In Tibetan Buddhism, prayer wheels are turned in order to combine physical activity and mental and spiritual content. A fundamental goal of this act and the fundamental method of Vajrayana is to integrate all aspects of the reality of life, including the simplest physical actions, such as turning a prayer wheel, into the path to enlightenment. Various levels of spiritual perspective can be linked to this form of spiritual practice. According to Buddhist belief, turning the prayer wheels serves to accumulate good karma. A simple motivation for this practice is, while turning the prayer wheel, to cherish the wish that all the mantras in the cylinder will work for the benefit of sentient beings by turning the wheel, eliminating their suffering and bringing them happiness. A further motivation for this practice is to visualize (mentally project) the rotation of the prayer wheel, that all mantras contained in it emit light to all sentient beings during the rotation, eliminate their suffering and dissolve bad karma. An advanced practice of spinning a prayer wheel, approaching the highest point of view of Buddhism, is to concentrate on the spinner, the act of spinning and the spinning prayer wheel, including the mantras and prayers contained therein , are inseparable from a nature that is nondual in its origin. In addition to the prayer wheels set in motion with human power, there are also those that are driven by wind or water power.
Size: 24x6 cm
