Chenrezig Institute had not been like that before, and I wondered why it had changed. 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… Geshe-la has done a lot of Dharma practice.

0000075006 00000 n 0000003931 00000 n 0000005045 00000 n 1 Ma ņi 'khor lo'i phan yon. 0000010522 00000 n Transcribed and first edited by Jindati Doelter; second edit by Briege Wallbridge; third edit by Ailsa Cameron. (You can also do circumambulations with the same visualizations. 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). A prayer wheel makes the place very holy and precious, like a pure land. So I said, "Yes. I know quite a few people who have completely recovered from terminal cancer through meditation. Turning this prayer wheel can remove obstacles and accomplish perfectly all worldly and dharma-related activities. In Tibet, and generally wherever there are the Mahayana teachings of Vajrayana, the practice of the prayer wheel has spread. 0000001624 00000 n 0000005693 00000 n Because I have been requested to help with so many other Dharma projects, the idea of making a water prayer wheel had been postponed. 0000030926 00000 n %%EOF He asked, "Do I have to keep this?" xref
Simply touching a prayer wheel brings great purification of negative karmas and obscurations. 0000008390 00000 n )If someone with AIDS, cancer or some other disease meditated like this and every day, for as many hours as possible, there would definitely be some effect. I mentioned the idea of building it in the ocean near Taiwan, but he thought to build it in Hawaii where the water of the Pacific Ocean would touch the prayer wheel and bring great benefit.A fire prayer wheel is turned by the heat of either a candle or an electric light. To benefit sentient beings, the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas manifest in the prayer wheel to purify all our negative karma and obscurations, and to cause us to actualize the realizations of the path to enlightenment…

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Since the family's prosperity came from fishing, he felt his family owed a lot to the fish, and he already had in mind of doing something to repay or to benefit the fish.When I mentioned the idea of the water prayer wheel, he almost cried, and then he asked, "Why are you telling me to build this prayer wheel?" 211 0 obj<>stream It helps all the insects and animals as well as the human beings. One of the benefits of the prayer wheel is that it embodies all the actions of the buddhas and bodhisattvas of the 10 directions. The previous Lawudo Lama was called Lama (Kunsang) Yeshe and some people think he has something to do with my life.

After I explained the benefits of prayer wheel a few years ago at Kopan, Lorna and Terry voluntarily took it upon themselves to make prayer wheels available to other students who wanted to do the practice. However, when I was in the center in Taiwan recently, in a conversation about prayer wheels, I mentioned the idea. I had this question in my mind, simply because I was ignorant as to the benefits of the practice.

In one section he mentioned that after a prayer wheel was built, the area was completely transformed, becoming so peaceful, pleasant, and conducive to the mind.This confirmed my belief, based on my own reasoning, that Chenrezig Institute had become so peaceful because of its new prayer wheel. 0000011183 00000 n First, here are benefits as translated and summarized from the Ma ņi'i phan yon1 or "The Benefits of Ma ņi." (From the ancient Tibetan Buddhist text Ma ni'i phan yon or "The Benefits of Mani.") From this text, I got some idea of how powerful the prayer wheel practice is in purifying the mind and in accumulating extensive merits.In 1987, when I was at Chenrezig Institute in Australia, I noticed that the place had become incredibly peaceful. At that time, Geshe Lama Konchog was there. 0000009881 00000 n

Use of the prayer wheel is one of the easiest ways to purify past negative karma, nonvirtuous actions, defilements, and obstacles that prevent us from realizing our true self and becoming enlightened. 0000023402 00000 n

Turning the prayer wheel once is the same as having done many years of retreat.
This is just to give you a very rough idea of the benefits and the power of this mantra. 0000000016 00000 n Anyone with a disease such as AIDS or cancer, whether or not they have any understanding of Dharma, can use the prayer wheel for meditation and healing. trailer 0000001445 00000 n 0 Prayer Wheel Benefits Using the prayer wheel produces extraordinary and inconceivable benefits. 0000004213 00000 n When that water goes into an ocean or lake, it carries the power to purify all the billions of animals and insects there.I have had a wish, which has recently become stronger, to build a prayer wheel in the ocean. "It is also mentioned that prayer wheels stop harm from spirits and other beings and also stop disease, so one idea I have is use them for healing. 0000002615 00000 n In Solu Kumbu all the old men and women turn prayer wheels every day. Buddhist texts teach us that the practice of the prayer wheel has many spiritual, "magical," and practical benefits. 0000008927 00000 n The idea of spinning mantras relates to numerous Tantric practices whereby … 209 38 When they are at home in the morning and in the evening before they go to bed, they hold a mala in their left hand, a prayer wheel in their right, and recite I often used to think, "How does turning of the prayer wheel become Dharma practice?" Amitabha and the Compassion Buddha are the same in essence and are very strongly linked. This is explained as one of the benefits of prayer wheels.With the water prayer wheel, the water that touches the wheel becomes blessed. Just touching and turning a prayer wheel brings incredible purification and accumulates unbelievable merit.At Lawudo I found many old manuscripts, handwritten texts by the Lawudo Lama.