adjoining it with a number of very beautiful old thangkas, some of which are thought to have been brought from Tibet in the first half of the 15th century when the monastery was founded.
It is only in prayer that I can live such a life so that every word of God be fulfilled in me.
Andrew Murray and Barbour Publishing, 199 Treasures of Wisdom on Talking with God (Uhrichsville, OH: Barbour, 2007).
Maidens Prayer
3/4 Oz Cointreau
3/4 Oz Light Rum
3/4 Oz Gin
3/4 Oz Lemon Juice
Shake all ingredients and strain into a chilled glass. Garnish with a flower.
Paws pressed in prayer,
I chant your name to the wind,
you now rest in peace.
I sit before your stone, my paws pressed together the way I watched you pray to Buddha. The wind carries my soft chant, and I send your name into the sky so it will not be lost. I do not search for you anymore—I know you are resting. I keep watch, as I always did, trusting that you sleep in peace while my love remains here, warm and faithful, beside you.
~m~