Rolls of written prayers, or mantras, are sealed inside the cylinder, which is spun with a flick of the wrist. Spinning the wheel brings the same benefits as reading the respective texts and each ...

People of Tibetan ethnic group move a giant prayer wheel in Dukezong ancient city of Shangri-La county, Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Deqen, southwest China's Yunnan Province, March 14, 2011. The ...

BOULDER CREEK — Inside a nearly completed 10-foot tall prayer wheel, sheltered inside a 7th century Tibetan mandala-inspired house in remote Santa Cruz Mountains land, lives a much more modern concept ...

May 18, 2009 Tibetan prayer wheels have been used for centuries to create harmony, enhance compassion and generate positive karmic energy. Now, a device that could potentially harness the kinetic ...

BOULDER CREEK — Inside a nearly completed 10-foot tall prayer wheel, sheltered inside a 7th century Tibetan mandala house in remote Santa Cruz Mountains land, lives a much more modern concept. Tsering ...

This story appears in the May 2009 issue of National Geographic magazine. A cheerful group of Chinese tourists, all from eastern cities, are pushing against an enormous Tibetan prayer wheel. On a bus ...

This Tibetan prayer wheel contains the prayer "Hail to the jewel in the lotus flower". It is owned by Captain David Wilson Fletcher author of "The Children of Kanchenjunga" which tells of his ...

Designer Taikkun Li’s Prayer Wheel Energy Generator proves that praying can actually have immediate earthly benefits. Li’s device is essentially a Tibetan prayer wheel outfitted with used bicycle ...