A unique work of decorative art
available exclusively from Mantra Lamps ©

A Mantra Lamp casts moving lights on your walls and ceiling. enlivening and transforming any space!
The shade gently revolves with the mantra
Om Mani Padme Hum
a prayer for all beings to be free and happy and
a continuous reminder of loving kindness!

Twelve inches high
Solid brass base
Turns with the heat of a 40 watt bulb (American)
Made in Sri Lanka
$50 plus $6 Shipping

ABOUT MANTRA LAMPS

When visiting the Shechen Monastery in Boudanath, Nepal, in the city of Katmandu, I noticed prayer wheels on the shrine in the Lhakong (temple). Mantras written on paper attached to metal fans, they gently revolved over the heat of butter lamps. Back in the dark northern winter of the States, I decided to make a prayer lamp that cast moving shadows on the wall, to remind me of the sun shining through leaves.

THE PROPORTIONS OF THE BUDDHA

The base of the Mantra Lamp is shaped according to the sacred geometry of the seated Buddha. These proportions are used throughout Buddhist art and architecture to communicate awakened mind.

ABOUT PRAYER WHEELS

Prayer wheels are used in Tibetan Buddhist countries such as Bhutan, Sikkim, Leh, Mustang, and Ladakh; they seem to have originated in Tibet from the saying that the Buddha "turned the wheel of the dharma," meaning that he taught the way of awakening to our true nature of freedom and compassion.

Mantras, short Sanscrit prayers, are used in the Tibetan tradition to arouse and invoke enlightenment. Mantras are often chanted, but written mantras are used in spiritual practice as well; they are carved in stone walls and the sides of mountains, they appear on prayer flags and on wheels that, when turned, have the same power to awaken our mind's essence.

Turning a prayer wheel is a meditation that anyone can do at any time, to purify the mind and generate good karma for future lives. Prayer wheels can be turned by hand, by water, or by the heat of lamps. Buddhist prayer wheels always revolve clockwise.

THE MANTRA
*OM* MANI *PADME *HUM*

The most well-known of Tibetan mantras, it represents the essence of compassion, as embodied by Avalokiteshvara, a great awakened being who vowed to remain in the cycle of rebirth until all beings are liberated.

"Om" is a syllable for an auspicious beginning.

"Mani" represents a gem that magically fulfills all wishes.

"Padme" is the lotus, flower of enlightenment, and

"Hum" is a powerful syllable that cuts through obstracles and confusion.

"Avalokiteshvara is like the moon
Whose cold light
Extinguishes the burning of samsara
In its rays the night-flowering lotus of compassion
Opens its petals."

Chogyam Trungpa, Rinpoche

Mantra Lamp © 2002 by Jeff Grygny

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c/o Jeff Grygny
4071 N. 90th Street
Milwaukee, WI
53222

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