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Tibetan prayer wheels (called Mani wheels by the Tibetans) are devices for spreading spiritual blessing and well being. This intricately detailed Sterling Silver Prayer Wheel has also been graced with the Tibetan mantra OM MANI PADME HUM. This amulet is in the shape of a Tibetan temple with a prayer wheel in the middle. The Six Auspicious Symbols also adorn the Prayer Wheel. With each turn of the wheel, the mantra is believed to be read once. The mantra OM MANI PADME HUM invokes the spiritual power and blessings of Chenrezig, the Buddha of compassion. Taken from one source [Chenrezig] is the awakened nature of each being's own mind, the love and compassion primordially present in the dharmakaya [pure transcending awareness]. Chenrezig is within us because love and compassion are not qualities added to the mind, but are inherent in our true natures. Tibetan Buddhists believe that saying this mantra out loud or silently to oneself, invokes the powerful benevolent attention and blessing of Chenrezig. Spinning the written form of the mantra around in a Mani wheel is supposed to have the same effect; the more spins, the greater the benefit.
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