Tibetan Prayer Wheel (also called Mani Wheels by the Tibetans) are devices for spreading spiritual blessings and well beings. Rolls of thin paper or Scripture are bundled in thin rolled paper, imprinted with many copies of the tibetan mantra OM MANI PADME HUM, printed in an ancient Ranjana script or in Tibetan script, are wound around an axle in a protective container, and spun round and round. It is an instrument that uses the power of the unspoken word to help Tibetan Buddhists attain the goals of enlightenment. Typically, larger decorative versions of the syllables of the mantra are also hand carved on the outside cover of the wheel. When it turns one round the mantra is read how much mantra has kept inside the wheel. It is a wonderful icon, and is used to this day by practioners of Tibetan Buddhism of Nepal & Tibet.
Tibetan Buddhists believe that saying this mantra, out loud or silently to oneself, invokes the powerful benevolent attention and blessings of Chenrezig, the embodiment of compassion.
There is a bundle of prayers sealed inside the copper case, and it is thought that each revolution of the wheel activates, in a manner akin to actual recitation, the prayers rolled on the block print scroll inside. the wheel is crafted with the mantra OM MANI PADME HUM in brass on the outside of the wheel as well as on the scroll inside of course. The eight auspicious symbols are etched into the copper prayer wheel on the bottom and the mantra is carved on the top. Tibetan prayer wheel is a common religious object in the culture. Prayer Wheels are used to spread spiritual blessings and prayer to the people that use them. Tibetans believe that the prayers ascend to the heavens in order to heal all The various writings are special prayers, or mantras that are "mechanically" recited many times over by the prayer wheel, that can also be edited vocally while turning the wheel in a clockwise motion.