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23 февраля 2014, Богослужения Недели о Страшном суде / 23 February 2014, Services of the Sunday of the Last Judgment
10 more days to thesis submissions, everything is at full speed now. I need all the help i can get (divine ones included)
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.
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In the morning, women go to the muddy edge of the Mother Ganges with their baskets of bits... They make round piles from the river mud and carefully decorate these with flowers, herbs and spices that they have brought with them. A small butter lamp is lit, prayers are said and water from the river is splashed and drunk... When all is finished, the lumps of clay are returned to the river, and we can all hope for an easier time in the next life.
Shot it at Kumbha Mela(Fair) 2010.Its a greatest show on Earth.
In Hindu mythology, its origin is found in one of the popular creation myths and the Hindu theories on evolution, the Samudra manthan episode (Churning of the ocean of milk), which finds mention in the Bhagavata Purana, Vishnu Purana, the Mahabharata, and the Ramayana.
The Gods had lost their strength, and to regain it, they thought of churning the Ksheera Sagara (primordial ocean of milk) for amrit (the nectar of immortality), this required them to make a temporary agreement with their arch enemies, the demons or Asuras, to work together with a promise of sharing the nectar equally thereafter. However, when the Kumbha (urn) containing the amrita appeared, a fight ensued. For twelve days and twelve nights (equivalent to twelve human years) the gods and demons fought in the sky for the pot of amrita. It is believed that during the battle, Lord Vishnu flew away with the Kumbha of elixir, and that is when drops of amrita fell at four places on earth: Prayag, Haridwar, Ujjain and Nashik, and that is where the Kumbh Mela is observed every twelve years.
First written evidence of the Kumbha Mela can be found in the accounts of Chinese traveller, Huan Tsang or Xuanzang (602 - 664 A.D.) who visited India in 629 -645 CE, during the reign of King Harshavardhana.
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"lord prayer coin"this small coin i belive was given out to troops in war time,it is about 16cm,wide with the lords prayer on the reverse side,,
Kyzyl - capital of Tuva - Siberia - Russia
Kyzyl, the capital of Tuva.
Kyzyl, the center of Asia
This city is situated in the place where Biy-Khem (the Big Yenisey) and Ka-Khem ( the Small Yenisey) unite their waters and give a life to the great river Yenisey. The first sightseeing to visit here is the Geographical Centre of Asia. Built in 1964, the monument represents a big globe on which the contours of continents are marked. Tuva and Kyzyl are specially indicated.
Buddhism in Tuva exists in harmony with shaman beliefs.
Very important:
Regional museum of Tuva - exhibition of 'Scythian gold'