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...your worldly toils and travails? Each February, thousands of nakleng from all parts of the kingdom descend on Wat Bang Phra for exactly that: a little bit of magic to make them even tougher. Many Thais believe monks can pass on a bit of their power through amulets, prayer beads or, in the case of Wat Bang Phra, tattoos. Get a magical tattoo and you may be able to stop a robber's bullet with your teeth?or so goes an apocryphal tale of a now legendary bus driver. Then get another one the next year, because you never know...
...venom. With a steady rhythm, he delicately jabs Niwet Paopunsri, an auto mechanic, inscribing the words The Heart of Lord Buddha in ancient Khmer on the small of his back. (That's Pao's specialty; other monks draw animals or religious symbols.) Finished with the inscription, Pao whispers a prayer...
...even remember falling asleep, but I woke soon enough to the sound of Ton, our chef and captain, preparing breakfast on deck?above my head. Before eating, the guests offered alms to the monks at the nearby temple, who sent us on our way with a prayer and an exhortation to return...
...works in the blissful solitude of the fields of northern Vermont. For him, art is the product of an intensely personal and meditative moment, like prayer. Art is “photographic evidence of the artistic process and the experience in nature...
UNITED STATES Prayer Protest An improvised turban caused a hunger strike at Camp X-Ray, Cuba among suspected al-Qaeda and Taliban captives. Turbans had been banned, lest they conceal weapons. When one man used a bedsheet to cover his head during prayers, guards ordered it removed. In protest nearly two-thirds of the 300 inmates went on a hunger strike. Most relented when camp commander General Mike Lehnert conceded that they would be allowed turbans and that they would be kept informed about their legal status...