by request: "Is anyone a lost cause? Can the ‘best’ and ‘worst’ of us be redeemed and come closer to God?" Calibration of the statement
Florence Cathedral
aka Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Flower
Gayatri Mantra
The Rig Veda, source of this mantra, is at 705, according to TvF.
Sheng Yen
"one of four prominent modern Buddhist masters... referred to as the 'Four Heavenly Kings' of Taiwanese Buddhism." d.2009 --wikipedia. Calibrated as a spiritual teacher.
Heart sutra chanted by Taiwanese monks
"The Venerable Monks of Fu Yan Buddhist Seminary of Taiwan"
Lama Tsultrim Allione
by request: leader of a Buddhist community in Southwest Colorado
wearing religious jewelry
such as crosses, stars of David, etc.
"God is with us"
Calibration of the statement
Nataraja
"a depiction of the Hindu god Shiva as the divine cosmic dancer." --wikipedia
saṃvega
"a Buddhist term which indicates a sense of shock, dismay and spiritual urgency to reach liberation and escape the suffering of samsara." --wikipedia
passaddhi
"Among the factors of enlightenment, serenity (passadhi) is preceded by rapture (pīti) and leads to concentration (samādhi)" --wikipedia
Allahu akbar
"a phrase meaning ‘God is most great’, used by Muslims in prayers and as a general declaration of faith or thanksgiving." --google dictionary
Russell M. Nelson
Leadership calibration of the current president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, plus LDS COVID-19 policy.
Marian apparitions
"our Savior's mother, Mary has appeared as apparitions under many titles to many diverse peoples in different periods of history."
Gethsemane
"a garden at the foot of the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem where, according to the four Gospels of the New Testament, Jesus underwent the agony in the garden and was arrested the night before his crucifixion. It is a place of great resonance in Christianity." --wikipedia