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3 unusual facts about Om mani padme hum


Cloud Platform at Juyongguan

Stele of Sulaiman – a 1348 stele at the Mogao Caves with the Buddhist mantra Om mani padme hum inscribed in the same six scripts as at the Cloud platform.

Padme

Om mani padme hum, a mantra particularly associated with the four-armed Shadakshari form of Avalokiteśvara

The Jew in the Lotus

The title is a pun on the Tibetan mantra Om mani padme hum which is frequently misinterpreted as "hail to the jewel in the lotus."


Tibetan prayer wheel

The cylinders of fixed prayer wheels are often inscribed with the formula “Om mani padme hum” (meaning “jewel in the lotus”) in ornamental Lantsa (Ranjana) letters.


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