Om mani padme hum

Om mani padme hum̐ is the six-syllabled Sanskrit mantra particularly associated with the four-armed Shadakshari form of Avalokiteśvara, the Bodhisattva of compassion It first appeared in the Mahayana Kaarandavyuha sutra, where it is also referred to as the sadaksara and the paramahrdaya, or "innermost heart" of Avalokiteśvara In this text, the mantra is seen as the condensed form of all Buddhist