Is there much to their use besides just looking at the image while you recite the prayer?
Well, I use them on my shrines when I don't have statues of the deities. I use them for meditation. I found a prayer-card wallet and use that to carry particular cards with me on particular days as spiritual foci. For some deities these are the only images that are readily available, so people incorporate them into devotional craft/artwork of their own, such as mini-shrines or votive candle glasses. I originally bought them just for the prayers, but I'm also pretty visual and like to have sacred imagery around me in my daily life.
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Date: 2022-07-27 04:55 pm (UTC)Well, I use them on my shrines when I don't have statues of the deities. I use them for meditation. I found a prayer-card wallet and use that to carry particular cards with me on particular days as spiritual foci. For some deities these are the only images that are readily available, so people incorporate them into devotional craft/artwork of their own, such as mini-shrines or votive candle glasses. I originally bought them just for the prayers, but I'm also pretty visual and like to have sacred imagery around me in my daily life.
--Sister Crow