Small silver Ghau Mantra pendant

Small silver ghau pendant with the mantra Om Mani Padme Hum(ཨོཾ་མ་ཎི་པདྨེ་ཧཱུྃ).

A ghau (also known as a gao) is a traditional Tibetan medallion in which written prayers or relics are traditionally kept. This variant is used for decorative purposes and cannot be opened. The Ghau pendant is handmade for us in a traditional workshop in Nepal.

Dimensions:

• Length: approx. 24 mm
• Diameter: approx. 11 mm
• Eyelet diameter: approx. 5 mm

Fits perfectly with the silver and snake necklaces from Atelier Tibet (available separately).

Om Mani Padme Hum(ཨོཾ་མ་ཎི་པདྨེ་ཧཱུྃ) is probably the best-known mantra in Tibetan Buddhism. It is attributed to the Bodhisattva of compassion, Avalokiteshvara (Chenrezig in Tibetan), and is a central element of the spiritual practice of many Buddhists. The mantra consists of six syllables, each of which has a deeper symbolic meaning:

1. Om (ཨོཾ་) - Purifies pride and ego
2. Ma (མ་) - Purifies jealousy and desire for pleasure
3. Ni (ཎི་) - Purifies passion and desire
4. Pad (པད་) - Purifies stupidity and prejudice
5. Me (མེ་) - Purifies poverty and possessiveness
6. Hum (ཧཱུྃ་) - Purifies hatred and aggression

Together, the mantra stands for the transformation of the impurities of the mind into the wisdom and compassion of an enlightened being.