Portable Prayer Wheel

17th-18th century

4.5 cm 22 cm 9.5 cm

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Just as the Buddha symbolically turned the wheel of the Law when he preached his first sermon and taught the way to enlightenment at Sarnath, India, so pious Tibetan Buddhists literally rotate a wheel to earn the merit that will enhance the likelihood of enlightenment. The Tib...

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John and Berthe Ford, Baltimore; given to Walters Art Museum, 2002.
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