{"product_id":"mantra-cylinder-protection-necklace","title":"Mantra Cylinder Protection Necklace","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis shape is not arbitrary. It is a prayer wheel that doesn't turn.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTibetan prayer wheels are cylinders with mantra wrapped around the outside and rolled scripture sealed inside, and \u003cstrong\u003eturning one is held to be equivalent to reciting what it carries\u003c\/strong\u003e. Hand-held ones spin on a shaft. The big ones line monastery walls and get turned by everyone walking past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is that form reduced to something you can wear. It does not open. The mantra runs around the outside of the cylinder, where a full-size wheel would also hold scripture within it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOm mani padme hum. Six syllables, the most recited words in Tibetan Buddhism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFor anyone with a practice they keep to themselves.\u003c\/strong\u003e It reads as a plain steel cylinder to anybody who cannot read the script.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWearing it\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt hangs vertically and turns freely on the bail, so the mantra faces different ways as you move. Closer to how the original works than a flat pendant would be. The steel needs nothing at all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA good first Tibetan piece, because it carries the most recited words in the tradition and asks nothing of you beyond wearing it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMaterial:\u003c\/strong\u003e 316L stainless steel\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePendant size:\u003c\/strong\u003e 45mm cylinder\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInscription:\u003c\/strong\u003e Om mani padme hum in Tibetan script, around the circumference\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eChain:\u003c\/strong\u003e Optional, 60cm default. 50cm and 70cm available on request\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCare:\u003c\/strong\u003e Waterproof, will not fade or plate off\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Earth Tibet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52407254941998,"sku":"200001033:201447815#No Chain","price":44.8,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/4807\/7102\/files\/mantra-cylinder-protection-necklace-1.webp?v=1787728958","url":"https:\/\/www.earthtibet.com\/products\/mantra-cylinder-protection-necklace","provider":"Earth Tibet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}