Showing posts with label Tibetan Pray Wheel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tibetan Pray Wheel. Show all posts

Sunday, May 6, 2012

Tibetan Pray Wheel


               Tibetan Prayer Wheels



Prayer wheels - of varying sizes - are another popular item of Tibetan souvenir. It's one of the most popular ways of accumulating merit in Tibetan Buddhism.  Even if you're not a Buddhist - make a great rustic souvenir with their combination of wood, metal, and often turquoise and coral. Sizes vary from maybe 10cm to over half a meter.  we provide a fair estimate of the types and sizes on offer.


We also have a special selection of Tibetan Prayer wheel.  If u like to have some, please contact us.  I'll sell reasonable price:   


         Table Top Tibetan Prayer Wheels

$ 80.

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 Our authentic table top Tibetan Prayer Wheels are a wonderful way to bring the energy of the prayer wheel to your home and environment. A combination of ancient tradition and modern technology, they are then specially filled with over Millions of copies of the Mantra:


The practice of turning the Prayer Wheel, or even wearing or having in one’s home, is said to be of immeasurable benefit for oneself and others. Buddhist teachers and the ancient texts expound the profound benefits of the Prayer Wheel for its ability to quickly harmonize the environment, promote healing, increase compassion, and assist practitioners on their journeys to enlightenment.
   

 2)    Classic Table Top Prayer Wheel





        


















 3)   Wall pray wheel:
$ 150.
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 Beautiful solid brass and copper wall mount prayer wheel with exquisite hand carved solid hardwood frame., great for hanging by door or other favorite location.

 3)     Hand held pray wheels:










Hand held prayer wheel with inlayed mantra lettering and colored stones, antiqued wood handle, Double Dorje etching on copper bottom.

4)   Pendent pray wheel:
Wearing a Pendant Prayer Wheel is a wonderful way to have the energy and positive benefits of the prayer wheel with you wherever you may be. These very special pendant prayer wheels are designed to spin and are available in several choices.
These extraordinary Pendant Prayer Wheels are beautifully designed and handcrafted in pure silver or of Tibetan coin silver and  beautifully detailed filigree work on the outside. 
5)   Earring pray wheel:


Read more about Prayer Wheel:

Prayer first came into being in Tibet where they were called the Mani wheels Chos-'khor, or precious Dharma wheel. Prayer wheels are an accepted form of prayer used by Buddhists. The wheels allow the illiterate and blind to pray, as well as monks and laymen.
History:
Prayer wheels, or Mani wheels, were first created in Tibet about 2,000 years ago. The invention is credited to the Buddhist master Nagarjuna, who first placed written verses in a cylinder and used them as a form of prayer.

History:
Prayer wheels, or Mani wheels, were first created in Tibet about 2,000 years ago. The invention is credited to the Buddhist master Nagarjuna, who first placed written verses in a cylinder and used them as a form of prayer.

Benefits:
The power of the Prayer Wheel comes from the Buddhist belief that this inscription of this mantra Om Mani Padme Hum allows you to gain the attention of the God of the Compassion or Chenrezig. Buddhist Mantra dictates that when this inscription is read out loud or read silently, then this brings a positive well being to the person who is reading it. In fact, according to the Buddhist beliefs, you could even just see the inscription and you would still be able to benefit from its positive effects. Thus, whether you read it or just look at it you gain some positive force as a result. Hence the Tibetan Prayer Wheels are designed to rotate around their axis in a clockwise fashion (The spinning direction of the Universe according to the Buddhist Dharma) and thus any time you set your eyes on the inscription or if you read it as it passes you, you gain the benefits of these mantras.

 Features:
 Prayer wheels are a wooden or metal cylinder illustrated with or containing a written prayer, spun clockwise. The prayer wheels can be small hand-held cylinders illustrated with a single prayer, or large ornate drums with numerous inscriptions.
The Tibetan Prayer Wheels are hence destined to be light and they could be turned just by the flick of your wrist. You can see many Tibetans, who are constantly spinning the Tibetan Prayer Wheel as they go about their daily tasks. The instrument is designed to be practical and easy to carry and thus many people use it to pray, while they are immersed in their daily activities.


Of course, there are larger prayer wheels that are designed to be several meters long. In these Prayer Wheels, long inscriptions and mantras can be written.  According to the Buddhist belief, a large prayer wheel situated in an area will disperse peace and tranquility, as long as it is active and spinning.
Considerations::

Prayer wheel usage is currently restricted in Tibet, but their use has spread over much of the world. The Dalai Lama has said that having a Buddhist prayer on your hard drive enables anyone with a computer to have a functioning prayer wheel.


The ancient texts tell us that the Prayer Wheel was brought to our world by Nagarjuna, a famous Indian Buddhist scholar, philosopher, and yogi. Nagarjuna is associated with the rise of Mahayana Buddhism during the first century B.C.E. and is well known as the founder of the Middle Way school of Buddhist philosophy - which all currently existing schools of Tibetan Buddhism accept as the most profound of all philosophical views. Nagarjuna was filled with great compassion and concern for others. He was an extremely gifted and intelligent teacher who thought continually about how to best benefit others. Nagarjuna’s teachings not only began one of the greatest philosophical traditions of all time, but also contributed immeasurably to a cultural transformation that spread the Mahayana Buddhist vision of universal responsibility and compassion for all life throughout most of Central and East Asia.
The prayer wheel lineage was brought to Tibet by the renowned eight century Indian Buddhist teacher Padmasambhava, and later practiced by the great Indian tantric Buddhist masters Tilopa and Naropa. Naropa’s disciple Marpa later renewed the lineage in Tibet and passed it on to Tibet’s most well known yogi, Milarepa. Since that time the Prayer Wheel has been passed on through a continuous lineage of enlightened teachers, among these the great Kagyu master Karma Pagshi, whose important works are quoted by most subsequent writers on the subject. In Tibet, Prayer Wheels have been made for many centuries in a wide range of sizes and styles - from hand-held and table-top wheels, all the way up to giant eight or twelve foot Prayer Wheels with diameters of five to six feet. Often built around Buddhist Stupas and Monasteries, there may be long rows of prayer wheels which people will spin as they walk clockwise around the building, reciting what is considered to be one of the most profound and beneficial mantras;


      OM MANI PADME HUM    


 In the translation of a text by the Fourth Panchen Lama, Amitabha Buddha says “Anyone who recites the six syllables while turning the dharma wheel at the same time is equal in fortune to the Thousand Buddhas.” In the same text Shakyamuni Buddha says that "turning the prayer wheel once is better than having done one, seven, or nine years of retreat" The prayer wheel is a very powerful merit field; one accumulates extensive merit and purifies obstacles.

It has been well known for over a thousand years by the great Buddhist yogis and teachers as well as the Tibetan people that the prayer wheel practice is an extremely quick, simple and profound method for developing compassion and wisdom. Buddhist teachers and the ancient texts expound the profound benefits of the Prayer Wheel for its ability to quickly harmonize the environment, increase compassion, encourage a peaceful state of mind, and assist practitioners on their journeys to enlightenment.

It is suggested that one recite the six-syllable mantra – Om Mani Padme Hum – while turning the prayer wheel. The Tibetan commentaries state that the benefits of doing so are immeasurable. This is the mantra of Avalokiteshvara, the Buddha of Compassion, and it is recited continually by many Tibetans. One also finds it carved on rocks, written on prayer flags, embossed on jewelry, and inside of most prayer wheels. Among Tibetans it is commonly known as the mani mantra, and thus prayer wheels are often referred to among Tibetans as mani wheels. Mantras are strings of syllables empowered by enlightened beings to benefit others. “The word mantra’ means ‘mind-protection’. It protects the mind from ordinary appearances and conceptions” that characterize the ongoing cycle of samsaric suffering.


 Prayer wheels are usually filled with the mantra of Avalokiteshvara, the Buddha of great compassion. OM MANI PADME HUM. So much of the spiritual power of the prayer wheel derives from the power of this sacred mantra that by connecting with the energy of the prayer wheel one is connecting with an outer manifestation of unlimited enlightened compassion, and is awakening one’s own highest potential - one’s Buddha nature. Ultimately, the subject of mantras and of how they function in Buddhist practice is extremely vast and profound. The important thing to understand here is that the mantra is not a prayer to a divine being; rather, the mantra - whether recited, written or spun - is enlightenment immediately manifest.

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In turning the prayer wheel and reciting the mani mantra, one is essentially attempting to put a full stop to the impure, samsaric world based on ignorance and self-centered attitudes. One is asserting with one’s body, speech and mind, that enlightenment is manifest here and now. That this is a pure Buddha-land and that the universe is filled with brilliant light of compassionate wisdom manifest everywhere in order to awaken all beings. The Prayer wheel is also a truly excellent way to help harmonize and Feng Shui your environment, increasing the positive energy in your home or workplace.

A number of Tibetan commentaries state that having a prayer wheel in a building makes that place become like the Potala - the pure land of the Buddha. People that own prayer wheels all agree that having one near them in theirhome feels wonderful. The prayer wheel’s beauty and energy really does have a very clear and positive effect.

Sacred objects like prayer wheels help one to develop positive qualities in/of the mind. Buddhist teachers emphasize how everything comes into being based on causes and conditions, and developing positive inner qualities depends on many causes and conditions, including environmental factors.

Many people have noted how having a prayer wheel near them helps them meditate more effectively, or to more easily develop positive states of mind. Most Tibetans may have began using their prayer wheels based on faith, but continued to engage in the practice throughout their lives based on their own experience of it leading to more peaceful, joyful, and virtuous mental states. The Traditional Prayer Wheel Practice - Is to spin the prayer wheel in a clockwise direction, recite the mantra OM MANI PADME HUM and visualize pure white light rays being emanated out from the spinning prayer wheel, this pure light comes from the millions of mantras inside the prayer wheel and goes out to ourselves and all sentient beings, purifying, healing, completely illuminating everyone, as the light rays spread throughout the whole vast universe we all instantly become awakened and realize the Four Immeasurables of Love, Compassion, Joy and Equanimity. If you possess one quality, it would be as if you had all enlightened qualities in the very palm of your hand. Which quality? Great compassion.









Saturday, May 5, 2012

Tibetan Pray Beads

Tibetan pray bead is use for counting mantras, chants or prayers.



Tibetan pray beads  (Sanskrit:माला; mālā, meaning garland (Tib. threngwa) is a set of beads commonly used by Buddhists.  Malas are used for keeping count while reciting, chanting, or mentally repeating a mantra or the name or names of a deity. In Tibetan Buddhism, traditionally malas of 108 beads are used. Some practitioners use malas of 21 or 28 beads for doing  prostrations. Doing one 108-bead mala counts as 100 mantra recitations; the extra repetitions are done to amend any mistakes.
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Number of Beads in prayer 
Traditionally, Buddhist have 108 beads, representing the 108 human passions that Avalokiteshvara assumed when telling the beads. This number also ensures the worshipper repeats the sacred mantra at least 100 times, the extra beads allowing for any omissions made through absentmindness in counting or for the loss or breakage of beads.

Before being knotted, the string is passed through a large central bead and two smaller beads. These three additional beads keep the rest in place and indicate the completion of a cycle of mantras. They also symbolize the Three Jewels of Buddhism: the Buddha, the dharma, and the sangha. The hidden string that passed through all the beads symbolizes the penetrating power of the Buddhas.

Functions and Uses of Buddhist Prayer Beads
Mantras are often repeated hundreds or even thousands of times. The basic function of the mala is to allow one to think about the meaning of the mantra as it is chanted without having to also concentrate on counting the repetitions. Each time the mantra is repeated, the fingers move to the next bead.

Prayer beads are generally worn as bracelets and often carry longer strings of beads as necklaces.
Mantras are typically repeated hundreds or even thousands of times. The mala is used so that one can focus on the meaning or sound of the mantra rather than counting its repetitions.  

 Tibetan pray beads are made from a variety of materials, most commonly wood. Preferred woods are sandalwood or sacred wood from the bodhi tree, precious and semi-precious stones, including pearls, rubies, crystal, amber, coral, or jade, or precious metals such as gold. They can also be made of seeds, animal bone (most commonly yak bone), and sometime even human bone.

The string that holds the beads together is usually made of silk, but is sometimes made of human hair. In Buddhist Tantra or Vajrayana, materials and colors of the beads can relate to a specific practice.


Have a favorite gemstone or wood? How about a favorite color or charm? Let us know and we’ll customize a Mala just for you.

We offer our handmade 108 Bead mala prayer beads here. We use the sturdiest bead cord, real three holed "guru beads" finished with a Tibetan Snake or (Blessing) Knot


 

Green Jade Wrist Mala

Price: $10.00





Blue Jade is a stone of prosperity. It is often used for financial healing. It balances and creates harmony between impoverishment and abundance. Blue Jade is a stone of spiritual wealth.





Red Jade Prayer Beads Mala

Price: $30.00
 Red Jade is an active stone used to diffuse tense situations and release energy.











Yellow Jade Prayer

Price: $40.00


 Yellow Jade is an active stone used to diffuse tense situations and release energy














Turquoise Mala Prayer Beads

Price: $49.00
 
 Turquoise has been attributed with healing powers, prosperity and spirituality.












Yellow Crystal Prayer Beads

Price: $68.99

Yellow Crystal is a stone of amplification and clarity.  It can be used for focus in one’s every day life. It can also be used for clarification in seeking direction in meditation. The Crystal inclusions are often used for scrying and divination.











Bone Handmade Prayer Beads

Price: $29.

Medicine Mala made from Yak Bone, Coral, and Turquoise Prayer Beads Mala on Hemp











Price: $75.00



 Medicine Mala made from Yak Bone, Coral, and Turquoise Prayer Beads Mala on Hemp








YakBone Coral Turquoise Mala

Price: $119.00



 we make animal bone mala especially to repay kindness to the animal














Price: $119.00 



Yak Bone Mala with spacer of Coral and Turquoise.










yak bone mala price $30













 

Price: $130.00


 Yak Horn Mala with Two Copper Mala Counters






Price: $29.00



 Tibetan Buddhist Bodhi Tsay Seed Prayer Beads Mala- 108 Beads









Price: $39.00


 Skull Shaped Prayer Beads- 108 Beads










Tiger Eye Prayer Beads

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Lapis Lazuli Mala

Price: $100.00


Lapis is considered the stone of truth and friendship. Rose Quartz is called the love stone. It opens up the heart to give and receive love.













Price: $30.00
 Dark Rudraksha Seeds Mala


Rudraksha—the eye of Rudra [Shiva] is considered to be the most potent manifestation of the Cosmic Force. Hence Rudraksha is the object of veneration and also the source to reach the higher self.Rudraksha is often believed to symbolize the link between the earth and the heaven. These beads are the seeds of the Rudraksha  obtained from Rudraksha trees.







Price: $30.00



White Yak Bone Prayer Beads with counters








Rose Quartz Prayer Beads

Price: $30.00

 Rose Quartz is called the love stone. It opens up the heart to give and receive love.












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Boddhi Tsay Seed Wrist Mala

Price: $16.99


 Bodhi Tsay are considered the most auspicious material to use as prayer beads. This Bodhi seeds prayer beads mala is for meditation. It can be worn as a bracelet when you are not using it.  This  beads are the seeds of the Bodhi obtained from Bodhi Tree.   










 

Goldstone Wrist Mala

Price: $22.99
Red goldstone is associated with vitality and energy. Blue Goldstone is associated with learning and communication.












Rudraksha Seed Wrist Mala

Price: $10.00

Rudraksha—the eye of Rudra [Shiva] is considered to be the most potent manifestation of the Cosmic Force. Hence Rudraksha is the object of veneration and also the source to reach the higher self.Rudraksha is often believed to symbolize the link between the earth and the heaven. These beads are the seeds of the Rudraksha  obtained from Rudraksha trees.











Price: $10.00