The prayer wheel, also known as "Mani" prayer wheel and prayer wheel, is related to the eight-character mantra and the six-character mantra. Tibetan Buddhism believes that the more spells you hold, the more devotion you show to the Buddha, and you can get rid of the pain of reincarnation. Therefore, in addition to oral recitation, people also make a "Mani" prayer tube, put the "six-character Daming Mantra" into the prayer tube and turn it by hand.
The Tibetan people put the scriptures in the prayer wheel, and every turn is equivalent to chanting the scriptures once, that is, reciting the Six-character Daming Mantra several hundred times. Some also use water power and light heat energy to make water-turned woolen cloth tubes and light-turned woolen cloth tubes, and recite the Six-character Daming Mantra from generation to generation.
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The prayer wheel tube originated from Xiangxiong Yongzhong. There are many unique ways for Tibetan compatriots to pray for blessings, such as turning to the sacred mountain, worshiping the sacred lake, laying the wind horse flag, hanging colorful prayer flags, carving stone scriptures, putting mani piles, offering sacrifices to Thomas plates, butter sculptures and even using prayer wheels. These are also the heritage of this religion in Xiong Yong, an ancient elephant.
There are large and small prayer wheels, and the small one can be held in your hand. This kind of hand-cranked prayer wheel is also called hand-cranked mani wheel, which is made of gold, silver and copper, and is also divided into three types: large, medium and small. The main body of this kind of warp drum that can be held in the hand is cylindrical, and there is a shaft in the middle that can rotate. The six-character mantra of Tibetan Buddhism is not only engraved on the cylinder, but also installed in the middle of the cylinder.
Inside the prayer wheel, there is a scripture written in Tibetan. Because in the era of slavery, most Tibetans could not read, so putting the scriptures in the prayer wheel, every turn, is equivalent to chanting. The prayer wheel has a rotatable shaft, which needs to be updated every time it turns to a certain number of times, so that Tibetans can know the number of times they recite the scriptures.
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Baidu encyclopedia-prayer wheel