Jardim Walkabout is composed of reflections and images from Virginia and Philip Jardim's five month Round the World trip to learn about new cultures and religions, art, nonviolence and biology.
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Taipei airport Prayer rooms
The prayer rooms: Muslim, Buddhist, Christian, were empty. The Muslim one had a men's and women's section (different corners). It just occurred to me - there wasn't one for Hindus!! Why not?
Recently i was taking photographs near indian temple and overheard the chants "namo..... namo...", which we find in buddhists chants. Considering buddha origins. Im a buddhist, sometimes i visit church because i like the structures. When im inside, i pay my respect to Jesus, the cross. I look around, admiring the architecture .... sometimes i close my eyes. I chant a little in my mind and i pray for wonderful things for all sentient beings.
I like to ask of your permission to use your photo in my fb page ~A different kind of Journey. I was hoping i can find a pic on the internet of the taiwan airport prayers room, and kept scolling down almost giving up and Finally i found it. I like to continue my facebook Page to be not just as buddhist. Khen Sooriyan. My real name is ken, K(h)en is in Tibetan, Sooriyan is in india tamil (Sanskrit).
RE: prayer rooms.. no HINDU! Esp strange considering the heavy presence of Hindu dancers in airports in the 80's and 90's : ).
ReplyDeleteJust consider they only had one room for everybody back in the 70's.....
ReplyDeleteRecently i was taking photographs near indian temple and overheard the chants "namo..... namo...", which we find in buddhists chants. Considering buddha origins.
ReplyDeleteIm a buddhist, sometimes i visit church because i like the structures. When im inside, i pay my respect to Jesus, the cross. I look around, admiring the architecture .... sometimes i close my eyes. I chant a little in my mind and i pray for wonderful things for all sentient beings.
I like to ask of your permission to use your photo in my fb page ~A different kind of Journey. I was hoping i can find a pic on the internet of the taiwan airport prayers room, and kept scolling down almost giving up and Finally i found it. I like to continue my facebook Page to be not just as buddhist.
Khen Sooriyan. My real name is ken, K(h)en is in Tibetan, Sooriyan is in india tamil (Sanskrit).