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 (or in Sanskrit; visvavajra) is a symbol very common in Buddhism and Hinduism. It shows dorje-heads going into all four cardinal directions from the central hub, which 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 center and axis of all worlds, both inside ourselves and outside, and both the physical and non-physical worlds. Thus the double dorje supports the entire universe and also symbolizes a perfect balance between spirit and matter, heaven and earth, wisdom and compassion (the divine feminine and divine masculine).
Being a symbol of indestructability, 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. Also the symbol is often found on for example depictions and statues of buddhist deities, ritual attributes, amulets, furniture and fabrics
This wallhanger has a diameter of 20 centimeters (measured without the square area with the eyelet) and weighs 845 grams.
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