Stele of Sulaiman, erected at the Mogao Caves in 1348 to commemorate the donations of Sulaiman, Prince of Xining.

Tagalog (Filipino): ᜂᜋ᜔ ᜋᜈᜒ ᜉᜇ᜔ ᜋᜒ ᜑᜓᜋ᜔ Um mani pad mi hum.

in translations and adaptations of Journey to the West.

Japanese: オーム・マニ・パドメー・フーム (Ōmu Mani Padomē Fūmu) or オムマニペメフム (Omu Mani Peme Fumu) however in practice a Japanese pronunciation of 唵麼抳缽訥銘吽, such as on ma nei hatsu mi un, is used, e.g.

Korean: 옴 마니 반메 훔 (Om Mani Banme Hum) or 옴 마니 파드메 훔 (Om Mani Padeume Hum).

IAST (Roman alphabet): Oṃ Maṇi Padme Hūṃ.

The all-caps rendering is typical of older scholarly works, and Tibetan Sadhana texts. Sanskrit writing does not have capital letters and this means that capitalisation of transliterated mantras varies from all caps, to initial caps, to no caps. Most authorities consider maṇipadme to be one compound word rather than two simple words.

In English, the mantra is variously transliterated, depending on the schools of Buddhism as well as individual teachers.

The mantra has also been adapted into Chinese Taoism. ĭue to the increased interactions between Chinese Buddhists and Tibetans and Mongolians during the 11th century, the mantra also entered Chinese Buddhism. It is also an ever present feature of the landscape, commonly carved onto rocks, known as mani stones, painted into the sides of hills or else it is written on prayer flags and prayer wheels. In Tibetan Buddhism, this is the most ubiquitous mantra and the most popular form of religious practice, performed by laypersons and monastics alike.

The word Mani means 'jewel' or 'bead', Padme is the ' lotus flower' (the Eastern sacred flower), and Hum represents the spirit of enlightenment. The first word Aum/Om is a sacred syllable in various Indian religions. In this text the mantra is seen as the condensed form of all Buddhist teachings. It first appeared in the Mahayana Kāraṇḍavyūhasūtra where it is also referred to as the sadaksara (six syllabled) and the paramahrdaya, or “innermost heart” of Avalokiteshvara. Oṃ maṇi padme hūṃ ( Sanskrit: ॐ मणि पद्मे हूँ, IPA: ) is the six-syllabled Sanskrit mantra particularly associated with the four-armed Shadakshari form of Avalokiteshvara, the bodhisattva of compassion. The mantra in different Asian writing systemsīurmese pronunciation:

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