One way to earn merit is through spinning prayer wheels. Bhutanese Buddhists hope to accrue enough good karma in order to ensure a better reincarnation.

Prayer offered to lord kali by the priest.

a man selling prayer flags in the Barkhor circuit

Prayer flags near the Fuguo (Fuguosi) Monastery

Photo Credit: Whitney Jarreld

These ladies recently led the first Women’s Prayer Breakfast at Word of Life Church of God in Christ in Carrollton, Dr. Gregory Voss, Senior Pastor. Top, left to right: Dr. Kimberly K. Porter and Evangelist Linda Raglin. Bottom, left to right, Pastor Karen Thompson and Evangelist Elizabeth McAffee

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Eugene Park and Jenny Wu wedding at Lake Hills Community Church in Laguna Hills, CA on 2008.11.08

A prayer wheel is a cylindrical 'wheel' on a spindle made from metal, wood, stone, leather, or even coarse cotton. Traditionally, the mantra Om Mani Padme Hum is written in Sanskrit externally on the wheel. Also sometimes depicted are Dakinis, Protectors and very often the 8 auspicious symbols Ashtamangala. According to the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, spinning such a wheel will have much the same meritorious effect as orally reciting the prayers. It is said that prayer wheels are used to accumulate wisdom and merit or good karma and to purify nativities such as bad karma.

while the storm outside was ridiculous we were nice and warm with coffee,tea, hot cider, and cookies at prayer group in 2 east 8th. i honestly am sooooo thankful for these great friends and the great community i have in college!

Ps. Ron Miller and Cindy (and ENT leadership) pray over Adrian and Wendy Crawford and the launch of Engage Church.

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Members of the Vicenza Military Community join together to attend the annual prayer breakfast Feb. 7. The guest speaker was the U.S. Army Chief of Chaplains Maj. Gen. Donald L. Rutherford. Photo by Julie M. Lucas/USAG Vicenza

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اردبیل - نزدیکهای بقعه شیخ صفی اردبیلی - برام خیلی جالب بود خیل عظیمی از مردم با روشن کردن شمع و دادن نذری کلی با این مکان ارتباط برقرار می کردند از همه نسلها و سنها تو این مکان حضور داشتند . بعضی مواقع به قدری جمعیت زیاد می شد که باعث مختل شدن عبور و مرور ماشینها و حضورو نیروی انتظامی می شد .

دوستان اردبیلی بیشتر در مورد این مکان توضیح بدن ممنون می شم . چون هرچی جستجو کردم چیزی پیدا نکردم.

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اسم این مکان سقاخانه هستش که دوست عزیز ما بهزاد ایرانی امروز به من گفتند

Members of the Vicenza Military Community join together to attend the annual prayer breakfast Feb. 7. The guest speaker was the U.S. Army Chief of Chaplains Maj. Gen. Donald L. Rutherford. Photo by Julie M. Lucas/USAG Vicenza

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My new prayer necklace includes a soft knitted rectangle charm (size: 0.8"X1"), stringed on a sterling silver thin chain, the chain is 16"(40cm) long.

The charm is knitted/crocheted using fine pure silver wire using a tiny crochet hook.

When designing this item my aim wasn't to make a prayer charm but when it was ready and I tried it on this is how I felt.

This is Prayers for Rain, from the series Seven Elegant Komachi created by Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川 歌麿 in Japan sometime around 1790. This work is woodblock print and ink and color on paper. This item was given to The Cleveland Museum of Art at the bequest of James Parmelee in 1940. The accession number is 1940.1030. The image is in the public domain and can be seen on the museum's website.

www.clevelandart.org/art/1940.1030

Bear Sanctuary, Brasov

Seriously salty with myself for not knowing to hit the tracks down this far!

Maranta leuconeura kerchoveana

prayer at the easter vigil

Wednesday, January 21, 2009:

Opening Mass-Great Upper Church

Principal Celebrant & Homilist: Cardinal Justin F. Rigali, Chairman, USCCB Committee for Pro-Life Activities

Prayer is powerful

Tibetan prayer flags hang along the edge of a labyrinth in a friend's garden.

Prayer wheels are quite common in Nepal, and are said to give the person who turns them good luck. This one is less common, as it fills a whole room and requires quite some strength to turn. Always turn in the clockwise direction!

This nice old fellow put out plank seats for us to shelter around the prayer wheel to keep out of the weather whilst the locals were having their archery competition through the middle of the campsite.

AF-S Nikkor 18-55 mm F3.5-5.6

My father.

Members of the Vicenza Military Community join together to attend the annual prayer breakfast Feb. 7. The guest speaker was the U.S. Army Chief of Chaplains Maj. Gen. Donald L. Rutherford. Photo by Julie M. Lucas/USAG Vicenza

Learn more about us on www.usag.vicenza.army.mil and www.facebook.com/USAGvicenza

As many prayer flags as you could ever need. (Those swastikas are Buddhist good-luck signs)

The arms of a prayer warrior: a chotki, a Bible/Book of Common Prayer combo and a wooden hand cross

Every other building in Moscow Texas looks like this.

big version.