Nine spinning copper wheels hum quietly, sending prayers into the Nyingma Centers bookstore in Berkeley and the world beyond. Many-armed Buddhas and pink lotus flowers swirl through brightly-colored ...

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 ...

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 ...

Traditionally, Tibetan prayer wheels are spinable cylinders containing a Buddhist mantra or prayer. The idea is that when the wheel spins, the mantra radiates outward into the universe. A new take on ...

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 ...

Faith has always been at the heart of Tibetan culture. As practitioners of the country's unique form of Buddhism face increasing obstacles to their worship, Beijing has sought to cultivate a different ...

Located high in the mountains of Sichuan, the Larung Wuming Buddhist Institute was founded in 1980 by an influential lama of the Nyingma sect and is widely regarded as the world's largest and most ...