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Prayer Wheels

Prayer Wheel – Series 3

Bhutanese prayer wheels from a set of mystical videos.

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The earliest recorded prayer wheels was written by a Chinese pilgrim around 400 CE.The prayer wheel is a cylindrical ‘wheel’ on a spindle made from metal, wood, stone,leather, or even coarse cotton. Traditionally, the mantra Om Mani Padme Hum is written in Sanskrit externally on the wheel. The six symbols roughly translate to:

Om         Generosity

Ma         Ethics

Ni            Patience

Pad        Diligence

Me         Renunciation

Hum      Wisdom

It is said that prayer wheels are used to purify negativities such as bad karma and to accumulate wisdom and merit or good karma. The idea of spinning mantras comes from practices where the practitioner visualizes mantras revolving around the nadis and especially around the meridian chakras such as the heart and crown.

Prayer Wheels

Prayer Wheel – Series 2

Bhutanese prayer wheels from a set of mystical videos.

Format: DV 720×576

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The earliest recorded prayer wheels was written by a Chinese pilgrim around 400 CE.The prayer wheel is a cylindrical ‘wheel’ on a spindle made from metal, wood, stone,leather, or even coarse cotton. Traditionally, the mantra Om Mani Padme Hum is written in Sanskrit externally on the wheel. The six symbols roughly translate to:

Om         Generosity

Ma         Ethics

Ni            Patience

Pad        Diligence

Me         Renunciation

Hum      Wisdom

It is said that prayer wheels are used to purify negativities such as bad karma and to accumulate wisdom and merit or good karma. The idea of spinning mantras comes from practices where the practitioner visualizes mantras revolving around the nadis and especially around the meridian chakras such as the heart and crown.

Monks

Monks – Series 4

Monks from the Kingdom of Bhutan.

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Mahayana Buddhism is the state religion of Bhutan with the hierarchy headed by the Je Khenpo assisted by five lopons or masters.
The position of Je Khenpo is granted on merit, and typically is given to the most respected monk in the body. Unlike reincarnation the position of Je Khenpo is never held by a child but always by a seasoned monk, not the case with lineages such as the Dalai Lama, Shabdrung, or Panchen Lama,
In the late 1980s there were some 12,000 monks in Bhutan which does not include an active congregation of nuns. Both monks and nuns keep their heads shaved and wear distinguishing maroon robes. Their days are spent in study and meditation but also in the performance of rituals honouring various bodhisattvas, praying for the dead, and seeking the intercession of bodhisattvas on behalf of the ill.