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The National Memorial Chorten is located in the south-central part of Thimphu. Built in 1974, it is a prominent landmark in Thimphu popularly known as “the most visible religious landmark in Bhutan”. Many Bhutanese circumambulate clockwise around the stupa (chorten) while praying.
A prayer flag decorates evry possible place bridges, mountain range, poles
Taken in Annapurna conservation area, Nepal.
user name / Veronica Lee
photo title / Prayer bells
location of photo / Kodaiji
time photo was taken / November 2010
Here is the prayer shawl in progress. It is a checker/basket weave pattern that I am enjoying knitting. With each stitch in the three stitch repeat I chant "Maiden, Mother, Crone" Which means to me: Maiden of Light, Mother of Love, Crone of Wisdom. Near the middle most stitch (because it is an odd number of stitches) is my Infinite Healer Stone .
When I reach it I say a prayer of blessing that has come to me through meditation: "Powers that Be bless this shawl through me. May it provide comfort and warmth when it is sought in the coming healing months ahead for ****." I wanted a prayer that was "non-denominational" as while our beliefs are similar they are not the same.
Heather Robison wipes tears from her face during a vigil held in remembrance for the victims of violence in Texas, Minnesota and Louisiana held at Bethel Church in Hampton on Friday July , 2016.
As people walk around the Stupa clockwise reciting prayers, their path takes them through the Prayer Wheel House, where they turn the prayer wheels as they go. The prayer wheels are at the front of the building. The back part has drawers where the ashes of the deceased will be kept. The prayer wheels contain millions of mantras for peace and compassion which have been inscribed on paper soaked in saffron water and specially blessed. As one turns the prayer wheel clockwise it activates the blessing of the mantras, tramsmitting the energy of peace and compassion in all directions.
This is the third one in the series of 4x6 cards using this image. This one is my favorite. I want to make more "like" this card but I am stopping here.
This set of photos was inspired by His Holiness, the (14th) Dalai Lama whom I was fortunate enough to see when he recently visited Idaho. Tibetan Buddhists believe that H.H. the Dalai Lama is the reincarnation of Chenresig (Avalokitesvara) the boddhisatva of Compassion.
The Dalai Lama blessed this wheel himself just a couple of weeks ago. It is one of only four prayer wheels of this type in North America - and the only one to be blessed by the Dalai Lama. The wheel, which is water powered, is filled with over one million written mantras. It is located in the Garden of Infinite Compassion which was designed by Martin Mosko, the abbott of Hakubai Temple.