Hand-crafted

Nubri – Tibetan Prayer Wheel Set

Prayer wheels in a gold-toned finish, mounted in a row on a wooden base – turned in passing rather than carried.

  • Set where you walk past, turned with one pass
  • A gold-toned row on a wooden base
  • Anyone may turn a wheel; no initiation needed
  • Om Mani Padme Hum on every cylinder

$699.00

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Made for every day

A wheel is not something you take out for an occasion. It sits where you already pass and gets a turn as you go, which is exactly what it was built for.

Plain turns just as well

Engraving and metalwork change the price and nothing else. Buy the wheel you want to look at, not the one you think you are supposed to have.

Finishes age, each its own way

Copper, brass and plated finishes do not wear alike. A wheel turned every day stops looking the way it did on the first day, which is rather the point of one.

Frequently asked questions

What is a prayer wheel?

A cylinder containing a rolled mantra, turned by hand. In Tibetan Buddhist practice, turning the wheel is understood as reciting the mantra it holds.

How is a standing set used?

The wheels are set on a surface and turned in passing, often with a brush of the hand along the row. They are not carried.

Which way should they turn?

Clockwise, following the sun's direction - the same convention as walking around a stupa.

Can anyone use one?

Yes. There is no initiation required and no restriction on who may turn a wheel. The usual courtesy is to turn it clockwise and to keep it off the floor.

Turned clockwise, following the sun

A prayer wheel is turned clockwise, in the direction the sun appears to travel, and the mantra is engraved so that it reads the same way. Table wheels are weighted so that one push from the wrist keeps them going. Wall rows are set where you walk past, and turned with a single pass of the hand.

A table prayer wheel standing on a plain wooden desk

Anyone may turn a wheel

There is no initiation and no qualification attached to turning one, which is exactly why rows of them line the walls of temples where everyone walks. What matters in practice is the balance of the cylinder and the smoothness of the spindle, and neither shows in a photograph.

A row of prayer wheels turning on a wooden rail
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