Om Mani Padme Hum ( Hail the jewel i the lotus) is a six syllable invocation (Mantra) of Avlokiteswara one who is invoked as the savior and the Protector from danger. One who recites this mantra ..Om Mani Padme Hum he will be saved from all danger and will be protected. So this mantra Om Mani Padme Hum is widely found in every field of Mahayana Buddhism. One can find this Mantra Om Mani Padme Hum incribed on rocks, prayer wheels, Chaitya walls, loose stones heaped as Main (jewels) on roads, paths, mountain passes, the approaches and exits of villages. One can find this Mantra Om Mani Padme Hum inscribed outwardly in the prayer wheels and millions of this Mantra insides the prayer wheels. One who turns one round of this prayer wheel, it means he recities millions of this mantra Om Mani Padme Hum . As this Mantra Om Mani Padme Hum saves from all dangers people used it as pendant, rings etc. for the protection.
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