Om mani padme hum

Om mani padme hum is a six-syllabled Sanskrit mantra particularly associated Avalokiteshvara, the bodhisattva of compassion. It is in Tibetan Buddhism, the most ubiquitous mantra and the most popular form of religious practice, performed by laypersons and monastics alike.

Quotes

• Om Mani Padme Hum, the sunrise comes!
  The Dewdrop Slips Into The Shining Sea!
  • Sir Edwin Arnold, The Light of Asia (1879)

• We raise our hats to the hand a-moulding us
  Sure 'nuff, he has the answer
  He has the answer
  He has the answer
  be-duh-be-duh-be-duh-be-duh
  Om mani padme
  Om mani padme
  Om mani padme hum.
  • Kate Bush, in "Strange Phenomena" on The Kick Inside (1977)

See also

• Mantras

External links

• Encyclopedic article on Om mani padme hum on Wikipedia