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for better karma. prayers are written on the prayer wheels. turning it gives better karma.

so some people try to turn more than 1 at a time...

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aook wrote on Dec 8, '06
Did you try.... is there a particular direction to turn like clockwise or anti-clockwise?
skt37 wrote on Dec 8, '06
yes i think so..

one direction is for karma.. the other is for anti karma - if i remember correctly...
roytai wrote on Dec 8, '06
think for you walk thru this with your hand on the wheels and move along. but hey things looks quite the same when i was there....:)
skyflash wrote on Dec 8, '06
skt37 said
yes i think so..

one direction is for karma.. the other is for anti karma - if i remember correctly...
The prayer wheel actually enclosed a thick stack of prayer flags / papers. By chance, inspected one of the broken prayer wheel and was surprised to see a whole stack of the prayer papers.

The Buddhists do everything clockwise. Kora / Turn the wheel / walk around the chapels all in clockwise. The Bons .. do it anticlockwise. Going anti-clockwise does not really mean bad karma -- just that you are not getting accumulating good karma.

Bons and some sects of Tibetan Buddhism actually believe in sacrifices. The most "recent" Gelupa sect suppose to flourish due to the reform.
skt37 wrote on Dec 8, '06
yes, you are suppposed to do that . :)

that was in paro. things don't change much on the main street. their govt wants to retain the traditional setting of some of their smaller towns.

behind these rows though... there are 'newer' buildings popping up. still, they have to conform to a certain look and feel. quite a smart move i would say.
skt37 wrote on Dec 8, '06
wow thanks for the info! :)

everyone: ok folks, it's ok to do the anti-clockwise. :P

who are the Bons, btw?
skyflash wrote on Dec 10, '06
skt37 said
wow thanks for the info! :)

everyone: ok folks, it's ok to do the anti-clockwise. :P

who are the Bons, btw?
http://www.travelchinaguide.com/cityguides/tibet/religion.htm

Bon was the indigenous religion of Tibet that, when partly absorbed by the Buddhist traditions introduced from India in the 8th century, gave Tibetan Buddhism much of its distinctive character.

Little was known to the outside world of this once flourishing religion until recently due to the fact that its followers were subject to severe persecution. With the growth in the popularity of Tibet as a tourist destination and an increasing interest in the region's history, studies have been carried out into the traditions of Bon.

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In order that their faith should not be entirely wiped out, the followers of the Bon doctrines introduced reforms and adopted aspects of Buddhism. Despite its suppression, Bon traditions survived under difficult conditions and continued to develop aspects of metaphysics, cosmology, philosophy and an extensive written canon. In 1998 a Tibetan Tibetologist produced statistics which showed that some 90 monasteries in the Tibet Autonomous Region, the majority being in Dengchen (a county in Chambo) had a population of some 3000 monks, about 90 reincarnated high monks and over 130 thousand Bon followers. In the main, there are now three Bon sects, these being the Old Bon, The Yungdrung Bon and the New Bon.
skt37 wrote on Dec 10, '06
great! thanks :)
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