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Hindu holy men offer prayers at the start of the solar eclipse on the banks of the Ganges River in Varanasi, India, Wednesday, July 22, 2009. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)
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Installed hand embroidered piece, "Prayer Flags" at the art gallery at Tacoma Community College show 'Pop Art' January 18th-May 3rd.
In creating these flags I was thinking more of consumerism and less of pop art.
Prayer rags tied to an Ovo overlooking the vast valley below. Prayers are tied to the as monks and others climb to become nearer to god. The Ovo rock formations are created at the top of the highest hills and mountains surrounding the Baldan Baraivan Monastery.
tibetan prayer flags in china on the top of Mt. Shika.
taken with :
Nikon F100
Fuji Provia
Scanned with:
Nikon Super Coolscan 5000 ED
I've never prayed like this in my life, kneeling beside the bed, hands in that phony-feeling position. I've also never been one to use rote prayers, like "now I lay me down to sleep..." For me, prayer is more about intentionally seeking right action, and being in right relationship: it's what many religious refer to as praying ceaselessly.
Sivasthuthi Prayer belongs to lord siva
Read more: www.keralapilgrimcenters.com/2012/02/sivasthuthi-prayer-b...
A line of prayer flags, near the entrance to Samye Ling Tibetan Centre in Dumfries & Galloway.
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Kagyu Samye Ling Monastery and Tibetan Centre is a Tibetan Buddhist complex associated with the Karma Kagyu school located at Eskdalemuir, near Langholm, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.
Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kagyu_Samye_Ling_Monastery_and_Tibe...
Prayer Postcard - Missionary - Honduras
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These prayer flags are from Mahakala, the cave I visited during my LEAPYear travels where Siddhartha, aka Buddha, meditated for 5 years in solitude before achieving Enlightenment (NB: capital E). Five years of solitude and meditation, living in a cave that I couldn't stretch out in, let alone stand up.
To summarize, dude was intense.
The whole idea of prayer flags is in fact a lesson in impermanence, a notion that doesn't sit real well with Westerners (generally speaking, that is). We get very caught up in the humdrum of materialism that is our everyday life. A man's worth is measured by his possessions and power. Who the hell came up with that idea, anyway? But a prayer flag is in fact worthless to possess; their value is the goodwill they 'release' as they tatter. That's why monasteries and mountain paths are covered in tattered remnants of prayer flags: they're like an offering, or, well, a prayer, for harmony and peace in the world. Energy is invested in them via the ritualistic creation process (we got to see that, too) and is released as the cloth gets destroyed. So to simply stock them up is kind of worthless.
An interesting notion, especially as this all came out of my incredible amount of satisfaction with my own new toy, my Canon 50D. Irony ftw?
By the way, if you haven't heard or taken the time, please take the next 10 seconds to spare a thought or a prayer for those suffering in Mumbai today.
It was getting dark as we arrived at our last Mandalay temple-stop of the day, but fortunately the rains held off. We positioned ourselves on the upper balcony of a modest monastery - who's name I don't know - and waited as a young monk struck a metal bong repeatedly with a heavy wooden striker. Quietly, walking barefoot, maroon-robed monks emerged from all directions, and lined up to enter the prayer hall, where they sat for meditation, chanting and prayers.
For the story behind these pictures, please visit the "Ursula's Weekly Wanders" PhotoBlog post: www.ursulasweeklywanders.com/religious-practice/life-in-t...
The guy who didn't go down with the rest of them looked a bit confused, or perhaps self-conscious. Right after this he adjusted his covering, so perhaps he was just cold. See the set description for what little I know about what I'm photographing here.
A Buddhist prayer flag flutters in the wind at Pemayangtse Monastery near Pelling, Sikkim, India October 13, 2009. Photo by Tim Chong
It was getting dark as we arrived at our last Mandalay temple-stop of the day, but fortunately the rains held off. We positioned ourselves on the upper balcony of a modest monastery - who's name I don't know - and waited as a young monk struck a metal bong repeatedly with a heavy wooden striker. Quietly, walking barefoot, maroon-robed monks emerged from all directions, and lined up to enter the prayer hall, where they sat for meditation, chanting and prayers.
For the story behind these pictures, please visit the "Ursula's Weekly Wanders" PhotoBlog post: www.ursulasweeklywanders.com/religious-practice/life-in-t...
