Phakchok Rinpoche with his prayer wheel

Hi everyone,

as promised, here are photos of Rinpoche with his new prayer wheel. it is a 500,000 7-line prayer of  Guru Rinpoche on microfilm, and is made from 2 kinds of hardwoods, Maple and Walnut.

will upload some more from the teaching hall soon :-)

enjoy!

enjoy!

Phakchok Rinpoche Israel 2012

Hi everyone,

We were so very fortunate to have had Phakchok Rinpoche come to our little tiny country and give us precious teachings...

Here is a photo of him with my private prayer wheel which he loved so much :-)

on the last day, he called me and Ayelet to his room and asked us to make a special prayer wheel for him, one that has not been made before, it contained 500'000 7-line prayers of Guru Rinpoche inside on microfilm and was made from 2 different types of hardwood, handle and drum from Maple and both caps from Walnut. 

We went home that night and in the morning, I came in to the studio and lathed the wheel. By 11:30 it was coated with lacquer, and by 14:30 it was ready for delivery! It was with no doubt the fastest prayer wheel we ever made! By 15:30 we gave it to Rinpoche... he was so happy! 

Photos will be uploaded soon :-)

Micha Strauss

Mahogany Hardwood Mani Prayer Wheel

Hi everyone,

This is a new prayer wheel that was made from Mahogany hardwood. till not so long ago we could not make prayer wheels from this hardwood because when I lathe this kind of wood, it produces a fine red dust instead of wood chips like any other wood. This red fine dust settles on EVERYTHING.... so before we had our studio, this was not possible...

Now, we can make these beautiful prayer wheels!

Enjoy!

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New Prayer Wheel Testimonial Button

Hi everyone!
just wanted to tell you that we added a "Prayer Wheel Testimonial" button to our website.
may you all enjoy the kind words our customers have sent us over the years...
Micha & Ayelet Strauss
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Studio Is Making Prayer Wheels!

Hi everyone! 

the first 5 prayer wheels have been made in our new studio! this is amazing!! thank you all for all your support. non of this could have been accomplished without your help :-)

Studio Update

our new studio is closer then ever to its grand opening and our coming in and working there...

we had a very nice guy and his family come and have the entire ceiling covered in polyurethane foam for the insulation of the studio against the Israeli summer, and this week all the parts for the lathe will arrive and away we go!!

this is SO amazing... after years of making holy prayer wheels in the tooling room of the factory and Ayelet's finishing in our house, finely we can work like it was meant to be :-)

thank you everyone for helping us achieve this dream by believing in us and buying our prayer wheels, for without you, non of this would have been possible! 

will update as things move along, with some photos too....

As promised, some photos of the "Lathe Project"

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Our New (old) Lathe!

today we will receive and move the lathe we got as a gift! it is a bit old, but it is amazing! and it was a gift from the factory so it did not cost a dime... well, it still needs some new parts that will cost a bit, but still...

today after we finish working in the factory, a bunch of friends are helping us move it to it's new location, OUR STUDIO!! woo hoo!! this is SO exciting! we have been waiting patiently for 3.5 years for this to happen... and today it will..

on Tuesday, the man that will put the insulation on the celling will come and do his thing, and the studio is almost ready! this is just F A N T A S T I C!!

i will upload some photo of the moving of the lathe

thank you all!

Prayer Wheel Practice

I would like to say something about prayer wheels.

What do they mean for us? We should ask our selves that question, because it is the meaning that makes the difference in the outcome of our actions.

To me, a prayer wheel is very sacred and should be used with mindfulness and the right intention. When I spin the prayer wheel, I either chant the mantra out loud or if I am in a place where that is not an option, I chant the mantra in my mind. As I am chanting, internally or outwardly I am applying the visualizations given by Lama Zopa Rinpoche, either seeing the white light coming from the mantra in the spinning prayer wheel and growing and growing, purifying the negative karma of all beings, or seeing the opposite, where the prayer wheel is taking all the black smoke (karma) of all beings being vacuumed by the spinning wheel and the mantra inside, and as it comes to the center of the wheel it is being purified.

Then, at the end of the practice, I dedicate all the merit to all beings to close the practice

I found the practice of spinning a prayer wheel to be very comforting and bring much happiness into my own life, as well as huge benefit to all beings.

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