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Buddhist Mantra: Om Mani Padme Hum — Spirit Meaning

Spirit Meaning
6 min readApr 16, 2024

Think of the Meaning of the Buddhist Mantra

In this video post, we shall focus on the famous Buddhist Mantra Om Mani Padme Hum.

We shall cover the following points related to the chanting of this potent buddhist mantra. People well-versed in Tibetan culture and Tantric Buddhism have noted that it is very good to recite the buddhist mantra Om Mani padme hum. While reciting the mantra one should think on the meaning of this buddhist mantra.

The Prayer Wheel in Tantric Buddhist Tradition

One following the Buddhist traditions, often uses a turning wheel while chanting this mantra. According to the Buddha the “turning of the wheel” signifies a great and revolutionary change with universal consequences, brought about by an exceptional human being. For practical purposes the Turning Wheel often exists as a Prayer Wheel, which a person holds and rotates as one is chanting the buddhist mantra.

Turning Wheel

Worshippers turn prayer wheels to accumulate merit, to help all beings in the world and to purify their karma (intentional actions). They are part of a meditation practice.

The meaning of the six syllables is great and vast.

Meaning of the Buddhist Mantra…

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Spirit Meaning
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The author, Damodar Das, has spent most of his years in the quest of Truth. He has been practising Vedantic and Buddhist forms of meditation along with prayer.

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