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A japamala, jaap maala, or simply mala (Sanskrit: माला; mālā, meaning 'garland' [1]) is a loop of prayer beads commonly used in Indian religions such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism.
Japa (Sanskrit: जप) is the meditative repetition of a mantra or a divine name. It is a practice found in Hinduism , [ 1 ] Jainism , [ 2 ] Sikhism , [ 3 ] [ 4 ] and Buddhism , [ 5 ] with parallels found in other religions .
Japa (or japam) means repeating or remembering a mantra (or mantram), and ajapa-japa (or ajapajapam) means constant awareness of the mantra, or of what it represents. [1] [page needed] [2] The letter A in front of the word japa means without (it should be understood, that ajapa means "no chanting", thus ajapa means to stop thinking about anything material, and japa means to think about ...
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Malá Hraštice is located about 24 kilometres (15 mi) northeast of Příbram and 25 km (16 mi) south of Prague.It lies in the Benešov Uplands.The highest point is the flat hill Na Vinici at 408 m (1,339 ft) above sea level.
The Church of Saint Nicholas (Czech: Kostel svatého Mikuláše) is a Baroque church in the Lesser Town of Prague.It was built between 1704 and 1755 on the site where formerly a Gothic church from the 13th century stood, which was also dedicated to Saint Nicholas.
www.malastahle.cz Malá Štáhle ( German : Klein Stohl ) is a municipality and village in Bruntál District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic . It has about 100 inhabitants.
First settled in 819 by the monk Kūkai, Mount Kōya is primarily known as the world headquarters of the Kōyasan Shingon sect of Japanese Buddhism.Located on an 800-meter-high plain amid eight peaks of the mountain, which was the reason this location was selected, in that the terrain is supposed to resemble a lotus plant, the original monastery has grown into the town of Kōya.