| 31. | Among the items shown are a gilt silver prayer wheel that once held thousands of individual inscriptions, or mantras.
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| 32. | It is most commonly used to write Buddhist texts and inscribe mantras on prayer wheels, shrines, temples and monasteries.
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| 33. | The prayer wheel contains 100 000 pages on which are printed mantras invocating Dorje Sempa, the Buddha of purification.
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| 34. | In a 20th-century touch, electric motors keep these prayer wheels moving, producing a smooth hum _ and the occasional squeak.
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| 35. | On the main monastery grounds, believers walked about in frigid morning temperatures, turning prayer wheels and going to special prayer rooms.
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| 36. | The script is also used decoratively on temple walls, on the outside of prayer wheels, and in the drawing of mandalas.
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| 37. | A person held the prayer wheel, and during countless rotations of the wheel, repeatedly changed the mantra, sending out multiple prayers.
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| 38. | Water fountains and traditional Bhutanese Mani Lhalhor ( prayer wheels ) make the place an ideal location to catch up with Thimphu.
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| 39. | In Tibetan Buddhism, turning the prayer wheel, a metal cylinder containing a sacred verse, or mantra, is equivalent to reciting a mantra.
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| 40. | On the main monastery grounds, believers walked about in frigid morning temperatures, turning prayer wheels and spending time in special prayer rooms.
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