Prayer Wheels
Pennabilli - Emilia Romagna (Italy)
On saturday 30th July 2005, during his second visit, His Holiness the Dalai Lama inaugurated the "Bell of Lhasa" monument in order to commemorate the great Capuchin missionary fr.Orazio of Pennabilli.
The bell is the exact copy of the one that was located in the Capuchin monastery built at Lhasa in 1725, when fr.Orazio was the Prefect of the mission.
Three manikorlo or Tibetan prayer wheels have been put on the monument next to the bell to symbolise the dialogue between religions in favour of peace and harmony among mankind.
The buddist mantra "Om mani padme hum" is impressed on these prayer wheels as well as on those situated around all Tibetan temples.
The turning of the wheels means the same as sending a prayer to the sky, like the sound of the bell.
Prayer Wheels
Pennabilli - Emilia Romagna (Italy)
On saturday 30th July 2005, during his second visit, His Holiness the Dalai Lama inaugurated the "Bell of Lhasa" monument in order to commemorate the great Capuchin missionary fr.Orazio of Pennabilli.
The bell is the exact copy of the one that was located in the Capuchin monastery built at Lhasa in 1725, when fr.Orazio was the Prefect of the mission.
Three manikorlo or Tibetan prayer wheels have been put on the monument next to the bell to symbolise the dialogue between religions in favour of peace and harmony among mankind.
The buddist mantra "Om mani padme hum" is impressed on these prayer wheels as well as on those situated around all Tibetan temples.
The turning of the wheels means the same as sending a prayer to the sky, like the sound of the bell.