Biggest. Mantra. Ever.

Throughout history, Buddhists have loved to build really big things. Here are but a few examples:

• The Buddhas of Bamiyan
  
• The Stupa of Borobudur
  
• Tian Tan Buddha (天壇大佛)
  
• The Daibutsu (大仏 or 大佛) of Japan
  
• The Giant Buddha of Leshan (樂山大佛)
  
• India's plan to build the world's biggest Buddha statue
  
• and China's bid to outdo them

And now, we have the world's Biggest. Mantra. Ever. From Siberian News Online:

Gyudmed Tantric Monastery monks, who are on a visit in Tuva, have finished their work at the world's biggest Buddhist mantra. In the opinion of all the participants of the unique project, the mantra is to hasten the visit of His Holiness Dalai Lama to the republic. The mantra of Chenrezig, the Buddha of Compassion, "Om mani padme hum" is made of huge stones on the side of Dogee Mountain, known as Lenin Peak. One can have a picturesque view on Kyzyl, the capital of Tuva, from the top of this mountain, IA Tuva-Online reports.


The length of the holy mantra is 120 m. It took 500 kilos of white paint to paint the stones. 'Tibetan Buddhists usually engrave holy mantras on the stones. A great many of them can be seen on the mountainous slopes and passes, as Tupten Shakia, the monk group leader, explained. However, there is hardly such a huge mantra made of big stones even in Tibet, he noted.
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The mantra construction of the Buddha of Compassion, whose embodiment on the Earth is His Holiness Dalai Lama, started when the spiritual leader of the Buddhists visited Mongolia, the neighboring country. The mantra capable of accumulation and spreading of the tremendous positive energy was built with a wish of longevity to Dalai Lama and prayers for spiritual merits of Tuvan people to help to remove the obstacles preventing the meeting of Buddhist Tuva with its spiritual teacher.

This mantra hasn't shown up on Google Maps yet, but a similar previous offering may be found here:

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