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One of the powerful Mantras that WILL help all : ( Narration By a Foreigner )
Buddhist Monk Manthra
“Om mani padme hum”
I was taught this Mantra by one of my American colleagues. He was actually a staunch Catholic. During one of his visits to Nepal 22 years ago he came to know that back home his wife went into labor and delivered a baby but passed away due to complications. He was heartbroken and did not want to return back to U.S to see his dead wife and newborn. So one of his colleagues in his Nepal office took him to a Buddhist priest and there the priest taught him this mantra and asked to concentrate on it so that he will feel less stressed and will learn to accept what had happened. When I heard this story I was impressed but never paid much attention thinking to myself that since I’m a Hindu I know a lot of mantras so why bother to learn this mantra . But when I had Endometriosis and my pain started getting worse and worse I tried to meditate and chant all slokas but it was of no use. But then he again forced me to chant this regularly.
I slowly started focusing my energy in this mantra and it helped me forget my pain as my concentration was on this mantra. More than anything it gave me immense mental peace.
More on this mantra:
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, 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.
It is said that all the teachings of the Buddha are contained in this mantra: Om Mani Padme Hum cannot really be translated into a simple phrase or sentence.
The mantra originated in India; as it moved from India into Tibet, the pronunciation changed because some of the sounds in the Indian Sanskrit language were hard for Tibetans to pronounce.
“Om mani padme hum”
I was taught this Mantra by one of my American colleagues. He was actually a staunch Catholic. During one of his visits to Nepal 22 years ago he came to know that back home his wife went into labor and delivered a baby but passed away due to complications. He was heartbroken and did not want to return back to U.S to see his dead wife and newborn. So one of his colleagues in his Nepal office took him to a Buddhist priest and there the priest taught him this mantra and asked to concentrate on it so that he will feel less stressed and will learn to accept what had happened. When I heard this story I was impressed but never paid much attention thinking to myself that since I’m a Hindu I know a lot of mantras so why bother to learn this mantra . But when I had Endometriosis and my pain started getting worse and worse I tried to meditate and chant all slokas but it was of no use. But then he again forced me to chant this regularly.
I slowly started focusing my energy in this mantra and it helped me forget my pain as my concentration was on this mantra. More than anything it gave me immense mental peace.
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, 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.
It is said that all the teachings of the Buddha are contained in this mantra: Om Mani Padme Hum cannot really be translated into a simple phrase or sentence.
The mantra originated in India; as it moved from India into Tibet, the pronunciation changed because some of the sounds in the Indian Sanskrit language were hard for Tibetans to pronounce.
Om Mani Pedme Hum (or Om Mani Pedme
Hung), is the most common mantra in Tibet, recited by Buddhists, painted or
carved on rocks, prayer wheels, or yak skulls and seen around most usually.
Tibetan people, almost all Buddhists, do believe that it is very good to
practice the mantra of Chenrezi, the Bodhisattva of Compassion (The protective
deity of Tibet), which may, relieve negative karma, accumulate merit, help
rescue them from the sea of suffering and achieve Buddhahood. Speaking the
mantra loud or silently, spinning prayer wheels with the mantra, and carving
mantra into stones are the usual practices.
Om, symbolize one's impure body, speech and mind, and also the pure noble body, speech and mind of a Buddha. Buddhism claims that an impure body, speech and mind can be transformed into pure ones of a Buddha, who was once impure and later by removing their negative attributes, achieved enlightenment on his path.
Mani, the jewel, symbolizes factors of method, compassion and love, the altruistic intention to become enlightened. "Just as a jewel is capable of removing poverty, so the altruistic mind of enlightenment is capable of removing the poverty, or difficulties, and of solitary peace. Similarly, just as a jewel fulfills the wishes of sentient beings, so the altruistic intention to become enlightened fulfills the wishes of sentient beings", the Dalai Lama says.
PADME means lotus and symbolizes wisdom. Growing out ofmud, but not being stained by mud, lotus indicates the quality of wisdom, which keeps you out of contradiction.
Om, symbolize one's impure body, speech and mind, and also the pure noble body, speech and mind of a Buddha. Buddhism claims that an impure body, speech and mind can be transformed into pure ones of a Buddha, who was once impure and later by removing their negative attributes, achieved enlightenment on his path.
Mani, the jewel, symbolizes factors of method, compassion and love, the altruistic intention to become enlightened. "Just as a jewel is capable of removing poverty, so the altruistic mind of enlightenment is capable of removing the poverty, or difficulties, and of solitary peace. Similarly, just as a jewel fulfills the wishes of sentient beings, so the altruistic intention to become enlightened fulfills the wishes of sentient beings", the Dalai Lama says.
PADME means lotus and symbolizes wisdom. Growing out ofmud, but not being stained by mud, lotus indicates the quality of wisdom, which keeps you out of contradiction.
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