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A telephone pole at the corner of Kling and Wheeler streets, near the University of Akron campus, is covered with messages, stuffed animals and other remembrances of one of two people killed when a gunman fired on a crowd after a street fight. A third person was wounded in the attack.
The prayer hall of the mosque, with mezzanine for the ladies. Low tables are arranged for classes between congregational prayers.
Prayer wheels, a Tibetan invention, release the prayers written on them in ancient Tibetan script, when spun clockwise. Everything happens clockwise in Buddhism, any sacred site - chorten, mani stone, prayer flag etc - should be passed to the left (with it to your right) - ie clockwise!
Be to her, Persephone,
All the things I might not be:
Take her head upon your knee.
She that was so proud and wild,
Flippant, arrogant and free,
She that had no need of me,
Is a little lonely child
Lost in Hell,—Persephone,
Take her head upon your knee:
Say to her, "My dear, my dear,
It is not so dreadful here."
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Every Ramadan period (Muslim fasting month) in Indonesia, orphans are invited to pray in homes, companies and organizations as it is believed that an orphan's prayers will bring greater blessings. In return, the orphans are given some food for breaking fast, and some monetary gifts.
These photos are from one such event in a company in Medan, Indonesia.
The National Native American Veterans Memorial invites visitors to tie prayer cloths to the four lances surrounding it.
The guy standing next to me was praying for ages. In this photo one can see that he is reflected in the shrine mirror. The lollipop in the foreground is the rope for the shrine bell.
The entire time I stayed at the temple, this man was immersed in his Puja. He was having a 'homh' (prayer with fire burning) for the Devi. It must be a prayer for something or thanks for the granted prayer. His wife was reading the 'paatth' while his children (in western clothes!) were running around playing. He was intense though. And unlike his wife, he did not get distracted by people or my camera.
Votive Torii with fortunes or prayers on them, ready to be burned in job lots at the Fushimi Inari shinto shrine in Kyoto, Japan.
June 2008 Trip to Japan with Andrew.