Om mani padme hum
Om mani padme hum ( Sanskrit: मणिपद्मे हूँ, om mani - padme hum, Tibetan pronunciation: om mani peme revolution) is a mantra in Sanskrit, which is associated with the Buddhist Bodhisattva of compassion Avalokiteshvara. It should have arrived in the 5th century by the Karandavyuha Sutra to Tibet, as there reigned the king Lha Thothori Nyantsen. It is the oldest and still most popular mantra of Tibetan Buddhism.
Pronunciation
Tibetan pronunciation: Wave и RealAudio.
Original meaning
Om is a syllable that is significant not by any particular assigned to the literal sense, but by its sound; In Hinduism it is also very popular as an independent mantra. The final syllable HUM is the affirmation and is sometimes translated as " salvation "; their significance lies as well as that of OM not in a specific sense of the word, but in the sound.
The original meaning of manipadme is not known; in the research, a number of hypotheses have been put forward, which are associated with different linguistic and / or substantive difficulties. The most common assumption is that meaning is " jewel in the lotus ", where padme ( lotus ) is regarded as a locative. Then it would need to Mani ( jewel ) are in the nominative case, which is not the case. Rather, the form can be mani - recognize that mani - padme a compound noun is. Assuming this condition, there are various possibilities of interpretation. One of them is "Jewel and Lotus ," another " jewel lotus " ( meaning " from Jewels existing Lotus "). Proponents of the latter interpretation tend to see this as the name of a person you are calling, who attributed the qualities of gem ( gem ) and lotus ( purity). In this case, mani - padme is understood as vocative. This proposed solution limits, however, to the difficulty that a masculine vocative would be different, the person addressed must therefore be female. The second verbal element is then not the masculine padma ( lotus ), but a feminine form derived Padma as part of a female name. The person addressed can thus not be the Bodhisattva itself, but only an accompanying him female deity. An alternative is to look at the whole compound noun as masculine locative. Then the meaning is not "Om, jewel in the lotus ", but " Om Jewel in the Lotus" is.
Interpretations
The six syllables om mani peme increase are an expression of the fundamental attitude of compassion for the Tibetan Buddhism. In its recitation of the desire for liberation of all living beings expresses from the cycle of rebirths. By reciting the six syllables of the six desired perfections are realized and a future rebirth be prevented in the six realms of existence presented in the wheel of life. Therefore, the comes as sechssilbiges mantra om mani known peme hung traditional primacy to:
" None among the many different types of mantras, such as awareness - mantra, dharanis and secret mantras that exceeds any MANI, the six syllable mantra of Chenrezi. "
In common explanations the individual components of mantras hidden meanings be settled. Om or Aum is understood as the primordial sound, created by the our current universe. In this sense, it is understood traditionally an important part of meditation practices in India -influenced cultures. Hum is the counterpart to this, so that volume through which the visible universe will collapse in on itself. Mani is seen in the Tantric Buddhism of Tibet coined as a symbol of the male principle, Padme, the lotus flower, symbolizing purity and for the female principle. So interpreted includes Om Mani Padme Hum the world, namely, its origin, its existence with their two interpenetrating polarities and their extinction.