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Religious Leaders Team Up to Pray for COVID-19

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http://www.spoon-tamago.com/2020/05/01/todaiji-pandemic-prayer/

Last month, Todai-ji temple, a Buddhist temple in Nara, Japan, unveiled a powerful initiative. They called on religious leaders and believers of all faiths across Japan to come together — not physically, but spiritually — for daily prayers to end the global pandemic. The powerful photo above is from one of those sessions, taking place at exactly high noon, in which religious leaders from many different faiths across Japan have gathered in front of Todai-ji Temple (maintaining social-distancing rules, we might add) to offer a prayer. The daily prayer will occur at 12 noon through May 31, 2020. Learn more about the historic moment over at Spoon & Tamago below.