Giant Prayer Wheel

This is a giant prayer wheel located at the top of a hill beside a temple in the "old town" of Zhongdian city, or "Shangri-La." Tibetan buddhists believe that each time a prayer moves, it floats up into heaven. Therefore, in addition to moving prayers by whispering or chanting them, Tibetans also hang them up on prayer flags that send the prayer to heaven with each gust of wind, write them down and store them inside prayer wheels that they can spin in their hands, carve them onto prayer beads that they can run through their fingers, or, in this case, inscribe them on a tower-size prayer wheel that spins by the casual effort of two dozen monks, or the full strength of five.

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[Ganeschar]

This prayer wheel is in Gyalthang in TIBET !

[bellsandshells]

This is so beautiful! He's a holy DJ, bricka bricka

[doston1]

That thing would make a delightful water feature in my backyard!

[hikingzone]

That is the largest prayer wheel I've ever seem. It's amazing how easy it is to turn, great feet of engineering. We have to travel there now and visit. Thank you for posting your video. Awesome.

[SunRaIV]

How beautyfull ..thats why the one loves the many :)

[H2OFly]

I've had dreams of building prayer wheels this big, looks as some nice person has done so for me.

[sweakyo]

how wonderfull were is it please

[hendrixfreak93]

probaby at least a million

Om mani padme hum

[wlorac]

That's a huge Prayer Wheel! I wonder how many prayers are inside of it?