Last September, I made my way to Oregon for the first time. There to go white water rafting on the Rogue River, I added on days in Portland at both ends of the trip so I had some time to explore the city. Somewhere I had heard that Cargo was a cool store that I […]
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Discovering Lucky Buddhist Amulets in Thailand
As soon as I boarded my first plane to Bangkok, I noticed something different right away about the other passengers filing past me. Around almost everyone’s neck hung at least one pendant that was clearly special. Some had small gold Buddhas while other people had large chains with five or more medallions stationed along it […]
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Prayer beads are used in many religions throughout the world. In Catholicism, they are called rosary beads. Buddhists and Hindus refer to them as mala or jap mala. The purpose of a set of prayer beads is to allow the person to focus on their prayers rather than counting the repetitions which would become a […]