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"The Iranian regime gives financial support to terrorist organizations all over the world, denies the Holocaust, and calls for wiping the state of Israel from the map, while developing long-range missiles and trying to obtain nuclear weapons."
-- Moshe Katsav, Eight President of Israel
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Prayer times Houston. Prayer Times NYC for Muslim Prayer Times NYC where Muslims offers 5-time prayers a day. Islamic cultural centre New York City, USA. pbctimes.com/prayertimes/
Tibetan Buddhist prayer flags in the morning mist at the great stupa at Bodhnath (Boudha), Kathmandu, Nepal.
The whole of the Kathmandu Valley is a UNESCO World Heritage site.
buddhist prayer flags from Nepal. I've got them from someone special. they are used to promote peace, compassion, strength, and wisdom, as Wikipedia says ;) - and I'll be needing that a lot...
U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers from the 200th Military Police Command's headquarters company participate in a prayer breakfast organized and hosted by the chaplain's office during battle assembly at Fort Meade, Maryland, May 15. (U.S. Army photo by Master Sgt. Michel Sauret)
Ninghai, China
1999
This is Jing, a Chinese friend of mine when I first came to China. She took me to her hometown to meet her parents and also to the very old temple where her mother goes to pray daily. Here she is bowing to a monk who looked as old as time, as we crossed the threshold of this temple.
Most of China's temples were destroyed by Mao's Red Guard during the Cultural Revolution. Some here not beaten down but convereted to use as animal barns for ten or so years. I expect that is what happened to this one. But, one of the most important things going on in China at this time now, is the temples are being restored. People are freely practicing their beloved religion. Monks are returning. You can smell the fresh paint sometimes.
A prayer wheel is a cylindrical 'wheel' (Tibetan: 'khor) 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 negativities such as bad karma. The idea of spinning mantras comes from numerous Tantric practices where the Tantric practitioner visualizes mantras revolving around the nadis and especially around the meridian chakras such as the heart and crown. Therefore prayer wheels are a visual aid for developing one's capacity for these types of Tantric visualizations. The spiritual method for those practicing with a prayer wheel is very specific (with slight variations according to different Buddhist sects). The practitioner most often spins the wheel clockwise, for the direction the mantras are written is that of the movement of the sun across the sky.
Prayers of thanksgiving and prayers of concern for all those still involved in the hurricane. One Object 365 Days - 304/366.
From the archives.
Prayer rocks at the Korean Folk Village near Seoul, South Korea. Prayers are written on scraps of paper and tucked into cracks between the rocks.
We stopped in Seoul for four nights when moving from Australia to the UK in August 2004.
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Republic of Singapore, is an island city-state located at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, Singapore is a microstate and the smallest nation in Southeast Asia. It is substantially larger than Monaco and Vatican City, the only other surviving sovereign city-states.
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République de Singapour, est une cité-État d’Asie. Sa superficie est de 647,8 km². Elle comprend 64 îles, dont la principale est l’île de Singapour (584,8 km²). Cette île est très densément urbanisée.
I'm knitting this for a KAL/Swap I'm involved in to knit a prayer shawl. The pattern is Tri-aran-angle from knitty.com and the yarn is Airedale Aran with Wool in a lovely blue colour.
... almost any time. Easy too if you have one of the prayer wheels like this older gentleman is holding.
Prayer led by Lausanne Executive Director/CEO Michael Oh. At the 2015 Lausanne leadership meeting, Philadelphia, USA.