Thangka Om Mani Padme Hum

Description

Thanka Om Mani Padme Hum

Hand-painted on canvas

Size: approx. H 80 x B 67 cm

Size interior image: approx. H 29 x B 29 cm

Om Mani Padme Hum (Healing of the Jewel in the Lotus) is a six-syllable invocation (mantra) of Avlokiteswara, who is invoked as the savior and the protector from danger. One who recites this mantra is said to be saved and protected from all dangers. So this mantra is widespread in all areas of Mahayana Buddhism. One finds this mantra on rocks, prayer wheels, chaitya walls, loose stones heaped as Mani Gwels on roads, paths, mountain passes, the entrances and exits of villages. One can find this mantra engraved on the prayer wheels and millions of this mantra on the prayer wheels. Whoever turns this prayer wheel recites millions of this mantra. Since this mantra is supposed to protect against all dangers, people used it as pendants, rings, etc. for protection.

(Healing of the Jewel in the Lotus) is a six-syllable invocation (mantra) of Avlokiteswara, who is invoked as the savior and the protector from danger. One who recites this mantra is said to be saved and protected from all dangers. So this mantra is widespread in all areas of Mahayana Buddhism. One finds this mantra on rocks, prayer wheels, chaitya walls, loose stones heaped as Mani Gwels on roads, paths, mountain passes, the entrances and exits of villages. One can find this mantra engraved on the prayer wheels and millions of this mantra on the prayer wheels. Whoever turns this prayer wheel recites millions of this mantra. Since this mantra is supposed to protect against all dangers, people used it as pendants, rings, etc. for protection.

A (Buddhist) thangka, loosely translated as “something rollable”, or something “to roll”, is painted with opaque colors.

Cotton or silk fabric, often with ornate borders and sub-fabrics.

As a rule, wooden struts are used on the upper and lower edge, often with decorative buttons and two long ribbons.

Thangkas are used for Buddhist meditation, at home, during parades, and also in temples and processions.
Mostly deities, lamas, Buddhas, or Bodhisattvas are represented,
also the wheel of life or other symbols of Buddhism.

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