Incense

candles, and incense. Buddhists also worship in temples which varies in appearances of all shapes and sizes. The one thing that Buddhist temple have in common is statue of Buddha. All Buddhist temples have at least one statue of Buddha somewhere in the temple and are designed and build to represent the five elements of life: fire, air, earth, water and wisdom. To a Buddhist, what is referred to as puja forms the act of worship. Puja involves chanting and offering of purified water, incense,…

On March 3, 2016, I, along with my classmates and professor visited the St. John Chrysostom Russian Orthodox Church. A visitation to this church strengthened my appreciation for architecture as my vision was vital during this experience. The words of Father Stan and the iconographer, Ela further allowed me to expand my understanding of Orthodox Christianity. During the visit to the church, Ela informed us that in the Orthodox tradition, the full use of the senses is engaged. This was…

the subject. Through my research to learn more about this religion, I discovered that one of the practices in Daoism is a festival. This festival lasts in between two to seven days which are filled with rites, plays, parades, communal meals, and incense. The bulk of the festival is a two day service which includes fifteen different rites, but the two main types of rituals are funeral rites for ancestors and rites on local communities. The rites with the local communities involve many…

process of Vietnamese Wedding ceremony, the bride and the groom arrived at the groom’s house to make some other rituals. However, today a lot of families have paid more attention to traditional rituals. For example, taking the bride home to burn incense sticks on the altar, leading to the bridal chamber and then the…

than the communities in Spain. During the movie, I saw many wind turbines along El Camino. Similarly in the U.S. there are many turbines to generate wind into energy, especially in Texas. In Spain they used incense in the catholic church and it signified prayers going up to the saints. Incense is used in some Catholic masses in the U.S. as well. During the movie Spain appeared mountainous, green, and hilly. The Cantabrian Mountains and the Pyrenees Mountains are similar to the Appalachian or the…

on Samadhi, or intense meditation, within puja as well as relying dependent on focusing an adherent’s energy towards positive actions and acknowledging their surroundings. To enhance an individual’s experience with meditation, incense is used so that primarily the incense is sensed and distractions are reduced. The acts of greater concentration denote right concentration, effort and mindfulness. “Nirvana can only be reached, not produced, by the Path . . . it transcends the intrinsic nature of…

As a child I’ve grown up hearing the vibrations of tower bells ringing and the smell of incense that would surround the church, when that occurred I knew I would be reunited with my creator, yet again. As I begin to walk towards the church I began to notice such monumental door look down at me, once I extended my hand to greet the door I walked in. As my foot caressed the church floor the Holy Spirit entered me as I did the sign of the cross, the Holy Spirit was anxious to see its son, my soul.…

RITUAL OF BODILY RESTORATION OF THE DECEASED, AND OFFERINGS I provide for thee thy head I affix for thee thy head to thy bones. I provide for him his eyes that he may be fulfilled. Offering of nourishment and beverage. Geb has given to thee thine eyes, which thou may be, the satisfied eye of Horus. One nmś.t- - the container of water. Thot, he has given his head to him. A pitcher of water. He has made it be conveyed to him. One beverage of water. O N., I have come looking for thee I am Horus. I…

remains is a shell, open to the sky, while within the walls are several centuries old gravesites. Cemetario Viejo is densely packed with grave sites; there is sometimes no path between the graves. On this night is is ablaze with candles and copal incense as families hold a vigil for the elder spirits to…

wife "thus was swyver (screwed)," he has a broken arm from the fall, and he is now the laughing stock of the entire town. The scheming scholar, Nicholas, is outfoxed by the clerk and ends up with a severely burned "arse," and the fussy, effeminate incense swinger is befouled by kissing the rear end of a woman he once idolized. For Absalon, then, to go from idolization (eschatology) to arse-kissing (scatology) is a complete…