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Two novice monks with candles in front of a massive reclining Buddha. Candlelight in front, natural light behind.
Interesting to go through these old photos from a year ago. Feels like I was just there. Hard to believe sometimes that I saw these things, any so much more, with my own blue eyes. Lucky me. :)
Soundtrack // Bande-son: CHRISTIAN DEATH ("Prayer"): www.youtube.com/watch?v=n55cl7MOmsg
"Ambiance propice à la méditation. Excellent." (Régis DUBUS / www.flickr.com/photos/dubusregis/)
"De toute beauté et surtout magnifiquement traitée cette prise !" (SOPHIE C. / www.flickr.com/photos/sophie-clb/)
Jesus worship song | Learn How to Pray to God | "True Prayer"
Introduction
True prayer is speaking your heart’s words to God.
It’s based on God’s will and His word.
True prayer is feeling, oh, so close to God, as if He’s in front of you.
True prayer means you have much to say to God,
your heart is radiant as the sun,
you feel inspired by the loveliness of God, those who hear are gratified.
True prayer will bring both peace and pleasure,
the strength to love God rises up, the worth of loving God is felt;
and all of this will prove your prayers are true.
True prayer is not about formality, not procedure nor reciting words.
True prayer doesn’t mean to copy others.
Speak your heart and be touched by God.
True prayer is shown by a heart that yearns for what God Himself requires,
the will to fulfill in obedience and to hate all that God dislikes.
Woah … woah … woah … woah …
If your prayers are to be effective, God’s words are what you must read.
And only by praying amid God’s own words will illumination be seen.
And upon the basis of which you have knowledge,
all truths that God says are clear,
having strong faith and a way to practice.
Only this is a prayer that’s true.
Yes, only this is a prayer that’s true.
True prayer will bring both peace and pleasure,
the strength to love God rises up, the worth of loving God is felt;
and all of this will prove your prayers are true, are true.
Woah … woah … woah … woah …
Yeah, your prayers are true.
Woah … woah … woah … woah …
from The Word Appears in the Flesh
1557 2019 08
along one of the pathways in the prayer walk.
United Methodist of the Resurrection Church
Leawood, KS
Buddhist prayer #Embossed on this prayer wheel.
This is a photo I created with 39 photos, stacked in Photoshop. I use one warm LED light from the bottom and on cool torch light from top. I use my laptop screen as background. Total size of the photo in longest part is about 2 and half inches. I will add behind the scene soon.
... should be the key of the day and the lock of the night.
George Herbert
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I've never been religious, but I think I understand the fundamental bases of prayer.
For one thing, it's ritualistic. Whether you do it five times a day on your knees facing east, or weekly on Sundays, or nightly before bed, or every Saturday morning, or whatever... it offers the comfort and grounding and predictability of prescribed routine.
I guess it also makes you feel productive or proactive... in situations where you really have no control.
And I suppose it gives hope. At least... I hope it does.
Really, though... I think prayer's a fancy word for wishing. Except that... instead of just nebulously putting thoughts out there, you direct them to some imagined being who... in theory... has the power to give you what you want.
I have prayed. But it's typically along the lines of "Please, just put me out of my misery." And it's not directed anywhere. Just to myself, to distract me a bit, because that's the best it gets sometimes.
And because... well, a person reaches a point where they just can't take it any more.
Sufferers of chronic pain are vulnerable, I think. Especially when we've tried almost everything out there and STILL we're stuck with the same recurring horrors. I can't count how much I've spent on wacky "cures" and "therapies" through the years. And hey... if it were psychosomatic, I'd be pain-free... because... each and every time, I get fully pumped about the promise of relief from the therapy-du-jour:
Acupuncture. Acupressure. Massage. Physiotherapy. Heat. Cold. Drug therapy. Aromatherapy. Herbs of all descriptions. Dietary changes. Yoga. Stretching. Meditation. New bed, new couch, new glasses, new desk, new work environment. Blah blah blah.
The endless failure to get results is just so... disappointing. Disillusioning. Dispiriting. Flat-out depressing.
It leaves a person desperate. And in desperation, praying.
Not because I think it will work, but because I've exhausted every other option.
Prayer candles, Monastery of Montserrat, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Founded in the 9th Century,
A Benedictine Monastery. Placa de Santa Maria
For Macro Mondays Group
Subject: In A Line
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These are Buddhist prayer flags that are strung across my bookshelf. Each flag presents a symbol and one word of the Sanskrit mantra 'Om mani padme hum'.
Tibetan Buddhists believe that saying the mantra (prayer), Om Mani Padme Hum, out loud or silently to oneself, invokes the embodiment of compassion. Viewing the written form of the mantra is said to have the same effect -- it is often carved into stones and placed where people can see them.
Explore 05.06.15
Il monte Kōya (Kōya-san) si trova nella penisola di Kii, nella prefettura di Wakayama a circa 900 metri di altitudine. È considerato uno dei luoghi più sacri del Giappone ed uno dei maggiori centri monastici del Paese.
Tutto il complesso costituisce un luogo sacro, dove si respira un’atmosfera mistica. Oggi Koya-san è un importante centro del buddismo giapponese, con oltre 110 templi e una popolazione di 7000 monaci.
Consigliato il pernottamento in un monastero e la partecipazione alla preghiera del mattino. Noi lo abbiamo fatto ed è stata un’esperienza incredibile!
Nel 2004 l'area sacra del Monte Kōya è stata dichiarata dall'UNESCO Patrimonio dell'Umanità.
Photographed while exploring with Kiyoshi-san, Roger-kun, and Teruhide-san. Yasaka Jinja, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto. November 30, 2015.
send your prayers and donations to help our sisters and brothers rebuild their lives and mourn their losses.
brandon, thank you for keeping us in your thoughts with the news and your honest, frank reactions. i am deeply happy that you and your lovely better half are safe and with us.
There is a darkness behind every light.
And with darkness in heart i pray may they stay in peace in the afterlife.
I have thousand prayer for them.
I have thousand wish for them.
May Almighty keep them safe.
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If you have time - please read the story - [ Fire Tragedy ]
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Sakia | Dhaka, Bangladesh .
Well,a Christmas tradition around here is that every year we each get to pick out an ornament at Walmart.Which we usually do like right after Thanksgiving.We write our names on them and the year so we each have one from each year.
This is one has always been one of my favorites,well since 2000,from the year 2000,of course.
Quando il linguaggio accarezza la vita, nasce una poesia; quando la vita accarezza il linguaggio, nasce una preghiera.
(Mauro Parrini)
Please pray for my brother-in-law, Brian. He became a parapalegic 15 years ago in a mountain-bike accident. Today, he was out riding quads with my nephew and he hit a ditch and flipped over the handlebars. He laid there for a while until my nephew discovered him and got help. He's in the hospital with at least a broken collarbone. They're going to do a CT scan to see if there's anything else wrong.
I hope it's just his collarabone, but you can imagine how disabling a broken collarbone is to a parapalegic. He needs all of his upper arm strength and such for transferring, etc.
This is a shot of Brian's dog Aravis. The best dog ever.
Thanks for the thoughts and prayers.
Interestingness/Explore - Top 500 (July 24, 2008 #417)
Prayer wheels at Swayambhunath in Kathmandu, Nepal.
Prayers wheels are cylindrical wheels containing scrolls that are repeatedly inscribed with mantras. By turning the prayer wheels clockwise, it is believed that the mantras inside are activated and released. The mantras are said to purify negatvity, generate compassion, remove barriers to enlightenment and bring benefit to all sentient beings.
Swayambhunath is an ancient religious architecture atop a hill in the Kathmandu Valley, west of Kathmandu city.
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Suspended Animation Classic #232
Originally published June 6, 1993 (#24)
(Dates are approximate)
Dennis the Menace: Prayers & Graces
By Michael Vance
What are little boys made of? Frogs and snails and puppy dog tails. And don’t forget the sling-shot. Dennis hasn’t forgotten his since 1950.
Hank Ketcham fathered the tow-headed superstar of comic strips and books, television, movies, and hard- and paperback collections forty-three years ago. When considering Dennis’ potential for success, few must have thought he even had a prayer.
Now, Dennis The Menace has a prayer.
This collection of prayers, blessings, and table graces is Ketcham’s newest children’s book, “Dennis the Menace: Prayers & Graces”. Written for “young parents who’re looking for guidelines to start their children off in some sort of theological direction”, it explores a side of Dennis that’s made the eternal six-year-old more believable.
Be honest with yourself. Charlie Brown is just too philosophical and morally squeaky-clean. He’s really Buddha in a kid suit. And this new kid on the comic strip block, Calvin, is a bundle of raw nerves just waiting to explode. But Dennis is unrelenting enthusiasm that translates into unintentional mayhap as he explores life.
Neither devil nor angel, Dennis the Menace is EveryBoy. It is the secret of his world-wide popularity.
This comic disguised as a children’s book is a collection of Dennis’ cartoons interspersed with short devotions for young children. It’s the sort of book parents and grandparents read to kids snuggled on their laps just before bed. And it is wonderful.
There are often deep philosophical undertones to Dennis’ simple observations. Charlie doesn’t hold a copyright on philosophy, after all. They bring a stillness to adult hearts.
Dennis throws a ball straight up. He catches the ball as it falls back. Dennis is playing catch with God. There is no better definition of Faith.
Dennis prays, “God, we thank you for this food, for rest and home and all things good; for wind and rain and sun above; but most of all for those we love”.
We add: that includes Dennis.
“Dennis the Menace: Prayers & Graces”/64 pages, $5.99, John Knox Press/available in books stores.
There are 31 people in this picture. Some look proud, some pious, some content and others placid. None look happy. Why is that?
Well, maybe the gray haired lady standing just behind the twins, holding a book and a child might have just a hint of a grin...
Some body took a knife to it too. I could probably have repaired the slash but somehow it is part of the photo now.