Buddhist sacred texts and a roll of Sai-Sin (sacred thread), Life of Siddhartha Gautama, the Supreme Buddha, Geneva, Switzerland, Europe

Painting of lotus flower, sword of knowledge and sacred text, Kopan monastery, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

Buddhist sacred texts and a wooden fish (percussion instrument), Fo Guang Shan Temple, Geneva, Switzerland, Europe

Latin Bible, France, Europe

Latin Bible, France, Europe

Latin Bible, France, Europe

Buddhist sacred texts, Fo Guang Shan Temple, Geneva, Switzerland, Europe

Close-up of colorful handbags with text saying Cusco (Cuzco), Pisac market, Pisac, Sacred Valley, Urubamba Province, Cusco (Cuzco) Region, Peru, South America

Sri Dalada Maligawa (Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic), UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kandy, Sri Lanka, Asia

A dorje lies on an open prayer book in Serzang lakhang, Basgo. Ladakh, India

A young nun studying, Sakyadhita Thilashin Nunnery School, Sagaing, near Mandalay, Myanmar, (Burma)

One of many marble slabs containing text and commentary from the Tripitaka, Kuthodaw Pagoda, Mandalay, Myanmar, (Burma)

portrait of abbot of Cui Yun Gong monastery, South peak, Hua Shan, Shaanxi province, Taoist mountain, China, Asia

portrait of abbot of Cui Yun Gong monastery, South peak, Hua Shan, Shaanxi province, Taoist mountain, China, Asia

Calligraphy, practice, Buddhist College, Ganlu temple, Jiuhuashan, Mount Jiuhua, mountain of nine flowers, Jiuhua Shan, Anhui province, China, Asia

Tomb of Khai Dinh, Hue, Trung Bo, Vietnam

young monk with calligraphy brush, evening school, Xixiang Chi monastery and temple, Elephant Bathing Pool, China, Asia, World Heritage Site, UNESCO

evening school for calligraphy, young monk, Xixiang Chi monastery and temple, Elephant Bathing Pool, China, Asia, World Heritage Site, UNESCO

Information posted at Pan's grotto, Temple of Pan in the Banias National Park, Golan Heights, Israel, Middle East, Southwest Asia

KYOTO, JAPAN, JUNE 15, 2015: Japanese text written on colorful red torii gates supports repeating at Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine with no people present in Kyoto, Japan. Vertical copy space

KYOTO, JAPAN, JUNE 15, 2015: Japanese text written on colorful red torii gates supports repeating at Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine without people present in Kyoto, Japan. Horizontal copy space

Holy scripture, temple, Varanasi, Benares, Uttar Pradesh, India, South Asia

Virgin Mary statue in Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon) Vietnam

New industrial complex, Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon) Vietnam

A Church Steeple With A Cross, Jordan, Ontario, Canada