WIDE UNISEX TIBETAN BUDDHIST 9 STONE OM MANTRA CUFF BRACELET TIBETAN CRAFTSMEN

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WIDE UNISEX TIBETAN BUDDHIST 9 STONE OM MANTRA CUFF BRACELET TIBETAN CRAFTSMEN
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Tibetan Buddhist unisex cuff bracelet
adorned with the Tibetan symbols for the mantra of compassion, Om Mani Padme Hum
slightly over 1 inch in width; metal portion is 7 1/4 inches
adjusts by gently bending
between each symbol is a dark Lapis blue stone
2 additional stones are on each end, for a total of 9
For more information about the Om mani mantra, please see below
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Tibetan Buddhists believe that saying the mantra (prayer),
Om Mani Padme Hum
, out loud or silently to oneself, invokes the powerful benevolent attention and blessings of Chenrezig, the embodiment of compassion.
14th Dalai Lama
"It is very good to recite the mantra Om mani padme hum, but while you are doing it, you should be thinking on its meaning, for the meaning of the six syllables is great and vast... The first, Om [...] symbolizes the practitioner's impure body, speech, and mind; it also symbolizes the pure exalted body, speech, and mind of a Buddha[...]"
"The path is indicated by the next four syllables. Mani, meaning jewel, symbolizes the factors of method: (the) altruistic intention to become enlightened, compassion, and love.[...]"
"The two syllables, padme, meaning lotus, symbolize wisdom[...]"
"Purity must be achieved by an indivisible unity of method and wisdom, symbolized by the final syllable hum, which indicates indivisibility[...]"
"Thus the six syllables, om mani padme hum, mean that in dependence on the practice of a path which is an indivisible union of method and wisdom, you can transform your impure body, speech, and mind into the pure exalted body, speech, and mind of a Buddha[...]"
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Symbolically a
dorje
represents the 'thunderbolt of enlightenment,' that abrupt change in human consciousness which is recognised by all the great religions as a pivotal episode in the lives of mystics and saints. Once "enlightened," the observer can detach from the personal importance of money, romance, food and even life itself. Happiness then comes from inside -- not outside -- of the observer who recognizes that he (or she) is part of the Creation.
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