Om mani padme hum

Karandavyuha Sutra nameChinese唵麼抳缽訥銘吽Tibetan nameTibetanཨོཾ་མ་ཎི་པདྨེ་ཧཱུྂ
ཨོཾ་མ་ཎི་པད་མེ་ཧཱུྂVietnamese nameVietnameseÚm ma ni bát ni hồng
Án ma ni bát mê hồngThai nameThaiโอํ มณี ปัทเม หูํKorean nameHangul옴 마니 반메 훔
옴 마니 파드메 훔Mongolian nameMongolian CyrillicУм мани бадмэ хумMongolian scriptᢀᠣᠸᠠ
ᠮᠠᢏᢈ
ᢒᠠᢑᠮᠧ
ᢀᠾᠤᠤJapanese nameKanaオーム マニ パドメー フーム
オム マニ ペメ フムTamil nameTamilௐம் மணி பத்மே ஹூம்Hindi nameHindiॐ मणि पद्मे हूँSanskrit nameSanskritॐ मणि पद्मे हूँ
𑖌𑖼𑖦𑖜𑖰𑖢𑖟𑖿𑖦𑖸𑖮𑖳𑖽Russian nameRussianОм мани падме хумBengali nameBengaliওঁ মণি পদ্মে হূঁAssamese nameAssameseওঁ মণি পদ্মে হূঁNepali nameNepaliॐ मणि पद्मे हूँBurmese nameBurmeseဥုံ မဏိ ပဒ္မေ ဟုံMalayalam nameMalayalamഓം മണി പദ്മേ ഹുംOdia nameOdiaଓ‍ଁ ମଣି ପଦ୍ମେ ହୁଁMarathi nameMarathiॐ मणि पद्मे हूँPunjabi namePunjabiੴ ਮਣਿ ਪਦਮੇ ਹੂੰChakma nameChakma𑄃𑄮𑄀 𑄟𑄧𑄕𑄨 𑄛𑄧𑄘𑄳𑄟𑄬 𑄦𑄪𑄀Khmer nameKhmerអ៊ុំ ម៉ានី ប៉ាដមេ អេម

Oṃ maṇi padme hūm̐ (Sanskrit: ॐ मणि पद्मे हूँ, IPA:) is the six-syllabled Sanskritmantra particularly associated with the four-armed Shadakshari form of Avalokiteśvara, the Bodhisattva of compassion. It first appeared in the MahayanaKāraṇḍavyūha sūtra, where it is also referred to as the sadaksara (Sanskrit: षडक्षर, six syllabled) and the paramahrdaya, or "innermost heart" of Avalokiteśvara. In this text, the mantra is seen as the condensed form of all Buddhist teachings.

The precise meaning and significance of the words remain much discussed by Buddhist scholars. The literal meaning in English has been expressed as "praise to the jewel in the lotus", or as a declarative aspiration, possibly meaning "I in the jewel-lotus". Padma is the Sanskrit for the Indian lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) and mani for "jewel", as in a type of spiritual "jewel" widely referred to in Buddhism. The first word, aum/om, is a sacred syllable in various Indian religions, and hum represents the spirit of enlightenment.

In Tibetan Buddhism, this is the most ubiquitous mantra and its recitation is a popular form of religious practice, performed by laypersons and monastics alike. It is also an ever-present feature of the landscape, commonly carved onto rocks, known as mani stones, painted into the sides of hills, or else it is written on prayer flags and prayer wheels.

The mantra is also popularly used in East Asian Buddhist traditions, where it is mainly associated with the Bodhisattva Guanyin, who is the East Asian manifestation of Avalokiteśvara. In Chinese Buddhism, the recitation of the mantra remains widely practiced by both monastics and laypeople, and it plays a key role as part of the standard liturgy utilized in many of the most common Chinese Buddhist rituals performed in monasteries. It is common for the Chinese hanzi transliteration of the mantra to be painted on walls and entrances in Chinese Buddhist temples, as well as stitched into the fabric of particular ritual adornments used in certain rituals. The mantra is also recited in the standard liturgies of temples belonging to the Vietnamese and Japanese Ōbaku Zen Buddhist traditions as well.

The mantra has also been adapted into Chinese Taoism.