This is something bizarre extracted from some chinese forum, but the source is quite reliable so I thought I would share it with everyone.
These are mani pills made by the previous Domo Geshe Rinpoche, last time in Tibet it was said one single pill was worth the value of a horse, meaning you use one horse to trade for one pill, and one horse at that time was what a BMW is worth today. And before the transaction, the buyer would tie the mani pill on a horse and shoot the horse with a gun, only when the horse was proven unharmed that the transaction was made, bizarre...i know
And it was said that Domo Geshe Rinpoche went to jail for a while for making it because it encouraged violence, something like that. Maybe bad people would buy it to rob or kill or something.
And some lamas said that if the weapon used is clean, the person wearing the mani pill would not be harmed, but if the weapon (knife or gun) used is contaminated, then the person would be harmed...
This should go into Ripley's Believe It or Not! Anyone care to get one and try? I don't mind giving you a shot just to prove the effectiveness.