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Ethnic Uzbek attend a Friday prayer in a mosque in Suzak, near Jalal-Abad, southern Kyrgyzstan. 25.06.2010
Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer emcees the Second Annual Peacekeepers and Prayer Leaders Luncheon with NJSP Police Superintendent Colonel Patrick Callahan, New Jersey Office of Homeland Security Director Laurie Doran, New Jersey First Assistant Attorney General Lyndsay Ruotolo, New Jersey Bias Crime Officers Association President David D’Amico, Robert Wood Johnson’s Stephanie De-Rosa Hillman, Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Sgt. Melissa Rose, Rabbi Abe Friedman and Reverend Jame Occhipinti in Toms River, N.J. on Thursday, March 30, 2023. (New Jersey State Police / Tim Larsen)
A prayer flag is a colorful rectangular cloth, often found strung along mountain, valleys, ridges and peaks high in the Himalayas. Buddhism believes that Prayer flags are simple devices that, coupled with the natural energy of the wind, quietly
harmonize the environment, impartially increasing happiness and good fortune
among all living beings
Flags contain pretty pieces of colored cloth with including the ancient Buddhist prayers, mantras and powerful symbols. Buddhism believes that prayer flags produce a spiritual vibration that is activated and carried by the wind across the countryside.
The Tibetan word for prayer flag is Dar Cho. “Dar” means to increase life,
fortune, health and wealth. “Cho” means all sentient beings.
The silent prayers are blessings spoken on the breath of nature. Just as
a drop of water can permeate the ocean, prayers dissolved in the wind extend to fill all of space.
The prayer flag tradition has a long continuous history dating back to ancient
Tibet, China, Persia and India. The tradition has now reached the West and is
rapidly gaining popularity.
No cameras allowed inside, though photographing the prayer circle is okay. It is meant for meditation & reflection, not photo-ops.
Stones assembled near the start of the wall, resembling faces, eyes - a haunting image. Soon as I saw them a chill passed over me. Very powerful.
The wall is a tribute to Tom Hendrix's great-great-grandmother, a Yuchi who was born in what is now NW Alabama. She was removed int what became known as the Trail of Tears, but eventually walked back all the way from the Oklahoma territories. His wall was built one stone at a time, just as her journey was made one step at a time. And just like her journey, it winds, has high spots & low spots.
He has rocks from 127 States, countries & islands, including stones from the Arctic & Antarctic, the top of Everest, & the bottom of the ocean. I'm planning to send him some mahogany obsidian from Northeast California, maybe several others from my collection.
It has received recognition as a significant piece of environmental art. The wife of Alabama's Governor Bob Riley wanted to turn it into a tourist destination, but Mr Hendrix refused. That's not what the wall is about.
More on Tom Hendrix & Te-lah-nay's wall
The Cao Dai Temple in Tay Ninh, Vietnam is a beautiful place of worship that has taken bits and pieces of other religions including Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism and Catholicism to create an entire new religion. The many different colors of the temple and the clothes of the worshippers represent their status in the temple as well as the different religions incorporated into Caodaism. The lay followers wear the white robes while the priests wear either yellow to symbolize Buddhism, blue to symbolize Taoism, or red to symbolize Christianity. Bishops and cardinals also wear the Divine Eye which symbolizes God. Caodaism is an amazing and beautiful display of social and religious equality and respect.
Capture: A local Moroccan man praying his Asr prayers in the desert. I would have joined him if there was a place to wash nearby. I am aware there is a way to cleanse yourself with sand, but I did not familiarize myself with the process before hand. Maybe next time?
hundreds (thousands?) years of requests, wishes, pleas, and hopes crammed into the crevices of sacred stone
oblivious of their surroundings, these two men have faced Mecca and are beginning their pre-sunset prayers. #97 of 114 of 2014, Splash
A bead is a small, decorative object that is pierced for threading or stringing. Beads range in size from under a millimeter to over a centimeter or sometimes several centimeters in diameter.
At the Islamic Shopping Network many kinds of prayer beads are available. Prayer beads or Rosaries are used by members of various religions such as Islam. In Islam, prayer beads are referred to as Misbaha or Tasbih, and contain 99 beads, corresponding to the 99 Names of Allah. Sometimes only 33 beads are used, in which case one would cycle through them three times to equal 99. Use of the misbaha to count prayers and recitations is an evolution of the practice of the Holy Prophet Muhammad and his daughter Fatima Al-Zahra practice of using the fingers of the right hand to keep track.
Governor Phil Murphy attends mass and prayer for the victims and families of the Sri Lanka attacks at the St. Adalbert's Church in Staten Island on Monday April, 22, 2019. Pearl Gabel/Governor's Office.
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The lead priest at the Jain Brahman temple offered prayers for our travels. I was quite pleased with that, as our driver had been falling asleep at the wheel lately and we needed all the help we could get...
Governor Phil Murphy attends mass and prayer for the victims and families of the Sri Lanka attacks at the St. Adalbert's Church in Staten Island on Monday April, 22, 2019. Pearl Gabel/Governor's Office.
Last prayers at CME Trinity Church in Augusta, Georgia. Church is slated for demolition due to soil contamination. June 2015.
A prayer bead necklace left behind by a child at the gate to the ancient church of St. Mary & St. Lawrence in Great Waltham village; a touching reminder of how a simple gesture can become a powerful symbol of faith, especially when coming from a child. It may have been merely lost and placed there by a passerby so the owner could find and retrieve it, or perhaps it was left as a votive offering as many such tokens are in spiritual places. Either way it was a small striking detail noticed when entering the passage to the old churchyard.