Gurung Boudha Gumpa

Upper Dalapchand, Rongli, East Sikkim, India

On my way to the Old Silk Route

Images of India

Today's Eid Prayers in Badshahi Masjid, Lahore

Clicked at Koksar, Himachal Pradesh

( MANALI - LEH Highway )

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Tear down

the walls of water

falling up

into the sky

claiming my pain

as their own.

I bring you home

and into my skin

soaking in a tub

of salt and pure foam

crystals are demons

if we can’t break them

and reform

the dust

into new angels.

I want ambiance

in ambiguity

and free forming dreams

of a peaceful heaven

on earth.

— Michel Lazzaro

Image created in partnership with Alex Cuttiford for his blog "Creating a Relational Prayer Life".

The aim of this collaborative project was to visualise the concept of prayer.

My Dad has been in the hospital going on three weeks now. He called me this afternoon and said that they told him he has prostate cancer and possibly colon cancer. Please, please, please keep him in your prayers. Outside of my hubby, my father is my rock. He means the world to me. He has never ever been sick and has never been in the hospital before now. :( I'm not even sure what to think. Just please remember him. I guess it may be weird to ask for prayers on here, but some of you guys are such good buddies and I just felt the need to share this with you.

Oh, and in this photo he's showing me a commissioned painting that he's working on. I'm always fascinated with how his paintings look so real.

You can see some more of his work Here and Here and Here.

Prayer wheels seen commonly all over Sikkim.. They have prayers written on them and the Buddhists believe that spinning them leads to the purification of our souls.. The colours look so beautiful !

Tibetan prayer flags hanging in the window of a shop called "Crystal Way" in the Castro...

We pray for the lives and safety of all.

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A world in prayer is a world at peace

85/365 These wheels were at some of temples in Nepal. It's believed that you can only walk around temples in a clockwise direction, if you turn the other way you insult the gods and if you walk round spinning these prayer wheels you create positive karma or energy.

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सर्व धर्म प्रार्थनास्थल..... A prayer hall regardless of religious affiliation beside Gurudongmar Lake, maintained by the Indian military

Prayer flags are said to bring luck, happiness, long life and prosperity to the flag planter and those in the vicinity in practice of Tibetan Buddhism.

Gurudongmar Lake is one of the highest fresh-water lakes in the world, located in a high plateau area connected with the Tibetan Plateau, at an altitude of 17,100 ft (5,210 m), and remains frozen throughout the year.

The lake is considered one of the most sacred lakes by the Buddhist and Hindus. The lake is named after Guru Padmasambhava who had brought Tantric Buddhism to Tibet in the 8th century.

North Sikkim, India

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Prayers hanging outside of Meiji shrine.

Zero 2000, Kodak Ektar 100

On our way to Bisbee, Crunchy offered to show me some roadside chapels. We don't have these in Portland. At this one there were three tiny chapel cubicles, open to the pullout, at which travelers might offer prayers to the saints.

WISH YOU HAPPY EED MUBARAK

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We live in an area with many Amish people. This doll, within the collection of a woman who asked me to photograph them, represents an Amish girl wearing a prayer bonnet. The doll stands about eighteen inches (45 cm) tall.

Umlauf Gardens Austin TX

24754 ft (7545 m) Gangapurna above Manang

with prayer wheels in the foreground.

along the Annapurna circuit -- Nepal, October 2007

In these hours of darkness let our prayers fly to the sky

prayer flags n wind chimes / wir lassen beten

Budist monk in Angkor temple

Prayer Fountain

Prayer flags.

Tibetan prayer flags are colorful panels or rectangular cloths often found strung along mountain ridges and peaks in the Himalayas to bless the surrounding countryside. Unknown in other branches of Buddhism, prayer flags are believed to have originated with the original Bön religion, which predated Buddhism in Tibet.

Lhasa, Tibet, China. 2006

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"Prayer is putting oneself in the hands of God"__Mother Teresa

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Entered this in contest in the zoo, if you would like to vote for me please do so here: www.dierenparkemmen.nl/bezoekersinformatie/bezoekersfotos If this is teh most popular pic of the week, it will be entering the pic of the month contest. The winner of that will get the photo on canvas. Thanks :)

So, every now and then Hubby gets an idea and I know it's a lost battle so I don't fight. Fortunately he usually has great ideas. He traded in our old 100-400 and we got a pretty good deal purchasing the new Canon 100-400 4/5.6 USM mark 2. He was polite enough to take me to the store before he brought it home :)

Today, I wanted to test the new baby so we drove out to the zoo. It was nice and quiet, not many people there on a grey winter's day, but in the afternoon the sun came out for a bit.

Are we happy with the new baby? YES! Why? Great IS. The quality of the glass feels like a prime even when you zoom all the way. Ok, maybe not as razor sharp as the Sigma 50 mm ART. But zooming does not feel like a compromise with this lens. With the old one, it sometimes did as the middle of the glass gave the clearest part of the image. Because of the improvements in IS it is possible to use a lower shutter speed when practicing hand held shooting. This is great as sometimes it is just too dark and the beasties move too fast for a low shutter speed.

So, this SInner's Prayer was answered. Nah, seriously, if you do not know the song Sinner's Prayer by Beth Hart, do listen to it. I find it quite a good song.

This otter was holding a clam it found. My husband made the otters stand up like meerkats by holding up little twigs and throwing them in their enclosure. It worked. They reacted the same way our cat Karel does.

Sorry for the wall of text :) Have a great Caturday, we got enthusiastic.

Madayil Chamundi Theyyam, Payyannur, Kannur

mitakon 50mm 0.95 sony a7r

@ Ghats of Varanasi

Sometimes it's the only thing that works ;)

@ Eremo Santa Caterina - Leggiuno (VA)

Zenit ET + Kodak Max 400

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Deserted souls,

flying up to heaven

with heavy burdens of prayers.

Souls lost in the middle

alone in the blue.

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What does it look like when you show up in the world with love? While Stephen plays quietly on piano, we are invited to meditate on what we believe these things the scripture was saying look like in real life. We then write some of those ideas on pieces of colored paper distributed earlier. Finally, we all go to the LOVE letters on the stage and tape what we’ve written onto them.

A quiet moment of prayer captured....

My heart aches for everyone whose lives have been turned upside down by the devastating fires ravaging California. The images and stories are heartbreaking, and I am sending all my thoughts and prayers to those who have lost their homes, their livelihoods, and their sense of security. I pray for the swift and safe return of all those who have been displaced. I especially pray for the brave first responders, the firefighters, paramedics, and volunteers, who are tirelessly working to contain the flames and rescue those in danger. May God grant them strength, protection, and guidance in their heroic efforts. Above all, I pray that God's comfort and presence be especially near to those directly affected, offering solace in their time of need. 🙏