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PRAYING WHEEL

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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 263 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PRAYING

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WHEEL  , a
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mechanical apparatus used by the Lamaist Buddhists in
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Tibet and elsewhere for offering prayers . Strips of
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paper bearing a manifold repetition of the words " The
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Jewel in the
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Lotus,
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Amen," are wrapped
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round cylinders of all sizes—from
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hand-
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mills to
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wind- or
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water-mills . As the
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wheel revolves these uncoil and the
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prayer is considered to be offered .

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