ཨོཾ་མ་ཎི་པདྨེ་ཧཱུྃ།
Om Mani Padme Hum
唵嘛呢叭咪吽
Avalokiteśvara (觀世音)
The Mantra 真言原文
Tibetan Script
ཨོཾ་མ་ཎི་པདྨེ་ཧཱུྃ།
Romanization
Om Mani Peme Hung
Sanskrit
Oṃ Maṇi Padme Hūṃ
Chinese 漢音
嗡瑪尼貝美吽
Meaning 意義
The jewel in the lotus — invoking the compassionate wisdom of Avalokiteśvara. The six syllables purify the six realms of existence.
Ritual Use & Practice 修持法門
Universal mantra of Tibetan Buddhism; recited continuously on prayer wheels, prayer flags, and mani stones. Daily practice, walking meditation, prostrations. Minimum 108 repetitions per session.
Background & Significance 背景與意義
The most widely recited mantra in Tibetan Buddhism, Om Mani Padme Hum is the six-syllable mantra of Avalokiteśvara (Chenresig in Tibetan), the Bodhisattva of Compassion. The Dalai Lama (regarded as an emanation of Chenresig) has explained that the six syllables purify the obscurations of the six realms: Om purifies pride (god realm), Ma purifies jealousy (demi-god realm), Ni purifies desire (human realm), Pad purifies ignorance (animal realm), Me purifies craving (hungry ghost realm), Hum purifies hatred (hell realm). Together they invoke the union of wisdom (padme, the lotus) and compassion (mani, the jewel). No Tibetan practice is complete without this mantra.
At a Glance
- Syllable Count
- 6
- Deity
- Avalokiteśvara (Chenresig)
- Category
- Avalokiteśvara (觀世音)
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