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Our hearts are with H.E. Garchen Rinpoche 🙏
Rinpoche and us at the Garchen Buddhist Institute back in 2019 Dear Sangha A few days ago, we all got word that Rinpoche is going through a viral infection and is ill. Rinpoche is a very powerful being. he has gone through a lot of hardships in his life and has crossed them all to the other side. But this life is not forever… we all know that. We come here, we are born, we live, we get old and sick, we die. This is not news for anyone here (I assume) This moment, when a very

Micha Strauss
Jul 305 min read


How to spin a prayer wheel — H.E. Garchen Rinpoche's guidance
H.E. Garchen Rinpoche spinning one of our handcrafted world peace prayer wheels during teachings at the Garchen Buddhist Institute Many people who receive a prayer wheel for the first time ask the same question — am I doing this correctly? Here is what H.E. Garchen Rinpoche himself teaches. Choose the right size Rinpoche is clear on this: "The size of the prayer wheel is ideally moderate — if it is too large, it is sometimes inconvenient to turn, and if it is too small, it is

Micha Strauss
Jul 203 min read


What happens every time you spin a prayer wheel?
H.E. Garchen Rinpoche teaches that every spin of a prayer wheel generates 10 billion mantras for all beings. Discover the full teaching here.

Micha Strauss
Jul 162 min read


Rinpoche asked us to do this — and we did it
Dear friends and Sangha, Last year, H.E. Garchen Rinpoche made a request of us. He asked us to create a prayer wheel that could reach more people — machine made, to his exact specifications, at a price that more beings could afford. After 18 years of crafting prayer wheels one by one by hand, we took that request to heart. We self-imported a CNC machine directly from China — no easy feat — learned CNC machining from scratch, and programmed the machines ourselves. We tested ev

Micha Strauss
Jul 92 min read


Some clarifications on a few subjects ;-)
here is our new HEGR prayer wheels! they can be found on our prayerwheel shop for purchase

Micha Strauss
Jun 255 min read


surely did not miss this! :-(
war again... we did not miss this!
when will this end?
may there be peace on earth!

Micha Strauss
Jun 83 min read


update on what is going on
some amazing news to share with you all out there about what is going on in our little lives as prayer wheel makers living in Israel

Micha Strauss
May 265 min read


Today, only good news to share!
we now make machine made prayer wheels!!! this took us 18 years to arrive at but we have! you can now own one of our prayer wheels for a more affordable price than we could have offered before.

Micha Strauss
May 108 min read


H.E. Garchen Rinpoche's 90th birthday!
just an update on what is going on and Garchen Rinpoche's 90th birthday!

Micha Strauss
Apr 126 min read


War update number 7
war update number 7 from the prayer wheel makers living in Israel

Micha Strauss
Mar 278 min read


War update number 6
war update number 6 of the prayerwheel makers living in Israel

Micha Strauss
Mar 207 min read


War update number 5
war update number 5

Micha Strauss
Mar 158 min read


War update number 4
war with Iran 2026. update number 4 by Micha & Ayelet the prayerwheel makers living in Israel

Micha Strauss
Mar 127 min read


War update number 3
War update number 3

Micha Strauss
Mar 85 min read


Just sharing some thoughts with y'all
sharing some thoughts with all who are interested.

Micha Strauss
Mar 59 min read


WAR updates number 2
war update number 2

Micha Strauss
Mar 38 min read


WAR updates number 1
war updates

Micha Strauss
Mar 15 min read


WAR
war has begun

Micha Strauss
Feb 281 min read


All new wind powered World Peace Prayerwheels are here!
now available for purchase on the shop page, world peace wind powered prayerwheels! two colors to choose from and two options on how to fill them!

Micha Strauss
Jan 224 min read


G-Pay is now available!
new ways to pay!! we now accept
G-Pay and credit cards through them!

Micha Strauss
Jan 53 min read
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