i just cant decide.
and now ive looked even more into this other idea i had, and am leaning towards this image.
so let me know what you think, where it would look good, etc. thanks.
oh and ps--i just like to know what my friends think...im not going to base my final decision on what anyone says. period. why? because i do what i want. LoL. ok, yeah, so here's the image, and a little info on it if you dont know what it represents:
Om Mani Padme Hum is a mantra widely practiced in Tibetan Buddhism but what does it mean?
The sacred syllable Om (or Aum) predates Buddhism and was a verbal symbol that is found in the sacred scriptures known as the Upanishads. In broad terms it symbolizes the experience of the complete realization of the divine through which the narrow confines of the ego are shattered. According to Rabindranath Tagore, it 'is the symbolic word for the infinite, the perfect, the eternal'.
It is said that all the teachings of the Buddha are contained in this mantra: Om Mani Padme Hum can not really be translated into a simple phrase or sentence.
All of the Dharma is based on Buddha's discovery that suffering is unnecessary: Like a disease, once we really face the fact that suffering exists, we can look more deeply and discover it's cause; and when we discover that the cause is dependent on certain conditions, we can explore the possibility of removing those conditions.
Gen Rinpoche, in his commentary on the Meaning said:
"The mantra Om Mani Pädme Hum is easy to say yet quite powerful,
because it contains the essence of the entire teaching. When you say
the first syllable Om it is blessed to help you achieve perfection in the
practice of generosity, Ma helps perfect the practice of pure ethics,
and Ni helps achieve perfection in the practice of tolerance and
patience. Päd, the fourth syllable, helps to achieve perfection of perseverance, Me helps achieve perfection in the practice of concentration, and the final sixth syllable Hum helps achieve perfection in the practice of wisdom.
So in this way recitation of the mantra helps achieve perfection in the six practices from generosity to wisdom. The path of these six perfections is the path walked by all the Buddhas of the three times.”
[[EDIT]] I ULTIMATELY DECIDED AGAINST THIS IDEA, SINCE IT'S SO EARLY IN MY LIFE AND I STILL DO NOT KNOW WHAT I BELIEVE, WHAT RELIGION I FOLLOW, ETC.