Om Ma Ni Pad Me Hum, (the d is silent,) are the six syllables in the mantra associated with Buddha Avalokiteshvara who is the Buddha of Compassion. It is called The six letter mantra. The Dalai Lama ...

Home again. Home again. Jiggety jig. Full of gratitude that goes beyond Thanksgiving and eating leftovers, surrounded by love and family — does life get any better? While in Nepal last week, our ...

Om Mani Padme Hum. Known as the Compassion Mantra, or the Jewel in the Lotus, this is a powerful Buddhist prayer. This mantra is a tool to train the mind to achieve ultimate peace and enjoyment. The ...

In the Khumbu you cannot avoid ceremony. Even if you wanted to the air is full of prayers and sacred smoke that goes into your lungs and cleans you out without permission. You are blessed just for ...

Prayers marked the Dalai Lama’s 85th birthday, which was celebrated in Dharamshala, the seat of the Tibetan government-in-exile, on Monday. Tibetan government-in-exile president Lobsang Sangay during ...

If you believe in the power of mantras then you may be aware of the strength in Buddhist mantras as well. It is believed that these mantras, which are mostly words and syllables, help when you chant ...

One can elevate their impure body, speech, and mind into a Buddha's elevated, pure body, speech, and mind by repeating this mantra, writes KV Raghupathi The third word, two-syllable padme, literally ...