Handmade Tibetan OM Mantra Pendant

Handmade Tibetan OM Mantra Pendant

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The tibetan beads is a sacred symbol of peace and good energy. It has been used as a religious instrument throughout the recorded history of religious music in Tibet. It symbolizes the fearless spread of the Buddha's true teachings - known as the dharma - in all directions, and the call to wake up to enlightenment out of the sleep of ignorance. Conch shells can coil either to the right or the left, but right-coiling ones are rare and are seen as being particularly sacred, because it is believed that the heavenly bodies also follow a right spiraling motion.
The Endless Knot overlaps without a beginning or an end, symbolizing the Buddha's endless wisdom and compassion. It is an abstract geometric design that turns back in on itself in an endless complex pattern. The knot represents a connection, a link with our fates, binding us to our karmic destiny. The Knot is also infinite, and so represents Buddha's infinite compassion and wisdom.
The Victory Banner, in Sanskrit is known as the dhvaja, meaning banner, standard, flag or ensign. Within the Tibetan Buddhist tradition a list of eleven specific forms of the victory banner are given for overcoming the powers of evil. It is symbolic of Buddhism's inevitable triumph over ignorance, death and all the other evils of the world. Buddha is said to have used the banner to indicate victory of knowledge over stupidity and also to indicate his triumph over the four Maras, demons of spiritual adversity, on his path to attaining Nirvana. Those Maras represent desire, emotional impurity, fear of death and pride and are obstacles on the path to immortality.
The Wheel, is an ancient Indian symbol of creation, sovereignty, protection, and the sun. Buddhism adopted the Wheel as a symbol of the process of learning and understanding the Buddha's teachings. It is said the Buddha's first disciples became enlightened during the course of three "turnings of the wheel" , in other words cycles of listening to his words and absorbing their import. Thus, the Wheel represents the process, of turning the wheel both in terms of studying and understanding, so as to bring the joy of Nirvana.
 The two thin bands encircling Woods' wrist came up on Sunday, near the end of his interview with Golf Channel reporter Kelly Tilghman. Woods also spoke to ESPN. The interviews were his first since Woods' serial infidelity became known late last year and he began undergoing therapy.

Tilghman said she noticed the bracelet and asked what it meant.

"It's Buddhist," Woods said, referring to his childhood faith. "It's for protection and strength. And I certainly need that,"

Woods explained he had been wearing the bracelet since before he went into treatment and he would wear it during the Masters. Beyond that, he didn't discuss its significance or origin.

However, it is common for Buddhists to wear such items as a reminder of their faith, said Jimmy Yu, professor of Buddhist and Chinese Studies at Florida State University in Tallahassee.