OM MANI PADME HUM

OM MANI PADME HUM   
                                                        

                                                                           The mantra in Tibetan with the six syllables coloured

                                                                 

Om mani padme hūm (Sanskrit: ओं मणिपद्मे हूं, ) is the six-syllabled Sanskrit mantra particularly associated with the four-armed Shadakshari form of Avalokiteshvara (Tibetan Chenrezig, Chinese Guanyin), the bodhisattva of compassion. Mani means "jewel" or "bead" and Padma means "the lotus flower", the Buddhist Sacred Flower.
The mantra is especially revered by devotees of the Dalai Lama, as he is said to be an incarnation of Chenrezig or Avalokiteshvara.
It is commonly carved onto rocks or written on paper which is inserted into prayer wheels, said to increase the mantra's effects.

                                                                               "om mani padme hūṃ", written in Tibetan script on a rock outside the Potala Palace in Tibet