Om Mani Padme Hum (ཨོཾ་མ་ཎི་པ་དྨེ་ཧཱུྃ) Mantra Chanting

The mantra “Om Mani Padme Hum” (Tibetan: ཨོཾ་མ་ཎི་པ་དྨེ་ཧཱུྃ) is the best-known prayer in Tibetan Buddhism and is attributed to the Bodhisattva of Compassion, Avalokiteshvara (Tibetan: Chenrezig). In Tibet, it is often pronounced as “Om Mani Peme Hung”. It symbolises the wish for liberation from suffering for all sentient beings. The meaning of the six syllables: Each syllable purifies a specific emotional state and is associated with the six realms of existence: Om (ཨོཾ): Purifies pride (the realm of the gods) Ma (མ་): Purifies jealousy (the realm of the demi-gods) Ni (ཎི་): Purifies passion/desire (human realm) Pad (པ་): Purifies ignorance (animal realm) Me (དྨེ་): Purifies greed (hungry ghost realm) Hum (ཧཱུྃ): Purifies hatred/aggression (the realm of hell). Symbolism and translation. Literally, the mantra can be translated from Sanskrit as ‘The Jewel in the Lotus’.

May it serve you in your best and highest good!

Namaskar,
Michael