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乗蓮寺
わが街、東京都板橋区赤塚は、これと言って観光名所になるような所もない、ごく普通の街です。
古くから人々が暮らしてきた場所なので、神社や仏閣がそれなりにあり、また東京大仏という盧舎那仏の大仏があります。
東京大仏は、かつて東京を襲った関東大震災や東京大空襲など悲惨な震災や戦災が再び起きないよう願いを込め昭和52年に建立された大仏様です。
まだ新しいためか、残念ながら東京都民の間ですら知名度が低いのですが、東関東大震災の後、大仏像の前の焼香壇には付近の住人の祈りを込めた線香の煙が絶えることがありません。
東京近郊にお住まいの方、機会あれば是非、東京大仏(乗蓮寺)へお越しください。
祈りを込めた漆黒の大仏像は、今日も世界が、そして日本が平和であるよう、見守ってくれています。
by #162 樹理庵 (Woodenship)
On the wall outside Hoja Zayniddin Mosque, Bukhara, Uzbekistan
Tomorrow you cannot take the same pic :-)
Those of you who have been along for the ride over the past couple of years recognize dear, sweet Heidi, a feral cat I trapped at work. Heidi had her brood out on the foster family's farm. We found homes for them then prayed about what to do with Heidi. She very clearly did NOT want to be indoors. Thankfully, when we let Heidi go, she chose to hang around the farm. And, bit by bit, she has been shedding her feral ways.
Well, Heidi desperately needs your prayers today. The family was gone for the holidays--someone was visiting and feeding their animals--and today Heidi showed up on their doorstep with a horrble wound.
Heidi knows she needs help, and she knew enough to seek human care. Granted, she bit my finger when I tried to put a pain pill down her throat, but Heidi right now accepts all scritches and loving she can get. I did switch to a liquid pain medication which she successfully took. Amazing how her feral tendencies have all but disappeared now that she knows she needs help. What an incredibly smart girl to seek out care from humans.
Thankfully the area does not appear to be infected. Muscle is clearly visible, and a hunk is missing. The fur and matted material across the spine may very well be protecting that vulnerable area. We will wait till she gets veterinarian care to disrupt that matted area. No cleaning will be done in my home.
The dad out on the farm believes a hawk did this. Or maybe a coyote? We haven't seen any out there, but we know they are south of the area. I don't know. I just know that this dear sweet girl needs help.
I am posting a couple of photos of the wound in the comments, avoiding the more gruesome photos. Clickable if interested.
Poor, dear Heidi welcomes your prayers.
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For Rui, Belle, Masanari, their families and friends, and for everyone in Japan.
We are thinking of you.
This was inspired by a couple of postings from February and August 2009 on JSIM. This is the front of a card I made for a teacher. You can see another card front idea titled teachers prayer 1 and the inside in teachers prayer 3. Or all together here...http://ferrellgraph-x.blogspot.com/2010/10/teachers-prayer.html
Devils Tower is seen as a sacred site by many of the Plains Tribes, including the Cheyenne, Lakota, Crow and Kiowa. Most of the Native names include Bear's House/Bear's Home/Bear's Teepee/Home of the Bears. This come from ancient legends about the tower, which vary by tribe.
The most famous is a Lakota/Kiowa story, about seven girls who went out to play and were found and chased by giant bears. To escape, the girls climbed up to a large rock and prayed to the Great Spirit to help. The Great Spirit heard their prayers, and suddenly the rock shot up into the sky. The bears tried to climb the rock, gorging deep marks into the sides of it, but ultimately the ascending tower proved too steep and they gave up, leaving the deeply gashed tower. The girls reached the sky and became the Pleiades.
An alternative version of the story has a boy being chased by a single giant bear, Mato, though the general story remains, the same, with the boy climbing the rock, Wakan Tanka shooting the rock towards the heavens, and Mato clawing marks into the tower trying to get the boy. In this version the boy is rescued by an eagle. The Cheyenne also have a similar story, though it involves the bears killing all but two of the girls, who then trick the bears into climbing to the already formed tower, whereupon their brothers were able to ambush and drive off the bears by firing at their paws.
A final legend comes from the Northern Cheyenne warrior Wooden Leg, who told a story of an old man who slept with a Bison head at the foot of the tower. In the morning, the man found himself and the bison head atop the tower. After a day of praying, the Old man woke up the day after to find himself back on the ground, though the bison head remained on top. The bison head remained visible for years, and became a symbol for the Northern Cheyenne.
All around Devils Tower are small prayer offerings, from the many tribal members who visit.
Devils Tower National Monument, Hulett, Wyoming
Princess Wangui saying prayers for the elders who have gone before us.
This is a historical site in East Africa which has a big history about the coming and establishment of the Arabian rule and slave trade. The place is called Bagamoyo which is a Swahili word meaning "Here I rest my heart", it's a small town along the East African coast. The African slaves used to say those words crying for their lost freedom and abuse against humanity in their very own land.
Saying prayers here is a way of telling our fore fathers that we, their children, are free again, and we are still fighting against mental slavery.
Long live history!
June 20, 2010 - Day 106 (week 16)
Prayers
I am not so good at the whole prayer thing. But I did hope this couple's prayers were answered. Its the least I could do as I snapped this picture as I walked by.
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)
Curtersy of Associated Press
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.