I think I am old. I actually Google to find out more about The Mantra Om Mani Padme Hum..after reading about it in Bisoumoi's blog. I actually can read about religion without rationalising, and use my "scientific thinking" to break them down into mere common sense or philosophy, or worse still-utterances of a schizophrenic.
I was first taught this chant by my uncle, probably when I was in early teenage years- I was told me to chant it if I feel those things around me. Yeah, those were the freaky times- I heard a woman singing at the back lane of my house - a known "dirty" place and I also could tell "something happened"- when I went to a friend's place and went to the toilet. Yeah, something happened. It was a murder scene, and her family soon had to move out. Freakish. And so, I was taught this chant. I was not interested, and had to remember it as "Oh money buy me home"- and thought how could you chant for money? Young as I was , I knew money could buy only a house, not a home. That was it. I did not bother to learn more. Yeah, there were a couple of times I had to chant it...but that was it.
 | Purifies | Samsaric Realm |
| Om | bliss / pride | gods |
| Ma | jealousy / lust for entertainment | jealous gods |
| Ni | passion / desire | human |
| Pe | stupidity / prejudice | animal |
| Me | poverty / possessiveness | hungry ghost |
| Hung | aggression / hatred | hell |
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