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Stitched for a friend going through chemo, when words just didn't seem enough.
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Tibetan monk at Bodhgaya. Buddhist prayer is a practice to awaken our inherent inner capacities of strength, compassion and wisdom. Buddhist prayer is a form of meditation; it is a practice of inner reconditioning. Buddhist prayer replaces the negative with the virtuous and points us to the blessings of Life.
Delegates pause for a moment of prayer following the morning discussion and expressions of confusion in the May 12 plenary at the 2016 United Methodist General Conference. From left are Vasylyna Babych from the Ukraine-Moldava Provisonal Conference and Alexander Pererva and Alexandr Meinikov from the Southern Russia Provisonal Conference. Photo by Kathleen Barry, UMNS
Putting the prayer wheels to good use at the Swayambhunath stupa in Kathmandu.
The characters on the wheels represent the "om manipadme hūṃ" mantra that is essential to the Buddhist religion.
More about these are here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prayer_wheel
I play ultimate frisbee with a group of friends. This picture was uploaded for a post on striving and rest for the prayer blog.
Assignment for The Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur.
Photograph of four nuns in a prayer circle.
Lighting:
Window light for the subjects.
Tungsten light (Dynalite modeling bulb) grid spot with CTB aimed at the Tabernacle.
Photoshop: minimal
Nikon 10.5mm lens
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Lumbinī is a Buddhist pilgrimage site in the Rupandehi district of Nepal. It is the place where Queen Mayadevi gave birth to Siddhartha Gautama. Siddhartha Gautama lived roughly between 623 and 543 BCE and he founded Buddhism as Gautama Buddha. Lumbini is one of four magnets for pilgrimage that sprang up in places pivotal to the life of the Buddha, the others being at Kushinagar, Bodh Gaya and Sarnath.
Lumbini, where the Buddha lived until the age of 29, has a number of temples, including the Mayadevi temple, and others under construction. Also located here is the Puskarini or Holy Pond where the Buddha's mother took the ritual dip prior to his birth and where he, too, had his first bath, as well as the remains of Kapilavastu palace. At other sites near Lumbini, earlier Buddhas were, according to tradition, born, achieved ultimate awakening and finally relinquished earthly form.
Day 5:
You put your head down on the ground and whisper a prayer yet it can reach paradise(Jannah, Heaven)
A women offering prayers in her small hut in slums of Hyderabad. She is 95 years old. Here entire belongings are in this 8 x8 room where she stays with her daughter in law and her two daughters.
Photo taken during my visit for a Non profit organization called W.O.M.E.N (www.womenhyd.org)
Islam is the official religion of Brunei Darussalam and more than half of the nation’s population are Muslims. The mosque is their sacred place of worship and it is important to follow the rules when visiting this holy place. It is the Muslim custom to remove the shoes and entering the mosque with the right foot first and exiting with the left foot. Modest dressing is the rule of the thumb and covering as much skin as possible is required. The mosque is open to the public and visiting is free but avoid doing so during prayer time. Though Brunei is a devoutly Muslim country, it is respectful and tolerance towards the practices of other religions and beliefs.
(By Brunei Tourism Board)
Photo I shot of a seminarian in prayer for a diocesan Catholic newspaper. I had a fairly poorly-lit chapel, and everything was an earthy-brown tone, so bouncing was out of the question. I did like, however, the contrast of the stained glass windows with the dark interior, so I wanted to use that light.
I had him kneel while holding his breviary (prayer book) in a pew, and I lit him with a bare SB-24 about 3 ft. behind and 1 ft. above him (using a human light stand)—this light was used for the rim effect on his back—as well as an SB-24 bouncing off a brolly in the front for a soft key light on his face. Everything was triggered using poverty wizards.
I like the plaque (ema) with the boy in his underwear. You circle the parts of the body you want god to cure. The one in the bottom row has every part of his body circled. Ouch!
Buddhist prayer flags are omnipresent in the eastern Himalayas.You can see them in clusters of 3-4 or see masses of them fluttering somewhere on the mountainside.There is nothing as peaceful as sitting amidst them in the deep silence listening only to the sound of the wind blowing through them gently.
“What would you think if there were a river running by the door of the house of anyone of you, and he bathed in it 5 times a day, everyday, would any trace of dirt be left on him?” The people said: “No, there would be no trace of dirt on him.” The Prophet (Peace be upon him) said: “This is like the 5 daily prayers, through which Allah cleanses you and washes away your past sins”
Bukhari & Muslim
Prayer Wheels from Ladakh (though shot at my current place in Hyderabad). Lit by a feable candle behind it...
It's hard to tell but the large squares are tiny paper prayer flags... experimenting with different glues and it didn't try as I had hoped, blurring the image. Also made of glass tile, tempered glass, and origami paper.
I was going for a Rajasthani quilt look.