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Question about some symbols

boxsterboxster
edited January 2010 in Buddhism Basics
Hello there ,
i found very intresting Buddhist tattoo picture on the web. It looks amazing , but i was wondering what does it mean ?

http://www.eviltattoo.com/images/buddhisttat011.jpg

buddhisttat011.jpg

i dont know if here is the right place to ask , so if its not please excuse me.

Thank you in advance ,

Pavel

Comments

  • jinzangjinzang Veteran
    edited January 2010
    It's "om mani padme hum", the mantra of Avalokiteshvara. (Chenrezig in Tibetan.) The text is a little bit stylized.
  • boxsterboxster
    edited January 2010
    Thank you very much mate !
  • BrigidBrigid Veteran
    edited January 2010
    That's one of the most beautiful tats I've ever seen in my life.
  • DazzleDazzle
    edited January 2010
    It looks more like a stick-on one than the real thing !




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  • jovialpranksterjovialprankster
    edited January 2010
    Dazzle wrote: »
    It looks more like a stick-on one than the real thing !
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    By the way the skin is raised I think it's just been done.
    I like the look of tattoos in foreign text, but I sometimes wonder if tattooists in English speaking countries get it right. I mean, it could say anything :eek: and I saw one once that I'd swear was upside down.
  • FyreShamanFyreShaman Veteran
    edited January 2010
    I recommend Visible Mantra as a source for Tibetan and Sanskrit script for mantras, bijas etc.

    http://www.visiblemantra.org/mantra.html

    There are many stories about tattoos meaning something obscene instead of what you wanted, but I think most are apocryphal and relate to tales of the drunken silliness of Europeans in Asian countries. Tattoo artists I know don't like to do tatts like that, or names of lovers. Removal can be painful and ugly and a cover-up tattoo may be tricky.

    Google searches for images sometimes throw up some good ideas as well. ;)
  • PalzangPalzang Veteran
    edited January 2010
    A lot of the mantras on that site are misspelled in Tibetan, Yeshe. Badly.

    Palzang
  • BuddhaBobBuddhaBob
    edited January 2010
    I have that wrote on my backpack. Would like to get a sew-on patch of it, since the supposedly permanent marker I used isn't so permanent. But then, I suppose it could be used as an example of impermanence or something.

    But if I ever got a tattoo, that would be it.
  • PalzangPalzang Veteran
    edited January 2010
    Here ya go, BuddhaBob: http://www.snowlionpub.com/html/150.html

    Palzang
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