觀音尊者 達賴喇嘛： 六字大明咒 的意涵開示

六字大明咒「嗡嘛呢唄咩吽」是梵語。

「嗡」是一切咒語之首，「嗡」是由「啊」、「嗚」、「瑪」組成 — 分別代表身、語、意 — 所施設的我。「啊」、「嗚」、「瑪」— 身、語、意—若是受汙染，由其所施設的我就是凡夫有情。「啊」、「嗚」、「瑪」—身、語、意—若是遠離汙染，由其所施設的我就是佛。

「嗡」可以解釋為清淨的我或不清淨的我，因為有清淨的身語意與不清淨的身語意。現在我們的身語意是不清淨的、是受染污的。這個如來藏—唯明唯知體性的心，從心的本性而淨除的緣故，所以由這個心氣所現的我，在唯明唯知的基礎中是可以淨除染污的，清淨時會成為三密無二 — 身語意三者結合。所以，「嗡」說到清淨的身語意與不清淨的身語意。如何將不清淨的身語意轉為清淨的身語意？
「嘛呢」是寶的意思。寶可以滿足我們的所需，菩提心也可以滿足我們的所需，所以「嘛呢」代表菩提心。
「唄咩」是蓮花的意思。之所以能做到出汙泥而不染，靠的是空正見。這時候可以觀想空樂無二智或明空無二智。
「吽」是結合的意思，將蓮花與寶結合 — 了知空性的智慧與菩提心結合。

所以是方便 — 菩提心，智慧 — 空正見，二者結合，將不清淨的身語意轉為清淨的身語意。

我們唸「嗡嘛呢唄咩吽」時，要了知其義而念誦。很多人會關注六字大明咒的發音，但是六字大明咒的發音並不是重點，重點是要了解六字大明咒要表達什麼。

His Holiness the Dalai Lama explains the meaning of Om mani padme hum.

The Meaning of Om Mani Padme Hum

The mantra Om mani padme hum. The six syllables are Om ཨོཾ mani མ་ཎི padme པ་དྨེ hum ཧཱུྃ.

A Talk On Om Mani Padme Hum By H.H. the Dalai Lama

It is very good to recite the mantra Om mani padme hum, but while you are doing it, you should be thinking on its meaning, for the meaning of the six syllables is great and vast.

Om

The first, Om is composed of three letters. A, U, and M. These symbolize the practitioner’s impure body, speech, and mind; they also symbolize the pure exalted body, speech, and mind of a Buddha.

Can impure body, speech, and mind be transformed into pure body, speech, and mind, or are they entirely separate?

All Buddhas are cases of beings who were like ourselves and then in dependence on the path became enlightened; Buddhism does not assert that there is anyone who from the beginning is free from faults and possesses all good qualities. The development of pure body, speech, and mind comes from gradually leaving the impure states and their being transformed into the pure.

Mani

Mani, meaning jewel, symbolizes the factors of method—the altruistic intention to become enlightened, compassion, and love.

Just as a jewel is capable of removing poverty, so the altruistic mind of enlightenment is capable of removing the poverty, or difficulties, of cyclic existence and of solitary peace.

Similarly, just as a jewel fulfills the wishes of sentient beings, so the altruistic intention to become enlightened fulfills the wishes of sentient beings.

mani stones, om mani padme hum, the meaning of om mani padme hum
Mani stones outside the Tsuglagkhang Complex, near the home of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, McLeod Ganj, Dharamshala, India. Photo by Liz Highleyman, Creative Commons, https://bit.ly/3fuozRB

Padme

The two syllables, padme, meaning lotus, symbolize wisdom. Just as a lotus grows forth from mud but is not sullied by the faults of mud, so wisdom is capable of putting you in a situation of non-contradiction whereas there would be contradiction if you did not have wisdom.

There is wisdom realizing impermanence, wisdom realizing that persons are empty of being self-sufficient or substantially existent, wisdom that realizes the emptiness of duality—that is to say, of difference of entity between subject and object—and wisdom that realizes the emptiness of inherent existence.

Though there are many different types of wisdom, the main of all these is the wisdom realizing emptiness.

Hum

Purity must be achieved by an indivisible unity of method and wisdom, symbolized by the final syllable hum, which indicates indivisibility. According to the sutra system, this indivisibility of method and wisdom refers to wisdom affected by method and method affected by wisdom.

In the mantra, or tantric, vehicle, it refers to one consciousness in which there is the full form of both wisdom and method as one undifferentiable entity.

In terms of the seed syllables of the five Conqueror Buddhas, hum is the seed syllable of Akshobhya—the immovable, the unfluctuating, that which cannot be disturbed by anything.

The six syllables: Om Mani Padme Hum

Thus the six syllables, om mani padme hum, mean that in dependence on the practice of a path which is an indivisible union of method and wisdom, you can transform your impure body, speech, and mind into the pure exalted body, speech, and mind of a Buddha.

2013/4/28 His Holiness the Dalai Lama speaks to students at Dalhousie Public School followed by questions from the students.”the meaning of the mantra Om mani padme hum“