The Wheel of Great Compassion

The Practice of the Prayer Wheel in Tibetan Buddhism

By: Lorne Ladner (Editor), Thubten Zopa (Foreword by)

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Paperback | 1 December 2000

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The Wheel of Great Compassion is the first book to provide Western readers with a complete understanding of the prayer wheel--an ancient and mystical practice that has long been popular with Buddhists throughout Tibet and Mongolia for its ability to bless the environment, promote healing, increase compassion, and assist practitioners on their journeys to enlightenment.

This book offers a clear description of prayer wheel practice, its meaning and benefits, and its role as an essential ritual and symbol of Tibetan Buddhism. It contains a general introduction to the prayer wheel, photographs and illustrations, six commentaries by Tibetan lamas (including Lama Zopa Rinpoche), and instructions for both prayer wheel construction and proper use.

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Prayer wheels are as ubiquitous an element of Tibetan Buddhist practice as are the repetitions of the mani mantra. Yet, especially in the West, little has been previously known of their history and proper use. In this jewel of a book, and at the urging of Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Lorne Ladner has brought together important textual sources, a Lama Zopa discourse, and his own personal experience to describe the symbolism, proper construction, ritual, and benefits of prayer wheel practice. Thus, Wheel of Great Compassion is a marvelous-and necessary-addition to the library of any serious practitioner and to anyone interested in the heretofore unknown particulars of mani practice.--Prof. Jan Willis, author of Enlightened Beings and Dreaming Me: An African American Woman's Spiritual Journey "DharmaLife"

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Foreword	p. vii
Preface	p. xv
Acknowledgments	p. xxi
Prayer Wheel Practice, Symbolism, and Lineage
Practice: Seeing with Eyes of Compassion	p. 3
Symbolism: The Radiant Dharma Wheel	p. 15
Lineage: An Ancient and Mystical Inheritance	p. 23
Tibetan Commentaries on the Prayer Wheel
An Oral Discourse	p. 35
Benefits of the Six-Syllable Prayer Wheel	p. 41
Practice and Benefits of the Prayer Wheel	p. 53
Benefits of the Lotus Wheel	p. 63
A Short Treatise on Prayer Wheels	p. 77
Dedication of Merits from Building and Turning Prayer Wheels	p. 81
Diagrams, Pictures, and Instructions	p. 85
A Method for Meditating with the Prayer Wheel	p. 109
Notes	p. 117
Bibliography	p. 129
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The Wheel of Great Compassion

The Practice of the Prayer Wheel in Tibetan Buddhism

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