Om Mani Padme Hum Bracelet

Om Mani Padme Hum is a Buddhist mantra and is inscribed in Sanskrit on the bracelet in the above photo.

Tibetan Buddhists believe that saying the mantra (prayer), Om Mani Padme Hum,
out loud or silently to oneself, invokes the powerful benevolent attention and
blessings of Chenrezig, the embodiment of compassion. Viewing the written form
of the mantra is said to have the same effect -- it is often carved into stones,
like the one pictured above, and placed where people can see them.

Picked the bracelet up this past week when I was in Bloomington having lunch with Miki. Much more about the mantra and Buddhism and Chenrezig, the embodiment of compassion (bears repeating), here, which is the sourse of the above quote.