"Om Mani Padme Hung" Bracelet

This sterling silver bracelet has the mantra "Om Mani Padme Hung" in 24K gold plated Tibetan script. This is the preeminent mantra in Tibetan Buddhism. It fills prayer wheels, is carved in wood and stone throughout the Buddhist Himalaya, and seems to never be far from the lips of devout Tibetans. The mantra is closely associated with Chenrezig (Sanskrit: Avalokiteswara). Chenrezig is the very embodiment of compassion, and as many of you know, His Holiness the Dalai Lama is considered to be an emanation of Chenrezig by Tibetan Buddhists.

Though he is a world leader whose country has been taken away and claimed by another nation, and whose people have suffered all manner of atrocities at the hands of the invaders, he remains steadfast in his conviction that non-violence and compassion are the only real and lasting means to resolve conflict.

The mantra, pronounced "Om Mani Peme Hu" by Tibetans, has certain vibratory qualities, which are meant to evoke compassion in us. Clearly a useful means to a desirable end. If a person were wearing such a bracelet as this, hopefully every time they looked down at their wrist, the site of this mantra would bring them back to mindfulness. A reminder that personal and global change depends in large part on compassion.