![]() ![]() Today’s prayer wheels are custom crafted with ballbearings, microfilm and light materials. Traditional metal and wood prayer wheels tended to be heavy and hard-to-spin. Modern prayer wheels incorporate microfilm with millions of mantras, instead of paper for thousands of mantra - a move applauded by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Kyabje Garchen Rinpoche and other noted teachers. Whether you believe Prayer Wheels are a profound spiritual practice or a miraculous one, it’s clear that prayer wheel practice is growing in popularity, not only because teachers are suggesting it, but also because it is among the simplest, yet most effective, practices for purifying negative karmas (among many other benefits.) ![]() Garchen Rinpoche never tires of spinning the mani wheel for the benefit of all sentient beings. Garchen Rinpoche teaches with a spinning prayer wheel. Those with perseverance for reciting the mantra and turning the wheel will undoubtedly attain the tenth level.” He also pointed out that Padmasambhava said, “even those lacking perseverance in their practice, who pass the time passively, will be able to attain mystic powers. ![]() I often used to think, ‘How does turning of the prayer wheel become Dharma practice?’ I had this question in my mind, simply because I was ignorant as to the benefits of the practice.” “Amitabha Buddha said, “Anyone who recites the six syllables while turning the Dharma wheel at the same time is equal in fortune to the Thousand Buddhas.'” - H.H. Lama Zopa Rinpoche, during teachings on Prayer Wheels made a similar observation: “…When they walk around, they constantly turn the prayer wheel and recite om mani padme hum. Lama Zopa Rinpoche with a microfilm hand-crafted prayer wheel containing millions of mantras. “In old Tibet, everywhere you looked, you saw people, particularly older people, spinning prayer wheels from morning to night, while reciting the Om Mani Padme Hum mantra (a Tibetan prayer composed of Sanskrit power words) to relieve the misery of all beings,” - His Holiness Jigdal Dagchen Sakya in a commentary on Prayer Wheels. ![]()
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