Nice slate stone wallhanger with the mantra "Om Mani Padme Hum" around a double dorje symbol in the center.
The well-known mantra 'Om Mani Padme Hum' is probably the most recited mantra in Tibetan Buddhism. It invokes the boddhisattva Avalokiteshvara and calls upon the Jewel ('Mani') in the Lotus Flower ('Padme'); the Buddha nature that is the true core essence of all people.
The 'double dorje' or 'crossed dorje' symbolizes the principle of absolute stability, of finding solid ground in the middle of the universe. It is said that a vast crossed dorje underlies Mount Meru, the esoteric mountain in Hindu and Buddhist cosmology that is considered to be the centre of all universes. Thus the double dorje supports the entire physical universe.
A double dorje is often depicted as the central hub of intricate mandala representations, such as in thangka’s, where it forms the immoveable support or foundation of the mandala palace. But it can also be found on all kinds of other items, varying from jewelry to home decoration, and from ritual attributes to amulets.
This wallhanger has a diameter of 20 centimeters (measured without the square area with the eyelet) and weighs 845 grams.
