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When I am called to duty, God, whenever flames may rage;
Give me strength to save some life, whatever be its age.
Help me embrace a little child before it is too late
Or save an older person from the horror of that fate.
Enable me to be alert and hear the weakest shout,
And quickly and efficiently to put the fire out.
I want to fill my calling and to give the best in me,
To guard my every neighbor and protect his property.
And if, according to my fate, I am to lose my life;
Please bless with your protecting hand
my children and my wife.
by: Firefighter A.W. “Smokey” Linn
A man silently recites Buddhist prayers as his fingers count the prayer beads in his hands. The photo was taken with the camera hand-held at ISO1600 during night time. The Shwe Dagon can be very lively during the full moon periods, unfortunately I arrived a little over a week after the previous full moon.
In 1978 a 28-year-old economic advisor by the name of Ben Nitay was questioned on US national TV in a courtroom style debate regarding the Zionist state of Israel.
Among the many questions the young man answered with sincerity and candor, was one about the core of Arab-Israeli conflict.
His answer was that “the real core of the conflict is the unfortunate Arab refusal to accept the state of Israel.”
That was the truth in 1978, just as was in 30 years before 1948. It is the truth today, just as it was then.
He emphasized that, between 1947 and 1967 while the Palestinians had possession of the West Bank and Gaza that was taken from Israel in the Arab-Israeli War, the Arabs could easily have exercised self-determination and attempted to establish a Palestinian state, but they did not.
He said that “For 20 years we didn’t hear a word about Arab self-determination. But, in fact, what we did hear, those of us living in the Middle East, was about ‘driving the Jews into the sea.’”
Mr. Nitay drove home his point: “So let’s keep in mind that what we are talking about here is not the attempt to build a state, but to destroy one.”
The Arab objective remains “the destruction of the Zionist state of Israel.”
About the only thing that has changed about the facts of that interview between 1978 and 2013 is Ben Nitay’s name.
Today, Mr. Nitay spends his waking hours defending and protecting Israel and, as he has all of his life long, reminding the world of the true Arab objective.
Some days he is as a voice crying in the wilderness as he leads Israel from the Prime Minister’s office. Today his name is Benjamin Netanyahu.
If you were to watch the video of his testimony in 1978, you would see his passion for an Israel living in peace, and his equal passion to defend her against those who would seek to destroy her.
The fact is that Israel has done nearly everything possible to maintain peace and to protect her citizens while the Arabs and Muslims continue to plan Israel’s destruction.
Please participate with us as we commit ourselves to be praying for the peace of Jerusalem (Psalm 122:6). The way is not easy, but the cause is just and right.
Will you join us today?
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After the alms rounds, the morning dhamma talk, with prayers, is conducted outdoors.
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Eid Prayer held at Coimbatore on 09-08-2013. jamaateislami Hind Organised for this prayer. more than 12000 believers attended this prayer.
Part of Kilcommon's now-famous Prayer Garden, looking more-or-less south. In the right background can be seen the fine parish church. I attended the opening ceremony here in August 1998 with my late wife.
Knitting a prayer shawl at Polvenna. The shawl is for a swap the location is very peaceful overlooking Talland Bay in Cornwall
It's tough riding when you have to resort to prayer to make it a cross a busy Tel Aviv intersection.
Accession number: 1253.65
Place made: Tibet
Date made: Unknown
Materials used: Leather, wood
A prayer wheel of leather with wooden handle (spinning weight missing). The handheld prayer wheel (mani lag 'khor) has a cylindrical, body mounted on a metal shaft or pin set into a wooden or metal handle that turns on a circular bearing commonly made of Turbinella (conch) shell. The cylinder itself is affixed with a cord or chain terminating in a small weight – missing in this example – allowing it to be spun by a slight rotation of the wrist. The weighted chain, known as a “governor” in Western technology, stabilizes the wheel and keeps it spinning with less input from the practitioner than would otherwise be the case. When the prayer wheel is spun in prayer, the mantras inside become potent with the person's intent, allowing the practitioner to accumulate wisdom and merit.
The prayer chapel is right beside the old part of the church. I did not think about taking a photo of the entire thing until elephantsgerald mentioned it in the comments. It's an ordinary storage building that you would get at Lowe's or Home Depot but it does have a steeple and cross on the top.
Prayer, which started as a simple commitment to Morning Prayer and weekly evening apartment-led prayer, has become a central agent of communion for our neighborhood, with multiple evenings of prayer and expressed interest in opening up more space for prayer in the near future. -- Zach Bond, student resident
Prayer and meditation are an integral part of Sikhism; inside the ornately decorated Gurudwara Bangla Sahib, worship includes the singing of traditional hymns.
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FORT CARSON, Colo. - Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio says a prayer over Fort Carson Soldiers during the Fort Carson National Prayer Breakfast at the Special Events Center on post Feb. 9, 2012.
Ahhh, such a serene image, and one that captured my heart and imagination! They radiated peace amongst all the fray. I'm so glad I took this, and has become one of my faves ~ one for my study wall, definately!
This one's for Yasmine ~ where have you been all these long years??!
2006.09.17@Taipei
Friends who just came back from Tibet give me a Tibet Prayer Wheel, it has six Tibet texts on the wheel, I believe its "Six Syllable Mantra"(Om Mani Padme Hum). It should turn the wheel clockwise to release the power inherent in the texts and prayers. . Actually there is a roll of paper print the same texts hide in the wheel. If you turn it more than several month, the roll of paper may hard like stone and become the one part of your new prayer necklace.
Prayer Wheels can contain thousands of mantras inside the drum. It is believed that when they are spun in a clockwise direction, the prayers are released to benefit all sentient beings. www.garudashop.com
Prayer Flags:
There is this Tibetian Buddhist monastery at the edge of the mountains. Not the Himalaya. But can you tell?
Steph put some over her tent at our campsite and it really added a bit of ambiance to the place. We took A LOT of photos of them. It bordered on obsession.
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This prayer shawl is one that all the knitters in our group will be taking turns knitting on. We are trying to find ways to use up odd's and ends in our stash that won't make a complete shawl. I thing that this will be a fun way to see color combination's come to life! :D So far this one is VERY soft and very light! It's very different from every other shawl we have done, but I think it's going to be fun to see it come together!