Has anyone gone to Antarctica and eaten a Penguinâ¦? If so what would it taste like?
And in the far east, Avalokiteshvara turned into the female Bodhisattva, Kuan Yin. Om, as Iâve explained before, has only a mystical meaning â suggesting primordial reality. Mani means jewel, while Padme means lotus. Hum, like Om, has no conceptual meaning. Overall, the mantra is suggestive of the bringing together of the qualities of wisdom (the lotus) and compassion (the jewel).
In Hinduism, Om (also spelled Aum) is a Hindu sacred sound that is considered the greatest of all mantras. The syllable Om is composed of the three sounds a-u-m (in Sanskrit, the vowels a and u combine to become o) and the symbol's threefold nature is central to its meaning.