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Prayer: Tibetan Buddhists
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In certain Buddhist sects, prayer accompanies meditation. Buddhism for the most part sees prayer as a secondary, supportive practice to meditation and scriptural study. Gautama Buddha claimed that human beings possess the capacity and potential to be liberated, or enlightened, through contemplation, leading to insight. Prayer is seen mainly as a powerful psycho-physical practice that can enhance meditation.
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Tibetan Buddhists use a device known as a prayer wheel to evoke good fortune and spirituality. The handheld prayer wheel consists of a hollow wood or metal cylinder, often beautifully embossed, that revolves on a handle, or axis. It contains the written prayer or mantra Om mani padme hung (O Lotus jewel, amen!) inscribed on strips of paper, fabric, or parchment.
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In the earliest Buddhist tradition, the Theravada, and in the later Mahayana tradition of Zen (or Chán), prayer plays only an ancillary role. It is largely a ritual expression of wishes for success in the practice and in helping all beings. However it can ... be a way of expressing respect and appreciation to the individual person of the Buddha, who is said to still exist though in a higher dimension.
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