In this text the mantra is seen as the condensed form of all Buddhist teachings. It first appeared in the Mahayana Kraavyhastra where it is also referred to as the sadaksara and the paramahrdaya, or innermost heart of Avalokiteshvara. This mantra is also known as the Great.O mai padme h is the six-syllabled Sanskrit mantra particularly associated with the four-armed Shadakshari form of Avalokiteshvara, the bodhisattva of compassion.

OmSets out a history of the famous Buddhist mantra, Om Manipadme Hum, and offers new insights on its meaning. It is said that you should not seek for Buddhahood outside of yourself the substances for the achievement of Buddhahood are within. It is very good to recite the mantra Om mani padme hum, but while you are doing it, you should be thinking on its meaning, for the meaning of the six syllables is great and vast. Burmese pronunciation: Korean: (Om Mani Banme Hum) or (Om Mani Padeume Hum) Japanese : (mu Mani Padom Fmu) or (Omu Mani Peme Fumu) however in practice a Japanese pronunciation of , such as on ma nei hatsu mi un , is used, e.

The word Mani means 'jewel' or 'bead', Padme is the ' lotus flower' (the Eastern sacred flower), and Hum represents the spirit of enlightenment. The first word Aum/Om is a sacred syllable in various Indian religions. In this text the mantra is seen as the condensed form of all Buddhist teachings. It first appeared in the Mahayana Kāraṇḍavyūhasūtra where it is also referred to as the sadaksara (six syllabled) and the paramahrdaya, or “innermost heart” of Avalokiteshvara.

Sanskrit writing does not have capital letters and this means that capitalisation of transliterated mantras varies from all caps, to initial caps, to no caps. In English, the mantra is variously transliterated, depending on the schools of Buddhism as well as individual teachers.Most authorities consider maṇipadme to be one compound word rather than two simple words. The mantra has also been adapted into Chinese Taoism. Due to the increased interactions between Chinese Buddhists and Tibetans and Mongolians during the 11th century, the mantra also entered Chinese Buddhism. It is also an ever present feature of the landscape, commonly carved onto rocks, known as mani stones, painted into the sides of hills or else it is written on prayer flags and prayer wheels.

Khalkha: Ум мани бадмэ хум (Um mani badme khum) Sanskrit: ॐ मणि पद्मे हूँ (om mani padme hum) Tibetan: ཨོཾ་མ་ཎི་པདྨེ་ཧཱུྃ ( Tibetan Pinyin: Om Mani Bêmê Hum) IAST (Roman alphabet): Oṃ Maṇi Padme Hūṃ

Korean: 옴 마니 반메 훔 (Om Mani Banme Hum) or 옴 마니 파드메 훔 (Om Mani Padeume Hum) Chinese: 唵嘛呢叭咪吽 ( ǎn má ní bā mī hōng) or 唵嘛呢叭𠺗吽 ( ǎn má ní bā miē hōng) or 唵嘛呢叭𡄣吽 ( ǎn má ní bā mí hōng) or 唵麼抳缽訥銘吽 ( ǎn mó ní bō nè míng hōng) Tangut: 𗙫𗏵𗐱𗴟𗘺𗦀 ·a mja nji pja mjij xo

Odia: ଓ‍ଁ ମଣି ପଦ୍ମେ ହୁଁ (Oṃ Maṇi Padme Huṃ) Bengali: ওঁ মণি পদ্মে হুঁ (Om Moni Pôdde hum) Assamese: ওঁ মণি পদ্মে হুঁ (Öm Moni Podme hum) Pracalit (Newari): 𑑉 𑐩𑐞𑐶 𑐥𑐡𑑂𑐩𑐾 𑐴𑐸𑑃 Hindi: ॐ मणि पद्मे हूँ (om mani padme hum) In translations and adaptations of Journey to the West.

It includes the six-syllable mantra written in six different scripts: Lantsa , Tibetan , Uighur , 'Phags-pa , Tangut , Chinese. Tagalog (Filipino): ᜂᜋ᜔ ᜋᜈᜒ ᜉᜇ᜔ ᜋᜒ ᜑᜓᜋ᜔ Um mani pad mi humStele of Sulaiman, erected at the Mogao Caves in 1348 to commemorate the donations of Sulaiman, Prince of Xining. Burmese: ဥုံမဏိပဒ္မေဟုံ ( Burmese pronunciation: )

Thus as Lopez notes, the original meaning of the mantra could in fact be an invocation of 'she of the lotus jewel', who is the vidya (wisdom) and consort of Avalokiteshvara and is equivalent to Shakti's role vis a vis Shiva. Also, as noted by Studholme, if the word is read as a vocative, it is most likely in the feminine grammatical gender, because if masculine, it would be a highly irregular form. This is due to evidence from texts like the Kāraṇḍavyūhasūtra which depict the mantra as a female deity. Damien Keown also notes that another theory about the meaning of this mantra is that it actually invokes a female deity named Manipadmi. Maṇipadme is preceded by the oṃ syllable and followed by the hūṃ syllable, both interjections without linguistic meaning, but widely known as divine sounds.However, according to Donald Lopez (citing Tibetan grammatical sources) it is much more likely that maṇipadme is in fact a vocative, addressing a bodhisattva called maṇipadma, 'Jewel-Lotus'- an alternative epithet of the bodhisattva Avalokitesvara. The Lotus is a symbol present throughout Indian religion, signifying purity (due to its ability to emerge unstained from the mud) and spiritual fruition (and thus, awakening).

It also states that initiation into the mantra by a qualified preceptor (which is said to be a lay dharmabhanaka, vidyadhara or mahasiddha) is an important requirement for practicing this mantra. It states that whoever knows ( janati) the mantra will know liberation as a fully enlightened Buddha. Even I made this aspiration to all the million Buddhas and subsequently received this teaching from Buddha Amitabha.' The sutra promotes the recitation of this mantra as a means to liberation.

Om Manepembe Hom