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“Most people believe the mind to be a mirror, more or less accurately reflecting the world outside them, not realizing on the contrary that the mind is itself the principal element of creation.”
― Rabindranath Tagore
This place is hell to me
With the devil in my bed
And the devil in this bottle
And the devil in my head
I’ll meet you in heaven again
If you wear that dress again
(i’ll have one more drink, my friend)
Where my heart is kept on ice
And prayers burst into flames
Prayers on fire
nick cave
A poor woman sings prayer hymns as she asks for donations in Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan, China.
I do believe we're all connected. I do believe in positive energy. I do believe in the power of prayer. I do believe in putting good out into the world. And I believe in taking care of each other.
Harvey Fierstein
Top view of Namaz From Baitul Mukaram Moshjid,Bangladesh. I took this Jumma Namaz photo from Baitul Mukarram, national mosque of Bangladesh.
Around 40,000 people can pray together.In special Occasions it exceed 1 lakh.
Jumu'ah (in standard Arabic jum`ah; Arabic: صلاة الجمعة ṣalāt al-jum`ah, "Friday prayer") is a congregational prayer (ṣalāt) that Muslims hold every Friday, just after noon in the place of dhuhr. Muslims pray ordinarily five times each day according to the sun's sky path regardless of clock time.[ It is mentioned in the Qurʾān as:
O ye who believe! When the call is proclaimed to prayer on Friday (the Day of Assembly, yawm al-jumʿah), hasten earnestly to the Remembrance of Allah, and leave off business (and traffic): That is best for you if ye but knew!
And when the Prayer is finished, then may ye disperse through the land, and seek of the Bounty of Allah: and celebrate the Praises of Allah often (and without stint): that ye may prosper.
—Qur'an, sura 62 (Al-Jumua), āyāt 9-10
The jumuʿah prayer is half the ẓuhr (dhuhr) prayer, for convenience, preceded by a khuṭbah (a sermon as a technical replacement of the two reduced rakaʿāt of the ordinary ẓuhr (dhuhr) prayer), and followed by a congregational prayer, led by the imām. In most cases the khaṭīb also serves as the imam. Attendance is strictly incumbent upon all adult males who are legal residents of the locality
The muezzin (muʾadhdhin) makes the call to prayer, called the adhan, usually 15–20 minutes prior to the start of Jum'ah. When the khaṭīb takes his place on the minbar, a second adhan is made. The khaṭīb is supposed to deliver two sermons, stopping and sitting briefly between them. In practice, the first sermon is longer and contains most of the content. The second sermon is very brief and concludes with a dua, after which the muezzin calls the iqāmah. This signals the start of the main two rak'at prayer of Jumu'ah.
The communal prayers have higher compliance of worshippers, as compared to the non-communal ritual prayers. In Turkey for example, the ritual prayers are performed regularly by 44%, whereas Friday prayers were regularly attended by 56% (25% responded that they sometimes attended and 19% that they never did).
From hadith:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "On every Friday the angels take their stand at every gate of the mosques to write the names of the people chronologically (i.e. according to the time of their arrival for the Friday prayer) and when the Imam sits (on the pulpit) they fold up their scrolls and get ready to listen to the sermon."
—Collected by Muhammad al-Bukhari, Sahih al-Bukhari
Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj an-Naysaburi relates that the Islamic prophet Muhammad used to read Surah 87 (Al-Ala) and Surah 88, (Al-Ghashiya), in Eid Prayers and also in Friday prayers. If one of the festivals fell on a Friday, the Prophet would have made sure to read these two Surahs in the prayers.
>> Best view: On Black :) i liked it.
>>It is not the body's posture, but the heart's attitude that counts when we pray.
- Billy Graham
>>Let us not pray to be sheltered from dangers but to be fearless when facing them.
- Rabindranath Tagore
>>In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.
- Mahatma Gandhi
>>Prayer - A silent conversation between you and the creator :)
- Adarsh Padegal :P
Shot At: Anandha Buddha Vihar, Secunderabad, AP, India.
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And she washed away her sins in one fell swoop. What is it with water? If Lady Macbeth couldn't get it out, why do you suppose you can?
A suspended prayer. In Man Mo temple, the city, Hong-Kong island. Once I crossed Victoria’s bay, I walked along the skyscrapers of the City. After some errand, I stumbled upon Man Mo temple. Right in the middle of the city, on the bottom of the tall buildings, it felt like it was in a remote location.
Man twirling a beautiful silver prayer wheel with one hand and fingering prayer beads with the other at the Gustor festival, Spituk Gompa, Leh, Ladakh. The prayer wheel contains a long circular scroll twined around the centre containing prayers/mantras. Each revolution of the prayer wheel is as meritorious as reading the inscription aloud as many times as it is written on the scroll. The mantra Om Mane Padme Hum is frequently chanted at the same time the wheel is twirled. A shadow of the ornate monastery roof line appears on the wall.
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Prayer Flags are inscribed with auspicious symbols, invocations, prayers, and mantras. Tibetan Buddhists for centuries have planted these flags outside their homes and places of spiritual practice for the wind to carry the beneficent vibrations across the countryside. Prayer flags are said to bring happiness, long life and prosperity to the flag planter and those in the vicinity.
Shots from my daily walking path during the covid lockdown. I am lucky enough to be staying somewhere that has a path leading straight to the mountain trails, and I can walk out each day without seeing any other people.
This shot is taken from the rocks above the Bhagsu Nag waterfall. The waterfall cascades down below the Buddhist prayer flags in the foreground. The small town of Bhagsu Nag is visible in the image. I have been here since early March and will stay for the entire covid lockdown. This is my 6th visit to this area since I first came here in 2012, and out of the approx two years I have spent in India since then, 5 months have been spent here.
Just after I took the photo of the golden-curled statue below, I saw this man in a crowd. I think he was saying a prayer before eating his lunch. I did hesitate about putting this one up...it is such a personal moment. Hope I made the right choice. I love the intensity.
Tibetan prayer flag poles in front of CiHangPuDu Hall. Five of the six Buddhas on the building facade are visible.
At Putuo Zongcheng Temple in Chengde, December 2017
This beautiful image is taken by UpayAnkita: 500px.com/upayankita ; www.flickr.com/photos/upayankita
Because the experience of Itsukushima Shrine involves the water over which it is built, it is good to be aware of the timings of the tides during one's visit. At high tide the shrine and its gate appear to float above the water, and this is certainly the time at which they are most picturesque. At low tide, the water drains out of the bay. This is when visitors can take the opportunity to walk out and see the gate from up close.
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Buddhist prayer flags flutter in the winter breeze atop a small monastery on the way to Shanti Stupa in Leh, Ladakh.
“Courage is fear that has
said its prayers.”
~Karl Barth
Happy New Year Everyone! 3 days into the the new year and I have so far kept my resolution! Woohoo!
My resolution this year was to get organized with my photography. So I have started a blog karenhunnicuttartandsoul.blogspot.com/. The reason..to get me to post something each day. I have so many images in my archieves,,,it seems that I go out and shoot...process a couple of my favorites and the rest sit...I am forcing my self to get though them...stay tuned and Happy New Year!
Before the day’s activities, a prayer is given. Interesting series of events found this photo uploaded to a European database without my knowledge or approval. The amount of hatred and condemnation that this photo received made me proud, however I have since had it pulled. I suppose American patriotism, religion and Americana in general annoys the average European.
The Colegiata de Santa María la Mayor in Ronda, Spain, was built over a 13th century Moorish mosque. Near the entrance are some intricately decorated horseshoe arches remaining from the mosque's mihrab (prayer niche).
"My thoughts shimmer with these shimmering leaves and my heart sings with the touch of this sunlight; my life is glad to be floating with all things into the blue of space, into the dark of time."
- Rabindranath Tagore
Prayer wheels at Kyichu Lhakhang Buddhist temple in Paro, Bhutan November 15, 2011. Photo by Tim Chong
As our prayers and thought's go out to the tragic people of Japan who have been devastated by one of natures most awesome catastrophes let us hope that they are given the courage to rebuild a life from the ashes of the earthquake and Tsunami.
PS I came across this wonderful charity scheme that within 2 hr's of the news were sending "shelter boxes " out to Japan .
I believe these are written prayers within Tibetan Buddhism but I'm not sure which "culture village" this was part of. It wasn't in the Tibet area of the park but I know that culture is stong also in neighbouring provinces and peoples.
Please let me know if I'm totally off base here.