Hasidic Jew praying (reciting) at the Western Wall (Wailing Wall), Jerusalem, Israel, Middle East

Group of school children reciting lessons in new school building built by local NGO, village of Thit La, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Reciting of the Ramayana, the great Hindu epic, by 108 Brahmins, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh state, India, Asia

Vultures, drigung. bodies what we most attached to, says of monks. Thats offering ones body carries greatest merit. believe that should benefit other beings at every stage of ones life. After completion of powa ceremony, corpse is traditionally offered to great vultures lammergeiers that frequent charnel grounds. Vultures descend on flayed corpse. Offering bodies to birds is same as reciting mantras. It brings merit benefit to dead person as well as to family friends bring here. While cutting up corpse i to keep a pure compassionate mind. would feel if someone felt cutting up your body. -tomdenla. Tibet

Myanmar boys reciting gospel in candle light at catholic -seminary at myitkyina, a largely kachin community in north burma near chinese border

Young monks reciting text clementown, india

Chanting Sadhu reciting from the holy books at the ghats of Varanasi in the morning, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

Jain pilgrims are reciting religious texts at the feet of the gigantic statue of Gomateshwara in Sravanabelagola, Karnataka, India, Asia

Jain pilgrim is reciting religious texts at the feet of the gigantic statue of Gomateshwara in Sravanabelagola, Karnataka, India, Asia

Sadhu reciting from the holy books in the morning, at Sangam, the confluence of the holy rivers Ganges, Yamuna and Saraswati, in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

Sadhu reciting from the holy books in the morning, at Sangam, the confluence of the holy rivers Ganges, Yamuna and Saraswati, in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

Jain pilgrim is reciting religious texts at the feet of the gigantic statue of Gomateshwara in Sravanabelagola, Karnataka, India, Asia

Jain pilgrim is reciting religious texts at the feet of the gigantic statue of Gomateshwara in Sravanabelagola, Karnataka, India, Asia

Young, patriotic boy stands before the American flag, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America