tenkani wrote:
Can anyone translate this prayer wheel thingy?
This looks like the Tibetan version of Om Mani Padme Hum , last two characters. Here's the whole enchilada, from wiki: Forget wiki, frickin' red x. Now then, another frickin' red x. Shit! f*ck! Serenity now!
[img height=108 src="http://www.dharma-haven.org/tibetan/manihum3.jpg" width=190 border=2] There it is!
[A href="http://www.fourgates.com/music/om-mani-padme-hung.wav"]
Listen to a Tibetan Monk chant the Om, Ma-Ni, Pad-Me, Hum[/A]
in Sanskrit, or "Om, Ma-ni, Pe-me, Hung," in Tibetan. Om Mani Padme Hum cannot be accurately translated into English. All such attempts at translation are very misleading. Think of it as a phrase which awakens compassion and loving-kindness for welfare of all beings.
...but it's generally understood as, y'know, "Hail, the Jewel in the Lotus..."
