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Tibetan Prayer Wheels
A prayer wheel is a cylindrical “wheel” (Tibetan: འཁོར་, Wylie: ‘khor) on a spindle made from metal, wood, stone, leather or coarse cotton. Traditionally, the mantra Om Mani Padme Hum is written in Sanskrit on the outside of the wheel.
Many monasteries around Tibet have large, fixed, metal wheels set side by side in a row. Passersby can turn the entire row of wheels simply by sliding their hands over each one.
According to the lineage texts on prayer wheels, prayer wheels are used to accumulate wisdom and merit (good karma) and to purify negativities (bad karma).
Rolls of thin paper with the mantra (prayer) ‘Om Mani Padme Hum’ printed in Sanskrit are wound around an axle inside, and spinned around. Larger decorative versions of the syllables of the mantra are also carved on the outside cover of the wheel.
Large size fixed prayer wheels which are often aligned around Buddhist shrines and are set in motion by pilgrims who walk around the building in a clockwise direction.
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