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The world seems to be filled with so much hatred. And yes, it is filled with love. I just wish and pray for more peace and peaceful solutions in the world right now. I realize Syria has had anything but peace lately, but I dearly hate to see an aggressive strike by us or anyone.
Shwedagon Pagoda (Shwedagon Zedi Daw) is the very heart of Myanmar. Luminous white marble Buddhas, lavishly trimmed with gold, sit in a shining hall.
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Looking inland at prayer sticks at the Nanshan Buddhist Cultural Park. The hills behind have cottages small accomodations for tourists to stay and visit the large 'cultural tourism' zone built up around the temples.
Bishop's Prayer Walk Darlington - Day 2 - meeting Children from Corporation Road School at Head of Steam Museum - Explaining the meaning of the Bishop's Crook,
“If I have trust in Catholicism, it is because I find in it much more possibility than in any other religion for presenting the full symphony of humanity. The other religions have almost no fullness; they have but solo parts. Only Catholicism can present the full symphony. And unless there is in that symphony a part that corresponds to Japan . . . it cannot be a true religion.”
― Shūsaku Endō
As we come to the end of the Year of the Rabbit: Prayers written on wooden plaques (ema) as well as strings of a thousand origami cranes (senbazuru), which are prayers for peace, placed in a Shinto shrine in Kyoto.
Just trying to show the new growth on my Prayer Plant. Not sure if I have succeeded or not. Some days you can almost see the new leaves unfurling.
NO INVITES OR ICONS PLEASE
We get lots of these prayer wheels in Sikkim & Darjeeling to accessorize cars. The run on solar power and looks quite attractive. You should have one of it in your car too :)
Fifth Avenue at 29th Street
The ribbons hanging represent prayers for the thousands of people that have lost their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan.
For the people of Japan,and others throughout the world who are suffering.
For where two or three are gathered together in My name,there am I with them.
Matthew 18:20 The Holy Bible
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These Daffodils aren't mine,they were in someone elses lovely garden.
Wishing you all a blessed Sunday,and coming week.
Prayer flags hang at the top of a pagoda hotel, border some Himalayan mountains, in a small village a few kms from the Indian-Tibetan border in Sikkim province.
These are prayer books used by the monks and in the background offering to the gods for the soul of a deceased.
a prayer station at the grace listening service - what blocks you from listening to god? remove a block and write it on...
This is Okinawa Peace Prayer Park. Located in Itoman and is a memorial to the 200,000+ people that died during WW2 in Okinawa.