Buddhist Prayer Wheel
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Prayer Wheels - 24"W x 16"H - Peel and Stick Wall Decal by Wallmonkeys Sale Price: $33.99  |
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WallMonkeys wall graphics are printed on the highest quality re-positionable, self-adhesive fabric paper. Each order is printed in-house and on-demand. WallMonkeys uses premium materials & state-of-the-art production technologies... |
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Lamp Shade / Tibetan Prayer Wheel Sale Price: $59.99 |
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Many places in the world use candals with kite latterns to send prayer out over bodies of water. Traditional craft passed down the centuries, precious materials & sacred stones woven into a magical spell... |
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Prayer Wheels in Buddhist Temple - 24"H x 18"W - Peel and Stick Wall Decal by Wallmonkeys Sale Price: $33.99 |
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WallMonkeys wall graphics are printed on the highest quality re-positionable, self-adhesive fabric paper. Each order is printed in-house and on-demand. WallMonkeys uses premium materials & state-of-the-art production technologies... |
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North India VHS Sale Price: $2.00 |
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Float along the sacred River Ganges. Take a ride in a rickshaw. Spin Prayer Wheels in a Buddhist Compa. Traveler Andrew Daddo begins his journey on the holy River Ganges in Varanasi to witness the pilgrims bathing in the ghats... |
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Pendant, Prayer Wheel, Turquoise 1.75 high Sale Price: $20.00 |
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On the face of this elegant little prayer wheel is the Tibetan sacred mantra for compassion, Om Mani Padme Hum, or hail to the jewel in the lotus. Spin it while you wear it to help focus your thoughts on the positive and to generate good karma! Accented with a tiny garnet spinning bead... |
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Tibetan Buddhist Om Mani Handmade Copper Prayer Wheel Sale Price: $40.00 |
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Tibetan Buddhist handmade Copper Prayer Wheel fully covered with engraved Brass "8 Lucky Symbols" and prayer for Peace "Om Mani Padme Hung" and wooden handle made in Nepal by Tibetan Master craftsman. Undo the top spire and the top lid to see the Tibetan sacred mantras written on a long roll of paper inside this wheel... |
Magical of Himalayan Kingdoms Bhutan
Seeking to preserve its unique culture it has guarded itself against unchecked tourism and modernization and even now remains a rare destination for most travellers. As well as its colourful religious and social traditions, Bhutan is the guardian of some of the worlds most beautiful mountain scenery.
Although as large as Switzerland, Bhutans population is well under a million people, and its sparsely inhabited hill and mountain tracts are a natural paradise. In the central valleys, life goes on much as it has for centuries. The focus of communities, and the traditional seat of authority both spiritual and temporal, are the fortress like monasteries often clinging to impossibly steep mountain slopes, or ravines overlooking deep, clear rivers.
A Buddhist land, Bhutans religious practices largely follow those of Tibet. Commemorative shortens dot the landscape while faded prayer flags are stretched around homes and monasteries. Red robed lamas can be encountered on hill paths, turning prayer wheels as they journey across this rugged country.
Stretching from foothills on the Indian border to snow clad peaks, Bhutan offers an unspoiled habitat for a huge variety of flora and fauna. As mountain streams tumble down steep, thickly forested mountain valleys they pass through thick belts of pine and rhododendron, oak and alder and, lower down, groves of bamboo and oranges. Small scale farmers cultivate rice in terraced paddies and millet and barley on the higher slopes.
You can fly into Paro from Kathmandu, a spectacular way to traverse half the length of the Himalayas, from one fertile hill valley to another. Paro, Bhutans second town, is also home to the National Museum in the Ta Dzong. The majestic Paro Dzong fort commands the valley from above the town.
The capital, Thimpu, is only two hours drive from Paro and is the best place to encounter Bhutanese culture. You can visit the Tashico Dzong, seat of the Bhutanese government, which was constructed without using a single metal nail or support. Wandering in the bazaar area you will have a chance to buy traditional handicrafts including of Bhutans famous hand woven cloth.
Bhutan is the most alluring to Westerners, at least to those with a romantic vision of the past. Bhutan is also the ideal place for trekking in a beautiful landscape of sacred mountains, lush valleys, remote temples and fortress-monasteries. Tucked between China and India at the eastern end of the Himalayan chain, it is the most remote, the least touched by modernity, and apart from Assamese insurgents taking refuge from the Indian army inside the southern border the least affected by violent political conflict.
About the Author
Douglas Scott works for The Rental Car Hire Specialist. and is a free lance writer for The Bhutan Rental Site
