Oṃ Ma ṇi Pad mei Hūṃ Mantra Interduction (Part 1) by Venerable Abbess Miao Jing

Oṃ Ma ṇi Pad mei Hūṃ  Mantra Interduction (Part 1)  by Venerable Abbess Miao Jing   

ཨོཾ་       མ       ཎི་        པ          དྨེ          ཧཱུྃ     Oṃ    Ma      ṇi     Pad     mei     Hūṃ

 Oṃ    Maṇi     Padme    Hūṃ , is “Guan Yin Six syllable Mantra”

The first word “Om” is a sacred syllable found in Buddha texts “purify” 

The word “Mani” means "jewel" or "bead"

“Padmei” is the "lotus flower"

“Hum” represents the spirit of enlightenment.

The essence of Buddhism is mind training.  Oṃ    Maṇi     Padmei    Hūṃ   is a chant that is easy to recite and remember. It tames negative emotions and develops the compassion within you.

The guan yin mantra can helps you to meditate and remove negative boday, speech, mind; it calms your mind and brings you to the ocean of tranquility.

 ཨོཾ་        མ         ཎི་        པ         དྨེ          ཧཱུྃ

Oṃ    Ma       ṇi      Pad    mei    Hūṃ

[The Record of Tibetan Royal Lineage]  Chapter Four: Merits of the Mantra documented 

Guan Yin Six Character Mantra

Chanting the Guan Yin Six Character Mantra can eliminate the six bitternesses of the Six Realms (from the highest heaven realms, the ashura realms , the middle human realms, the animal realms, the hungry ghost realms, and the lowest hell realms) of desire and suffering.

["om"] Extinguish the bitterness of birth, sickness, old age, and death among the heaven realms; 

["ma"]; Abolish the suffering of conflict among the Ashura;

["ni"], Extinguish the bitterness of birth, sickness, old age, and death among humans; 

["pad"]; Free the animals from languishing under forced labour; 

["mei"]; Wipe out the pitiful cravings of the hungry ghosts ;

["hūṃ"]; and eradicate the misery of those beings who are freezing 

and boiling in the various hells. 

ཨོཾ་        མ         ཎི་         པ         དྨེ          ཧཱུྃ

Oṃ    Ma       ṇi      Pad    mei     Hūṃ

The Source of the Great Six Character Brightness Mantra  ( six-syllable mantra to Avalokitêśvara Bodhisattva Guan Yin):

[The Kāraṇḍavyūha Sutra / Buddha speaks Mahayana Sublime Treasure King Sutra / The Basket's Display Sutra] 

In this Sutra, Śākyamuni Buddha said: "This Great Six Character Brightness Mantra (a six-syllable mantra to Avalokitêśvara Bodhisattva), is the Great Avalokitêśvara Mahāsattva Bodhisattva's profound essence. Knowing this mantra is like knowing Her profound essence, and knowing Her profound essence is knowing how to attain liberation." 

Interpreted as: "Pray to and pay homage to the one who holds this precious lotus flower in order to eliminate afflictions" 

This is the fast path recieve direct blessings from Guan Yin Avalokitêśvara Bodhisattva to purify your boday, speech and mind,  particularly suitable for our busy modern life. The essence of Buddhism is mind training. Oṃ    Ma     ṇi     Pad    mei    Hūṃ   is a chant that is easy to recite and remember. It tames negative emotions and develops the compassion within you. The voice of Masters helps you to meditate; it calms your mind and brings you to the ocean of tranquility.

《西藏王統記》第四章所說之真言功德

  觀音菩薩六字真言

「嗡」，除天道生死之苦；

「嘛」，除阿修羅道鬥諍之苦；

「呢」，除人道生老病死苦；

「唄」，除畜生道勞役之苦；

「咩」，除餓鬼道飢渴之苦；

「吽」，除地獄道寒熱之苦也。

《佛說大乘莊嚴寶王經》六字大明陀羅尼（註：六字真言）的經文明確出處：

《佛說大乘莊嚴寶王經》經文當中，釋迦牟尼佛開示：「此六字大明陀羅尼，是觀自在菩薩摩訶薩微妙本心，若有知是微妙本心，即知解脫」。

全句應作「向持有珍寶蓮花的聖者敬禮祈請，摧破煩惱。」

嗡 瑪 尼 唄 ???? 吽 （又稱：六字大明咒）誦持觀音心咒可以直接得到本尊觀世音菩薩的加持！

此六字大明咒非常適合於現代人於忙碌的生活當中實修，利用空檔之餘持六字大明咒實修。此六字大明咒之利益功德極為具大，可以消除病苦、刑罰、非時死之恐懼，壽命增加，財富充盈。「只要聽聞怙主觀世音菩薩身的功德，便會止息痛苦，如能專注、虔誠地祈請觀世音菩薩，就能被引領至安樂之境。」