MR3998 Huge prayer wheels

MR3998 These huge prayer-wheels at Yuksam, West Sikkim, each contain about a hundred million mantras and prayers printed in tiny letters on great sheets of paper rolled around the central axle of the wheel. The devotees spin the wheels as they walk past, while praying for the good of all beings. March 2014.

Buy on-line a fine art photographic print, signed by the hand of Matthieu Ricard, buddhist monk, photographer and author. He has also been the French interpreter of His Holiness the XIVth Dalai Lama since 1989. Some of the photographs in his collection are printed in limited edition, signed, numbered and delivered with a certificate of authenticity.