Tag: religion
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Finding your religion~
They raise their hands in unison, they chant all together with passion, they cheer in joy, they cry in despair, they fight disbelievers and they come back again and again, week after week to adore at the stadium of their favorite team. Day 41 of 365~ Image taken during a football (soccer) game today in…
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A Stark Reminder~ India
There is a place on the bank of the Ganges River in the holy city of Varanasi, where more than 300 bodies get cremated daily and the ashes thrown into the river with the belief that the soul of the dead will be allowed a chance at a new life through reincarnation. Hindus from all…
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Where has all the Faith Gone?
Where is our religion? Is it in the temples of Asia, or the mountain churches of Lebanon, the faraway tribes of Africa, or the monasteries of tibet? Is it in mosques? Is it with soothsayers? Is it with the self proclaimed healers and seers? Is it in the holy cities of our world? Is it…
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Journeys that pull you back~ Myanmar
Memories that persistently remain in your mind, colors that never fade, sentiments that become a part of you, only adding to your life with every passing hour, and an urge to return again and again… One day…
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The prayer
We might declare our allegiance to a religion or to a non-religion, but either way, there will be moments in our lives when we just feel the need to close our eyes, turn inwards and try desperately to connect to something bigger, greater and more knowing than we are. No matter how amazing and above…
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Is this the final destination or does the journey go on and on?
It is the biggest question of all! Are we here only for this lifetime? Do we go on afterwards? Why can’t we remember where we came from? Does it make any sense for it to end here? What kind of a bad investment would that be? The questions that haunt us all and the answers…
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Day 4~ October 4th~ Yunnan
In Yunnan province in China, there are at least 26 ethnic minorities living in small villages up and down the lush green mountains. We drove through these villages and met some of these amazing people who were said to have come from the mountains of Tibet before settling in Yunnan. The Hani believe that all…
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Day 17~ September 17th~ Tuscany
I often wonder if the impressive and extravagant architecture of cathedrals is meant to distance believers from what is heavenly and saintly, almost belittling mere humans in the face of religion. But when I think of religion, the image that comes into my mind is a special place in nature that is so inspiring that…
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Day 5~ September 5th~ Tuscany
We build giant cathedrals to prove our faith to the world, but isn’t religion best demonstrated with a small act of kindness?
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Day 24~ July 24th~ Vietnam
In a world that is so rapidly changing and spinning out of control, more and more are finding their anchor in faith… A worshiper in a Buddhist temple~ Hanoi~ Vietnam