#dharma wheel

[nununiverse]

Dharma Wheel

[6-evil-6-soul-6]

Mix of some ancient Shintō symbols

[lioninsunheart]

Just because...<3

“This wild Kingfisher's grandparent, I found in the garden, nearly dead, some years ago. Nursed him back to health, and set him free. The next morning, the family swooped down, past me, in gratitude. A couple of years later, I awoke to find the next generation, a parent of this bird, waiting for me on the terrace, his wing seemed broken. I picked him up and examined him. He never flinched, and stared deeply into my eyes. A thorn had locked his wing from operating. I pulled it out, and set him free. Without fail, he passes my window every day at the same time, crying out to me. This baby, sat in the tree, eye to eye with me, then flew directly to my hand, and sat there for several minutes, before flying away. Intuition, compassion, good intent, those essences of love, was all we had. Pure, unspoken. An energy that has no end, and passes silently onward, much further than we can imagine.”

-Zul Fikar-Universal Awakening-

[didanawisgi]

Acala or Achala (Sanskrit: अचल "Immovable") is a dharmapala (protector of the Dharma)

[pinkumiilku]

“To you, embodiment of all the Buddhas’ actions, I prostrate always — whether I am in happy or unhappy circumstances — with my body, speech and mind.”

[stitpics]

China 2014. Another amazing incense burner at a buddhist temple in Lijiang. Note the prayer wheels in the background and the dharma wheel etc on the roof.

[tattooed-alchemist]

I put together a mock-up of my Wheel for Vernal (”into spring”) using a dharma wheel design I printed on cardstock, two kinds of tape and plastic wrap.  The poster paper slices still want to curl badly from years of being stored that way and a plastic wrap layer helped to smush the whole thing flat so I could stand it on edge.

I’m liking this as proof of concept, and I think getting a bit of archival printing done on appropriate printers and paper could give me the pieces I need to assemble what I’m imagining. I have to spend some serious time on all the info I want to put on the face of this.

To stand up the wooden round, it’s propped up on a wooden box that has a mirror inside the lid, which opens up to form a mirror stand.  The box has had a few magickal purposes over the years, and may be resurfaced/redesigned to make it a permanent companion to the wheel.

[shadowdogdesigns]

(via Dharma Wheel Mandala Necklace, Dharmachakra Handmade Gemstone Jewelry | Shadow Dog Designs)