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Om Mani Padme Hum chant chant out loud or silently to oneself, invokes the powerful benevolent attention and blessings of Chenrezig Om, salutations to The Jewel of Consciousness (the mind) which has reached the heart's lotus Mani means "the jewel" and Padma means "the lotus" Om, salutations to The Jewel of Consciousness (the mind) which has reached the heart's lotus 'OM the jewel in the lotus HUM' Om Om symbolizes the practitioner's impure body, speech, and mind; it also symbolizes the pure exalted body, speech, and mind of a Buddha Mani Mani meaning jewel, symbolizes the factors of method: altruistic intention to become enlightened, compassion, and love Padme Padme meaning lotus which symbolizes wisdom Hum Hum meaning indicates indivisibility. Purity must be achieved by an indivisible unity of method and wisdom Six syllables, om mani padme hum, means that in dependence on the practice of a path which is an indivisible union of method and wisdom, you can transform your impure body, speech, and mind into the pure exalted body, speech, and mind of a Buddha