NOVEMBER 23 // JAKAR
PRAYER WHEELS ARE A CONSTANT FIXTURE. YOU OFTEN SEE OLDER PEOPLE SPENDING THEIR DAYS SPINNING THEM TO ENSURE GOOD FORTUNE FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES. THE CYLINDRICAL WHEELS, WHICH COME IN SMALL HAND-HELD OR HUGE POWERED VERSIONS, ARE FILLED WITH PRAYERS WHICH ARE "SAID" EACH TIME THE WHEEL IS TURNED. MONKS AND DEVOTEES SPIN THE WHEELS TO GAIN ADDITIONAL MERIT AND TO CONCENTRATE THE MIND ON THE MANTRAS AND PRAYERS THEY ARE RECITING.
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Daryl hawk is a Connecticut-based photographer, writer and adventurer whose articles have appeared in magazines worldwide. He is also the host and producer of the television show The Unconventional Traveler. His Bhutan road trip was an official Explorers Club expedition.
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