Talk:Om mani padme hum
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[edit] Request for citation
Hey, can we have a citation for this quote from Shakyamuni? - Nat Krause 10:05, 27 Sep 2004 (UTC)
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- Well, you cited a particular teacher saying this is what the Buddha said, but I think the article should cite a specific sutra or other text where the quote comes from. I don't really have a particular axe to grind here, or a reason to think that the Buddha didn't say this, but other people might (almost certainly would) dispute it. - Nat Krause 15:26, 27 Sep 2004 (UTC)
[edit] Possible mistake in Tibetan writing?
-- 1) There seems to be a tsheg (a tibetan space, the little tick mark after a word) between the syllables of "mani". Instead of "om mani padme hum" it says "om ma ni padme hum". Shouldn't it be: ༀ་མཎི་པདྨེ་ཧཱུྃ། ? I might be mistaken on this one though, I do see google images with the tsheg in place there as well...
-- 2) There also is a tsheg after hum, before the shad (the tibetan period), shouldn't it be omitted?
Can anyone please verify this (I don't feel I'm qualified enough)?
Both tshegs are correct. padme is written in contracted form (the ma subfixed to the da) and so counts as one syllable even though it is pronounced as two. Epicœne 08:55, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
In Chenrezig saddhana, there are 5 tshegs in here: ༀ་མ་ཎི་པད་མེ་ཧཱཱུུྃྃ།. It is a small book as a gift by Tsangsar tulku rinpoche, but unfortunately the book didn't have an ISBN. --212.74.161.152 12:43, 28 December 2006 (UTC) (I am user warrenchen in zh.wikipedia.org)
[edit] Meaning of the mantra
There is a contradiction between this article and the article 'Mantra', and the latter seems to be right. Here the traditional interpretation (jewel in the lotus) is ascribed to Donald Lopez, but in the other article Lopez is said to be the scholar who rejected it and replaced it by his own new interpretation (Manipadma as a personal name). 85.212.129.97 20:46, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
