Namo Ratna Traya

Chenrezig mantra

Short mantra:
OM MANI PADME HUM

MANI is method, PADME is wisdom;
so MANI PADME is method-wisdom.
Another meaning of MANI PADME:
PADME is lotus, MANI is jewel,
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).
Just as the lotus can exist in muddy water
without being soiled, so wisdom can
exist in an impure world without becoming contaminated.

Long mantra:
NAMO RATNA TRAYAYA

NAMO RATNA TRAYAYA
NAMA ARYA GYANA SAGARA
BEROTSANA BUHA RADZAYA
TATAGATAYA
ARHATAY SAMYAK SAMBUDDHYA
NAMA SARVA TATHAGATAY BAY
ARHATAY BAY
SAMYAK SAMBUDDHAY BAY
NAMA ARYA AVALOKITAY SHORAYA
BODHISATTOYA / MAHASATTOYA
MAHA KARUNIKAYA
TAYATA
OM DARA DARA
DIRI DIRI
DURU DURU
ITAY WATAY
TSALAY TSALAY
PRATSALAY PRATSALAY
KUSUMAY KUSUMAY WARAY
ILI MILI TSITI DZOLA
APANAYAY SOHA


Homage to the Three Jewels,
Homage to the Ocean of that Superior,
Exalted Transcendental Wisdom,
The Appointed King, Vairocana,
The Tathagata, the Arhat,
the Pure and Complete Buddha,
Homage to All the Tathagatas, the Arhats,
the Pure and Complete Buddhas,
Homage to the Supreme Avalokiteshvara,
the Bodhisattva, the Great Being,
that Great Compassion,
Thus, Om, Apprehending the Deity of Sound,
Apprehending the Deity of Form,
Apprehending the Deity of Sign,
and the Surrounding Entourage.