where and when did the tibetan mantra "Om Mani Padme Hum" originate?

Answer 1

in India 5,000 years ago

Answer 2

"Om mani padme hum" (Sanskrit ॐ मणि पद्मे हूँ, oṃ maṇi padme hūṃ; see other transliterations below) is probably the most famous mantra in Buddhism, the six syllabled mantra of the bodhisattva of compassion, Avalokiteshvara (Sanskrit. Chenrezig in Tibetan). The mantra is particularly associated with the four-armed Shadakshari form of Avalokiteshvara. The Dalai Lama is said to be an incarnation of Avalokiteshvara, so the mantra is especially revered by his devotees.

Mantras may be interpreted by practitioners in many ways, or even as mere sequences of sound whose effects lie beyond strict meaning. Although this mantra is often translated as "Hail, the jewel in the lotus," a remarkable error whose history has been traced by Donald Lopez (see below), it is impossible to construe the Sanskrit in this way, and much more likely that Maṇipadme is originally a vocative addressing a bodhisattva, so that the mantra would literally translate "Om O Jewel Lotus One Hum."

A practitioner might expand upon the mantra's meaning, for instance taking its six syllables to represent the purification of the six realms of existence:

The first known description of the mantra appears in the Karandavyuha Sutra, which is part of certain Mahayana canons such as the Tibetan. In this sutra, Shakyamuni Buddha states, "This is the most beneficial mantra. Even I made this aspiration to all the million Buddhas and subsequently received this teaching from Buddha Amitabha."

Answer 3

"The first known description of the mantra appears in the Karandavyuha Sutra, which is part of certain Mahayana canons such as the Tibetan. In this sutra, Shakyamuni Buddha states, "This is the most beneficial mantra. Even I made this aspiration to all the million Buddhas and subsequently received this teaching from Buddha Amitabha.""

Answer 4

5000y ago by Goutom Buddha

Answer 5

vedic hymns