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It is a prayer wheel in the street of Ladakhi village. A prayer wheel is a cylindrical wheel installed on a spindle made from metal, wood, stone, leather or coarse cotton. Traditionally, the mantra Om Mani Padme Hum is written in Sanskrit on the outside of the wheel. Also sometimes depicted are Dakinis, Protectors and very often the 8 auspicious symbols Ashtamangala. At the core of the cylinder is a "Life Tree" often made of wood or metal with certain mantras written on or wrapped around it. Many thousands (or in the case of larger prayer wheels, millions) of mantras are then wrapped around this life tree. The Mantra Om Mani Padme Hum is most commonly used, but other mantras may be used as well. According to the Tibetan Buddhist tradition based on the lineage texts regarding prayer wheels, spinning such a wheel will have much the same meritorious effect as orally reciting the prayers.
Inside the Prayer wheels thousands of shlokas and Hymns are inscribed. Rotating these wheels is equivalent to reciting all of them. Can it get easier than this ?
“I cannot believe in a God who wants to be praised all the time.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche
Stone prayer bowls in an old Mexican church, in Villa Carbon, Estado de Mexico.
أسعد الله صباحكم / مسائكم بكل خير
حياكم الله يالغالين وكل عام وأنتم بخير وتقبل الله منا ومنكم صالح الأعمال والطاعات
أقدم لكم صور بسيطة لتصوير مصلى العيد وبالتحديد مصلى مدينة بريدة الجنوبي ،،
أخوكم عبدالله الغفيص
Prayer wheels at one of the Buddhist temples at the Ivolginsky monastery complex near Ulan Ude in the Russian Far East.
It's customary to walk around these shrines clockwise, spinning the wheels clockwise as you go.
An Acehnese woman weeps during a prayer for tsunami victims at the Grand Mosque in Banda Aceh, indonesia, Feb. 2005.
A novice Monk in Sittwe, Myanmar, prays from a well used prayer book in his monastery. The traditions of Buddhism are upheld very strongly today in Myanmar, and monks pray throughout the day to honour the teachings of the Buddha. I was lucky to be welcomed into this monastery while exploring the area, and was treated to generous hospitality. After eating some food with the head abbot monk, I was privileged to witness prayer time when all the monks find a space and sit down to read aloud from their prayer books.
You are looking at Buddhist prayer wheels. I bought two for my little girls while traveling in Nepal. Many Buddhist believe that when you spin a prayer wheel 500 prayers go out to help them on their path to enlightenment. I side the prayer wheel is a rolled scroll that has prayers written on them. Have a nice weekend my friends.
On an English tour and inside the Hassan II Mosque. We put the shoes in bags and walked through the Prayer Hall that fits 25000. Most of the materials seen are from Morocco, made by Moroccan artisans with Moroccan designs. A rarity for such a modern building.
The floor has channels for water and makes a skylight for the bathhouse below. Above is a sliding roof and ocean on the left, that ties in with the sky-and-ocean idea from King Hassan II.
ISO3200 f3.5 1/60 28mm LR
"Lent is a favourable time for letting Christ serve us so that we in turn may become more like him. This happens whenever we hear the word of God and receive the sacraments, especially the Eucharist. There we become what we receive: the Body of Christ. In this body there is no room for the indifference which so often seems to possess our hearts. For whoever is of Christ, belongs to one body, and in him we cannot be indifferent to one another. “If one part suffers, all the parts suffer with it; if one part is honoured, all the parts share its joy” (1 Cor 12:26)".
– Pope Francis, Message for Lent 2015.
Praying the Stations of the Cross in Lourdes.
.... encircle a pond in front of a Buddhist Temple in Sichuan Province - China, creating an effective reflection.
I feel with all my heart for all those people who are affected by the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, my thoughts are with you!
The textured, old hands of a Bhutanese lady holding the prayer beads she uses each day to mark the repetitions of her prayers, chants and devotions to Buddha.
Thimpu, Bhutan
O God, Who did cause the children of Israel to traverse the Red Sea dryshod; Thou Who did point out by a star to the Magi the road that led them to Thee; grant us we beseech Thee, a prosperous journey and propitious weather; so that, under the guidance of Thy holy angels we may safely reach that journey's end, and later the haven of eternal salvation.
Hear, O Lord, the prayers of Thy servants. Bless their journeyings. Thou Who art everywhere present, shower everywhere upon them the effects of Thy mercy; so that, insured by Thy protection against all dangers, they may return to offer Thee their thanksgiving. Through Christ our Lord.
Amen.
Found on the side of the Belasco Theatre is this ghosted old neon sign, the Belasco opened in 1926 and ran as a regular theatrical venue until 1952, it was then used as a church until 1984 (hence the sign) and was renovated in the mid-eighties, Now other than the occasional film shoot the theatre sits dormant right next door to the famous Mayan Theatre which is still a much used live venue
Update: Aug. 2010......... the old theater has new life !!!!
www.ladowntownnews.com/articles/2010/08/06/news/doc4c5c93...
Prayer candles in Galway Cathedral.
This photo was taken a couple of days before my father passed away in 2007. It had been a while since I had seen the inside of a church but it seemed strangely normal to light a candle and add it to the others....
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I led the prayers at church this morning … and I used a form of prayer from the Alternative Service Book 1980 – shock horror!
Anglicans will know that it's illegal to use this book in church now😳
I painted this plain cardboard box for a neighbor in need of prayer. I told her to write her needs/prayers on little slips of paper and to slip it into the box as a form of prayer. She loved it!
Prayer to Saint Jude
Most holy Apostle St. Jude, faithful servant and friend of Jesus, the Church honors and invokes you universally as the patron of hopeless cases, of things despaired of. Pray for me who am so miserable; make use, I implore you, of this particular privilege accorded to you, to bring visible and speedy help, where help is almost despaired of. Come to my assistance in this great need, that I may receive the consolations and succor of Heaven in all my necessities, tribulations and sufferings, particularly (here make your request), and that I may bless God with you and all the elect forever.
I promise you, O blessed St. Jude, to be ever mindful of this great favor, and I will never cease to honor you as my special and powerful patron and to do all in my power to encourage devotion to you. Amen.
Saint Jude is recognized as the patron of difficult or impossible cases. The prayer can be found on Catholic websites.
The stained glass window can be seen inside The Church of Saint Michael, Netcong, NJ, USA.
Photograph Copyright 2009 Loci B. Lenar