Om mani padme hum

[Doug Alan <nessus@athena.mit.edu>]

The chant "Om mani padme hum" (or however you spell this) does indeed
mean "Hail the jewel in the lotus".  And it is indeed a sexual
reference, and something very worthy of hailing.  Those Indians shure
are horny buggers, ain't they?

"G." is not Gurdjieff.  Why would Gurdjieff be coming over to Kate's
pad?  "G." is most likely David Gilmour.


From: padraigm@well.UUCP (Patrick McFarland)
Subject: Re: chants
Date: 17 Jun 91 03:39:55 GMT
Organization: Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link, Sausalito, CA

"om mani padme hum" isn't Latin.  It's Sanskrit.  Probably the most 
well-
known Hindu mantra, or chant.  "om" and "hum" are "power words", which 
have
no ordinarily recognized meaning, although "om" or more correctly "aum"
supposedly represents the continuing process of creation, existence and
destruction.  "mani padme" means literally "the jewel is in the lotus".
Symbolically, it represents union of the human with the divine.  In 
some
sects (no pun intended), it also represents sexual union, the jewel 
standing
for the lingam, or phallus, and the lotus for the yoni, or vagina.  
BTW,
"aum" is also used frequently as a mantra in its own right.



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