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| Seated Buddha - his hands form the mudra (dharmachakra) which symbolizes the setting into motion of the wheel of teaching the dharma. His elongated ear lobes once held the heavy ornaments that were part of his princely former life, which he renounced. | "Kalachakra" is Sanskrit for Time (kala) Wheel (chakra) and is broadly taken to mean cycles of time in Tibetan Buddhism. | "Om Mane Padme Hum", written in Tibetan, is translated as "Hail to the Jewel in the Lotus", a phrase with many layers of meaning which is also used as a mantra. |