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Om Mani Padme Hum

(Project Ma Ni Bat Di Hong)

Om Mani Padme Hum is a Sanskrit mantra, the mantra is considered to Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva (Avalokiteshvara) and the mantra is important and oldest Tibetan Buddhism. It is also known as " Luc Shingon Daming Auto "means" bright Legs language consists of six letters . "

Om: The fate

Mani: Jewel as the

Padme: Inside the Shower

Hum: Self intersection achievements

As Sino-Vietnamese pronunciation, sentence is pronounced ma ni um bowl ni ma ni Judge pink or rose bowl charm.

Normally people are not explaining the mantra, but this should be added that: "gem" represents the Bodhi mind (bodhicitta). "Lotus" only human consciousness, meaning the Bodhi Center bloom in the hearts of people. however mantra has separate audio and mysterious effect on the presentation of Vajrayana. For the Tibetan Buddhist Om Mani Padme Hum is the great compassion, to reach Nirvana for the benefit of sentient beings. therefore six syllables of this mantra is considered to correspond to the six realms of re- Birth of sexuality. 

The mantra is the manifestation of the sound comes from emptiness. It is the authentic sound of the vacuum.

Derived from the concept of absolute truth and the empty state, the mantra does not exist. No sound or mantra. The sound and mantra, as all different types of shows, both in relative position of the plane appeared empty. In the realm of relativity, though the sound itself does not have to be, it still have the power to appoint, name, and has operations in mind.

In the range where the action is relatively mantra is endowed with a capacity infallible.

The common mantra is the name of Buddha and Bodhisattvas, or divine. For example, OM MANI PADME HUM (MA PROJECT - NI HONG BOWL DI) is calling His Yin (Chenrezig). From the absolute point, Chenrezig not named, but the relative scope or meaning literally, with his own name. These names are mediated by compassion, elegance, and power with vows to benefit sentient beings. By reciting to the quality of his mind is transferred to us. Here, the definition of the capacity benefits of mantra, His name, as we identify ourselves with and what their names associated with it, and by the way, on a relative level, spirit Notes consistent with the gods. The two become a single reality. As a mantra, he received elegance of gods; envisioned by god, the holy, the mantra is received elegance of these differences are not saints.

The mantra OM MANI PADME HUM is sometimes explained with the meaning and mystical picky. However, as we have said, this is simply the name of Avalokiteshvara is placed between the two sounds and sacred tradition, OM and HUM.

- OM: symbolizes  the Buddha body, the mantra all starts with this.
- MANI: mean Treasure

- PADME: Sanskrit pronunciation, or PEME in Tibetan, meaning lotus

- HUM: consciousness represents all the Buddhas and is usually the last sentence of the mantra.
- MANI: talking about the treasure of Avalokiteshvara holding hands between and PADME is lotus held in his left hand stuff Second. When called MANI PADME is his name Guanyin through his virtues.

When our mantra, in fact we are continuing to repeat his name Guanyin. On the other hand, while reciting the mantra OM MANI PADME HUM is more meaningful, because this is the mantra of elegance and power of his mind Quan has collected elegance and compassion of all the Buddhas and Bodhisattva Tat. In this view, the mantra is endowed ability unveiled at center, and purify our minds. Mantra expanding consciousness of love and compassion, awareness leads to enlightenment.

The Bodhisattva and Mantra is a natural body, that is a mantra that can not necessarily visualize, imagine. Mantra still effective.
authentic qualities of each of the six audio sound of the mantra is explained very suitable.
Firstly, let us see each sound to help us close the door painful rebirth, one six realms of samsara existence:

- OM closed doors of heaven reincarnation;
- MA, door god realm, A-tu-la
- NI, the plane door
- PAD, animal realms door
- ME, door hungry ghost realm;
- HUM door of hell.

Each syllable is considered influential purification:
- OM  purifies itself;
- MA purifies speech;
- NI purifies the mind;
- PAD purifies the conflicting emotions;
- ME purify the underlying condition;
- HUM purifies intellectual veil.

Each syllable is a prayer:

- OM prayer toward the body of the Buddha;
- MA prayers towards the words of the Buddha;
- NI prayer toward the Buddha consciousness;
- PAD prayer toward the product nature of the Buddha;
- ME prayer toward the operation of the Buddha;
- HUM collected elegance of body, speech, mind, qualities, and activities of the Buddhas.

Six syllables involved six three-la-density, six perfection is transformed:

- OM, related to generosity;
- MA, ethics;
- NI, persistence, patience,
- PAD, diligence,
- ME, attention,
- HUM, intellectual.

The six syllables also related to six Buddhas, the Buddha dwells on Friday:

- OM, related to Ratnasambhava (Make - Sanh Buddha)

- MA, Amaghasiddi (No - No - Member - Buddhas Achievement)

- NI, Vajradhara (Dorje / Prussia - Bodhisattva Hien)

- PAD, Vairocana (Lot - Xa - Na Buddha)

- ME, Amitabha (A - Di - Da Buddha)

- HUM, Akshobya (A - Animals - Stand Buddha)

Finally, six to six syllables intellectual contact:

- OM = wisdom serenity, peace

- MA = mental activity

- NI = wisdom to reproduce

- PAD = the wisdom approach

- ME = intellectual distinction

- HUM = mirror-like wisdom.

In Tibet, people often chant his mantra of Guan Yin. The simplicity and universal mantra of not detract from the big spell, and even greater value. This is shown in the following humorous quote:

In the beginning, there is no pain of not knowing,
In the middle, there is no ground for understanding pride,
In the end, do not forget the mantra fear.

There is no theoretical understanding, medicine, astrology, and other sciences are suffering, because a person can spend a lot of energy, effort and accept more tired to learn it . However, in the few seconds were enough to recite his mantra of Avalokiteshvara. No need to face suffering from ignorance to knowledge. Because of that, "In the beginning there is no pain of not knowing"

A few years later science learning difficulties will receive fame or position in society, and they are completely satisfied with themselves and believe that they are better than all others. His simple mantra of Avalokiteshvara help a person avoid the above situation. Thus, "In the middle, not knowing arrogant".

Finally, if we do not preserve the mantra, the knowledge that we acquired in medicine, astrology, or other sciences can gradually eroded. But do not forget the six-syllable mantra. OM  MANI PADME HUM. So, "In the end, do not forget the mantra of fear."

Also, since all of my notes: "The rain continuous to benefit Beings"

- OM is white;
- MA, GREEN;
- NI, yellow;
- PAD, blue;
- ME, RED  ;
- HUM, BLACK.

Mantra can be summarized as follows: "I beg of embodiment in the form of consciousness and transformation, Bodhisattvas possess pearls and showers to protect me from the pain of being in six realms ".

OM MANI PADME HUM  is  a summary of the collection firsthand knowledge of all the Buddhas . These instructions included in each of the six syllables sound, integrity is the essence of the Buddha Secret, is the source of all qualities and profound happiness, the root of the achievement benefits, supplemented happy, and the great road leading to the existence and great freedom.

Read Tibetan Om  Mani Peme Hum. This mantra represents grace and compassion of all the Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, especially the grace of Avalokiteshvara, the Buddha of compassion. Avalokiteshvara (or Avalokitesvara) is the embodiment of the Buddha in the form of newspaper itself, and his mantra is considered the essence of the Buddha's compassion for sentient. If his master Padmasambhava is the most important Tibetan, Avalokiteshvara, the Buddha is the most important of them, is the guardian of this nation. There is a famous saying of the Buddha of compassion was rooted in Tibetan subconscious that a child has to speak "Mother" is already read this mantra, OM MANI PADME HUM.

Legend has countless aeons before the mind has a thousand Prince Bodhi vow to become a Buddha. A prayer to the Buddha that we already know, but Avalokiteshvara, the prayer will not reach the supreme when all Prince of thousands of minors. With boundless compassion, he also voluntarily liberate all sentient beings from samsara suffering in the six paths. Before the Buddhas of the ten directions, he vowed,  "May I help all beings, and if when I tired of this great work then let my body melt into a thousand pieces" .

First, He descended into the realms  of hell , gradually moving to the realm of  hungry ghosts , until the  heavens . From there he happened to look down and saw alas, even though he has saved countless living beings from hell, still there are countless others fall into. This causes him endless grief, for a moment he almost lost all faith in the great prayer which he had discovered, and immediately his body exploded into thousands of pieces. In desperation, he called at all Buddhas. These men are from ten in the world to fly to the rescue as snow. With mysterious powers, the Buddha made ​​his body back, and from there Avalokiteshvara with eleven heads, a thousand arms, one hand on each lap eyes. Meaning that a combination of wisdom and skillful means is the sign of true compassion. In this form, he is shining brightly, and more capacity than before to help all sentient beings. His compassion when it is more intense, and he re-discovered this prayer before the Buddha: "Do not pray when the supreme of all beings not" . 

Legend has it that before suffering grief samsara, swallow two water droplets fell from his eyes, and Buddha did allow her tears turn two into two goddess Tara. A goddess is green, the operational capacity of compassion, and a white goddess, as her gentle aspect of compassion. Tara means to rescue people who carry us through the sea of ​​life and death.

According to Mahayana sutras, the Avalokiteshvara Buddha has given the mantra, and the Buddha back to his assigned work especially noble rescue all beings toward enlightenment. At that time, the gods came to praising both his flowers, earth tremors, and the air resounded sound Hrih OM MANI PADME HUM.

His poems have the following meanings:

"Avalokitesvara as the moon, with cool light, extinguish the burning of birth and death. In that light, the lotus of compassion - flowers bloom at night - opens pure white wings. "

Catechism explains that each of the six audio sound of the mantra OM MANI PADME HUM is a particularly effective to bring the metabolism of many different classes of our nature. The six syllables purify negativity all six original expression of ignorance makes us do evil deeds of the body, words, mind, creating samsara and our suffering, in which pride, jealousy, desire, ignorance, lust and anger, through mantra which is transformed back to their true nature, the six tribes of consciousness embodied in the Buddha enlightened mind.

 Note:  usually refers to teachings of Buddha tribe, tribal Friday is the sum of the five tribes

So, when we recite the mantra OM MANI PADME HUM, the six aforementioned afflictions are purified so prevents rebirth in the six realms, dispel suffering hidden in each realm. Also this mantra purifies the ego aggregates, completing six of the Vietnamese super happy enlightened mind (six perfections): generosity, morality, patience, diligence, meditation and wisdom. It also said that the mantra OM  MANI PADME HUM is very large capacity holder, sheltered us from bad influences and these disorders.

Often syllable of Avalokiteshvara Hrih be added later mantra, OM MANI PADME HUM make Hrih. Hrih the essence of compassion of all the Buddhas, the catalyst has launched buddhas compassion to transform our suffering into the nature of his intellect.

Kalu Rinpoche writes:

Another way to interpret this mantra is:

OM is the nature of enlightened body,

MANI PADME typical enlightened speech,

HUM represents the enlightenment. Body, speech, mind of all Buddhas are hidden in the sound of this mantra.

This mantra purifies obstacles of body, words, mind, and bring all beings to enlightenment state. When this mantra, which coordinate with faith and diligent meditation transformative power of mantra will arise and grow. Indeed, we can purify ourselves by this method.

For those who are familiar with this mantra, reciting life with enthusiasm and confidence, Thu Tibet, in the intermediate state: "When the law sounds like the roar of thunder wants thousands , may all sound became the sound of six negative mantra ".

Similarly, Shurangama also said: "The mystery is rather ultra sound of Avalokitesvara Vietnam. This is the ultimate audio file of the universe ... It's insidious whisper quiet tide. English mystery brings peace to liberate all sentient beings are suffering cry of pain, and provides a peaceful refuge for all those who seek the infinite purity of nirvana. "

The benefits of the mantra of the Compassionate Buddha is boundless, like boundless sky.

Even if you do not know much about the French, even though the only thing you know is Om Mani Padme Hum, the happiest life is to live life with an attitude free of the eight worldly concerns. If you live your life with pure attitude free of attachment to this life and spent his life merely to recite Om Mani Padme Hum - Mantra six - this is the quintessential sound of the entire Dharma - it is the most pure Dharma. The chanting seems very simple, very easy. But if you think about the benefits of it, then it is not entirely straightforward. Here I will only mention the core of the immense benefits of it.

Mantra of Compassionate Buddha once completely purifies the four tanks broke the original vows Rangers Liberation of negative karma and not broken. (*)

In tantra also mentioned that by reciting this mantra you achieve the four qualities to be born in the Pure Land of Amida Buddha and the Pure Land other was found dead at the Buddha and light appear in the sky, gods offered you, and never be reborn in the hell realms, hungry ghosts and animals. You will be reborn in the Pure Land of Buddha or as a good rebirth is possible.

When a mantra recited a string ten days swimming, whether in the river, or sea creature living in some other country, touching the body of water that will be blessed.

I also learned that seven ancestors (ancestors) of that person being reborn in the lower realms. That is due to the power of the mantra, the body is blessed by the mantra and visualizing their body in the holy body appearances as Avalokiteshvara. Thus, the body becomes very strong, full of grace that it affects his mind for the next seven and the result is that if a person dies with evil thoughts, he will not be reborn in a lower realms.

So, when a person each day by reciting Om Mani Padme Hum ten strings going into the river or sea water touching her body be blessed, and then the water quality will be blessed that we purify trillions born in the country. He rescued the creatures in the water that can not escape suffering unimaginable where the lower realms. It was so incredibly beneficial.

When such a person goes down a road, wind touching her body and then continue to touch insects, their negative karma is purified and thus we have a good rebirth. Similarly, when a person like other people touching the body, negative karma of those that are purified.

The one who sees the truth so meaningful, the look and touch are becoming a means to liberate sentient beings. This means that even the breath of the person touched the body of the other sentient beings purifies their negative karma. Any creature that drinking water in which a person has ever been swimming and purification.

We are lucky to have met wonderful French and have the opportunity to recite and meditate on the Compassionate Buddha. It is an easy method to purify any negative karma that we have accumulated, not only in this life but also in many lifetimes before.

Because we had met Dharma and especially this method - the practice of Compassionate Buddha and his mantra - it is easy to purify negative karma and accumulate merit large and That accomplishment, enlightenment. We're incredibly lucky.

Thus, there was nothing more foolish not to take advantage of the use of this great opportunity. In general, we are constantly distracted and wasting my life. Not only that, all acts are done with the ego and the mind defiled three poisons of greed, hatred and ignorance create negative karma, the cause of suffering. In life, there is nothing more foolish using this perfect human body to create suffering.

In places like Tibet, Nepal, India, and traditional Ladakh had a nice long retreat is done Compassionate Buddha and reciting the mantra 100 million Om Mani Padme Hum. Retreat was held at Chenrezig Institute is such retreat was first conducted in the West and the first retreat in FPMT organization (Association for the Protection of Mahayana Tradition). This happens once a year there - only once a year!

If you are tormented by sin in his life, you can overcome feelings of purification attending this retreat. Retreat not only recite the mantra with the sadhana, which also includes maintenance keeps Eight Mahayana Precepts, if not every day then at least regularly. Any merit that you accumulate during the day it will grow more than 100,000 times. This becomes an easy way to quickly purify, accumulate merit immense accomplishment, enlightenment and liberate sentient beings from suffering and could not imagine that soon leads them to enlightenment .

Attending a retreat mani (six-syllable mantra) is an incredible stroke of luck. Even if you can not present in full retreat, you can also attend two months, one month, or at least a few weeks. Even you can just retreat a week. I particularly hope that this retreat will be held in Mongolia, because their main food is meat and too many animals are killed there every day. This practice aid to purify it. After our temple in Mongolia was completed, I hope that thousands of people will attend the retreat at which mani. Gradually, I look forward to this retreat was also held in many other places in the West.

This retreat also blesses the country in which it is organized and brought a lot of peace, happiness and prosperity.

Whether you know about meditation teachings on bodhicitta, you still need to receive the special blessings of the deity, Compassion Buddha. You receive this blessing by doing meditation and chanting that we practice in the Mani retreat. Thus, reciting Om Mani Padme Hum is a method to enter Bodhichitta - to transform your mind into bodhicitta and make you meditate on bodhichitta is efficient.

Generally, in my experience, in my seat in the Solu Khumbu in the Himalayas Mountains in Nepal, there are people who live their lives in reciting Om Mani Padme Hum with little notion of emptiness - even both words. Even though they can not read and do not even know abc rhyme, they have a great devotion to compassion and bodhicitta and live their lives in reciting Om Mani Padme Hum. Such people have a warm heart, kindness very, very compassionate. This is one of them from my experience that it is effective in transforming the consciousness of a good heart and compassion.

Without bodhicitta, you can not bring happiness to all sentient beings. You can not make the perfect work for all sentient beings, and you can not achieve perfection the qualities of the realizations and cessation, even for yourself.

Thus, people would be welcome to attend the retreat 100 million mantra Om Mani Padme Hum.

(*) These are so thick that they now matured into an immediate rebirth in hell when this life exhausted now.
year is now: kill the mother, father killed, bled to Buddha, kill the Arhat and disruptions in the Sangha.

Duty Counsel Namo Buddha Shakyamuni. END=VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY THICH CHAN TANH.MHDT.WORLD VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST ORDER=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=GOLDEN LOTUS MONASTERY=AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.3/8/2013.NAM MO SAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).