Prayer wheel མ་ནི་ཆོས་འཁོར་ ma ni chos 'khor,

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Prayer wheel མ་ནི་ཆོས་འཁོར་ ma ni chos 'khor,
Prayer wheel མ་ནི་ཆོས་འཁོར་ ma ni chos 'khor,

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A prayer wheel is a cylindrical 'wheel' (Tibetan: 'khor) 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. Also sometimes depicted are Dakinis, Protectors and very often the 8 auspicious symbols Ashtamangala. 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 earliest recorded prayer wheels was written by a Chinese pilgrim around 400 CE. The concept of the prayer wheel is a physical manifestation of the phrase "turning the wheel of Dharma" (clockwise) ; which describes the way in which the Buddha taught.
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Camera: Nikon D3
Aperture: f/9.0
Exposure Time: 0.001 sec (1/1000)
Focal Length: 70mm
ISO: 400
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: No Flash
Exposure Program: Program AE
Exposure Mode: Auto
Metering Mode: Multi-segment
White Balance: Auto
Gain Control: Low gain up
Sharpness: Hard
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