2022
DOI: 10.1177/00377686221083116
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What is the value of a Tibetan prayer wheel?

Abstract: With Buddhism’s integration into the global market economy, the trade in Buddhist commodities is booming. I ask how the value of such goods is measured, communicated, and contested by the diverse range of actors who buy and sell them. The analytical framework draws on recent conceptual developments in the fields of religion and of technology to develop Jens Beckert’s typology of value. While Beckert draws on Durkheim’s sociology of religion to differentiate between physical and symbolic values, I take the exam… Show more

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“…Prayer Wheel is a cylindrical wheel on a spindle made from metal, wood, stone, leather, or coarse cotton, widely used in Tibet. Within the prayer wheel cylinder is a tightly wound roll of printed mantras, that is invocations containing subliminal messages with symbolic value that invoke compassion (Brox, 2022).…”
Section: Left Eye and Right Ear Subliminal Trainingmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Prayer Wheel is a cylindrical wheel on a spindle made from metal, wood, stone, leather, or coarse cotton, widely used in Tibet. Within the prayer wheel cylinder is a tightly wound roll of printed mantras, that is invocations containing subliminal messages with symbolic value that invoke compassion (Brox, 2022).…”
Section: Left Eye and Right Ear Subliminal Trainingmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Recent studies associated non-conscious mechanisms with higher mental processes such as various control processes as well as working memory (Ηassin, 2013). Scientists agree that a sign of expertise and mastery is considered the execution of skills without conscious awareness (Bargh & Morsella, 2008;2022). Although most people agree that learning requires conscious awareness, the research reveals that subliminal learning maybe holds the keys to higher forms of intelligence.…”
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