Mani mantra
The Mani mantra is the six syllable mantra of Avalokiteshvara: oṃ mani padme hūṃ (Skt.; Tib. ཨོཾ་མ་ཎི་པདྨེ་ཧཱུྂ༔, om mani pémé hung, Wyl. oM ma Ni pad+me hU~M`:). In the terma tradition, Avalokiteshvara's seed syllable hrīḥ is added to the end of the mantra, making seven syllables.
Benefits of the Mani Mantra
It is said:
- Reciting oṃ mani padme hūṃ one hundred or one thousand times is of equal merit to reciting the whole of the Kangyur.
- Reciting oṃ mani padme hūṃ ten thousand times closes the door to rebirth in the lower realms.
- Reciting oṃ mani padme hūṃ one million times one will reach the level of an irreversible bodhisattva.
- Reciting oṃ mani padme hūṃ ten million times one will attain perfect buddhahood.
Further Reading
- Sogyal Rinpoche, The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying, Appendix Four, pages 396-398.