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Hand Prayer Wheel (Blue)
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Price:USD98
Special Price:USD26.88
Material: Brass Wheel and Plastic Handle
Color: Gold Plated and Blue Enamel
Dimension(in): 1.4x1.4x6.5in
Weight: 80g
ID: SL18024
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Product Description
An excellent entry level prayer wheel for
beginners, this stunning hand prayer wheel features the mantra
Om Mani Padme Hum on the surface of the wheel. Empowering the
sensual piece are eight types of mantras contained inside the
cylinder. The mantras contained inside the wheel are guaranteed.
Removable although not advisable as it may spoil the spinning
mechanism, the mantra scroll made of thin paper is tightly wound
and kept inside, printed with many repetitions of the 8 types
of mantras as follows:
1.Triple Gem Mantra - 40 repetitions
2. Amitabha Mantra - 40 repetitions
3. Longevity Buddha Mantra - 40 repetitions
4. Green Tara Mantra - 40 repetitions
5. Avalokitesvara Mantra - 40 repetitions
6. Lotus Heart Mantra - 40 repetitions
7. Wealth Jhambala Mantra - 40 repetitions
8. Relationship Mantra - 40 repetitions
Buddhists believe that the prayer wheel radiates peace, kindness,
and relief from suffering for all beings. According to Buddhist
teachings, spinning a prayer wheel has many benefits for you,
your family and even the world, too many to mention here. Briefly,
the blessings of the prayer wheel helps bring happiness to you,
your home, and to all beings. It helps transform your home into
a very peaceful, pleasant and holy place. And it helps to heal
sickness and protect from diseases. According to the Tibetan Buddhist
tradition based on the lineage texts regarding prayer wheels,
spinning such a wheel will have much the same meritorious effect
as orally reciting the prayers. The prayer wheel spinning actually
facilitates those illiterate to chant the mantra and the effect
is the same as reading the mantra. The prayer wheel is used to
accumulate wisdom and merit (good karma) and to purify negativities
(bad karma), thus resulting in less sufferings and a smoother
life. Simply touching a prayer wheel is said to bring great purification
to negative karmas and obscurations. This translates to good luck
in the layman's interpretation.
What is a Prayer Wheel?
The concept of the prayer wheel is a physical
manifestation of the phrase "turning the wheel of Dharma," which
describes the way in which the Buddha taught. the prayer wheel originated
from ‘The School of Shakyamuni sutra, volume 3 – pagoda and temple’.
The practitioner most often spins the wheel clockwise, as the direction
in which the mantras are written is that of the movement of the
sun across the sky. On rare occasions, advanced Tantric practitioners
such as Senge Dongma, the Lion-Faced Dakini, spin prayer wheels
counterclockwise to manifest a more wrathful protective energy.
As the practitioner turns the wheel, it is best to focus the mind
and repeat the Om Mani Padme Hum mantra. However, it is said that
even turning it while distracted has benefits and merits, and it
is stated in the lineage text that even insects that cross a prayer
wheel's shadow will get some benefit. Each revolution is as meritorious
as reading the inscription aloud as many times as it is written
on the scroll. The benefits attributed to the practice of turning
the wheel are vast. Not only does it help wisdom, compassion and
bodhichitta arise in the practitioner, it also enhances siddhis
(spiritual powers such as clairvoyance, precognition, reading others
thoughts, etc.). The practitioner can repeat the mantra as many
times as possible during the turning of the wheel, stabilizing a
calm, meditative mind. At the end of a practice session, there is
a Tibetan Buddhist tradition of dedicating any accumulated merits
that one may have gathered during practice to the benefit of all
sentient beings. Then chant Om Ah Hum three times.
Note: There is no warranty of lifetime/reliability provided to any
part of the prayer wheel. All parts are delicate, therefore it cannot
withstand rough handling, spinning and drop.
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