转经筒

转经筒（藏语：.mw-parser-output .uchen{font-family:"Qomolangma-Dunhuang","Qomolangma-Uchen Sarchen","Qomolangma-Uchen Sarchung","Qomolangma-Uchen Suring","Qomolangma-Uchen Sutung","Qomolangma-Title","Qomolangma-Subtitle","Qomolangma-Woodblock","DDC Uchen","DDC Rinzin",Kailash,"BabelStone Tibetan",Jomolhari,"TCRC Youtso Unicode","Tibetan Machine Uni",Wangdi29,"Noto Sans Tibetan","Microsoft Himalaya"}.mw-parser-output .ume{font-family:"Qomolangma-Betsu","Qomolangma-Chuyig","Qomolangma-Drutsa","Qomolangma-Edict","Qomolangma-Tsumachu","Qomolangma-Tsuring","Qomolangma-Tsutong","TibetanSambhotaYigchung","TibetanTsugRing","TibetanYigchung"}མ་ནི།，威利：ma ni）又称祈祷筒、嘛呢轮，是在藏传佛教寺院周围都装置有一批可依次转动的经轮。一般用布、绸、缎、牛羊皮包裹，也有用木、铜制成的。其表记刻有六字真言，筒内装满经典。依据藏传佛教的教证，凡转动经筒一回，等于诵读了一遍内藏经文。值得注意的是，转经筒一般为顺时针方向转动。近些年亦出现了电动转经筒。网络上有转向依照地球自转方向并不正确，若以地球目前认定方向来说，地球自转为逆时针旋转。但在宇宙中，东南西北的空间概念并不存在。传承有几种说法，至今传承未断。其中一个是：由五方佛将此法传授于狮面空行母，狮面空行母传予龙树菩萨，再让施主秋吉加布转动（甘珠尔）的法轮，大圣者马尔巴也得此法传承，并加以整理。还有一个是：观世音菩萨嘱咐龙树菩萨去龙宫，把龙王经轮带来南瞻部洲，龙树菩萨便以神通去了龙宫，把它带来了南瞻部洲。此后，有关经轮的种种教法便由龙树菩萨传予狮面空行母，再辗转传至帝洛巴、那洛巴、玛尔巴及冈波巴等，后来到了大宝法王嘎玛巴希的手中，再经历代祖师传下来。