identify this symbol (tibetan buddhist?) - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

lurkette · 08-29-2005, 09:12 AM

I just bought an amulet off Ebay to house a small amount of my brother's ashes, and it says one side has hand-inscribed "ten freedoms from wordly cares" but I can't find any reference to such a symbol. Does anyone know what this symbol (pictured below) is really called?

hunnychile · 08-29-2005, 09:35 AM

I'll ask a friend who is Chinese when I meet with him later today. Perhaps he will know.

kangaeru · 08-29-2005, 04:00 PM

That is definitely not chinese or japanese kanji.

08-29-2005, 06:27 PM

It might be an Om (AUM) - http://www.lotussculpture.com/my_articles_om.htm

noodle · 08-29-2005, 06:40 PM

yeah, it's the stylized Om. I have one around my neck I don't take off.

lurkette · 08-29-2005, 07:01 PM

I'm not sure it's an Om...I saw it as well on this picture, taken at Jokhang Temple in China (it's the symbol on the top "petal") so I'm not sure it's Hindu...might be the Tibetan equivalent of the "Om," though, I suppose.

08-30-2005, 05:00 AM

Yeah, there you go, A Tibetan Om:
http://images.google.com/images?q=tibetan%20om]

e.g. http://www.dharmashop.com/details.mgi?NUM=jp002

lurkette · 08-30-2005, 06:16 AM

Aaaaah...thank you!

08-29-2005, 09:12 AM	#1 (permalink)
lurkette My future is coming on Moderator Emeritus Location: east of the sun and west of the moon	identify this symbol (tibetan buddhist?) I just bought an amulet off Ebay to house a small amount of my brother's ashes, and it says one side has hand-inscribed "ten freedoms from wordly cares" but I can't find any reference to such a symbol. Does anyone know what this symbol (pictured below) is really called? __________________ "If ten million people believe a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing." - Anatole France

08-29-2005, 09:35 AM	#2 (permalink)
hunnychile Alien Anthropologist Location: Between Boredom and Nirvana	I'll ask a friend who is Chinese when I meet with him later today. Perhaps he will know. __________________ "I need compassion, understanding and chocolate." - NJB

08-29-2005, 04:00 PM	#3 (permalink)
kangaeru Crazy Location: on the road to where I want to be...	That is definitely not chinese or japanese kanji. __________________ Dont be afraid to change who you are for what you could become

08-29-2005, 07:01 PM	#6 (permalink)
lurkette My future is coming on Moderator Emeritus Location: east of the sun and west of the moon	I'm not sure it's an Om...I saw it as well on this picture, taken at Jokhang Temple in China (it's the symbol on the top "petal") so I'm not sure it's Hindu...might be the Tibetan equivalent of the "Om," though, I suppose. __________________ "If ten million people believe a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing." - Anatole France

08-30-2005, 06:16 AM	#8 (permalink)
lurkette My future is coming on Moderator Emeritus Location: east of the sun and west of the moon	Aaaaah...thank you! __________________ "If ten million people believe a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing." - Anatole France

08-29-2005, 06:27 PM	#4 (permalink)
zen_tom Guest	It might be an Om (AUM) - http://www.lotussculpture.com/my_articles_om.htm

08-30-2005, 05:00 AM	#7 (permalink)
zen_tom Guest	Yeah, there you go, A Tibetan Om: http://images.google.com/images?q=tibetan%20om] e.g. http://www.dharmashop.com/details.mgi?NUM=jp002