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Does this sound familiar to you - Om Mani Pad Me Hum ?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Tibetan Buddhists believe that saying the mantra (prayer), Om Mani Padme Hum, out loud or silently to oneself, invokes the powerful benevolent attention and blessings of Chenrezig, the embodiment of compassion. Viewing the written form of the mantra is said to have the same effect -- it is often carved into stones, like the one pictured above, and placed where people can see them.

    Spinning the written form of the mantra around in a Mani wheel (or prayer wheel) is also believed to give the same benefit as saying the mantra, and Mani wheels, small hand wheels and large wheels with millions of copies of the mantra inside, are found everywhere in the lands influenced by Tibetan Buddhism.

  • 1 decade ago

    HI there friend. I figured out how to see your questions. To answer this particular question, No, I do not recognize that saying. Unless you're trying to say *OH Man! Pad me and I'll Hum.*

  • 1 decade ago

    If course; I have a two friends that use that mantra all of the time.

    It ts supposed to invoke the highest good in yourself and those around you.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    yes, it's the 'Om' prayer of buddhism. it's on the Carmen Sandiego playstation game. Who said video games aren't educational?!

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  • 1 decade ago

    I think this roughly translates to "the jewel in the heart of the lotus"

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Yes, I used to say it alot in my previous life as a Buddhist monk...it is something like "Peace be with you"...or "(God)Have compassion on me"....I don't remember that lifetime much...

  • sista!
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    ya, i had the tibetan characters tattooed on my left arm *LOL*

    Mantra of Avalokiteshvara:

    http://dbc.dharmakara.net/genrt981.html

  • 1 decade ago

    sansciprt.

  • Sarang
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    YES IT DOES............................

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