The Mani mantra is the most widely used of all Buddhist mantras, and open to anyone who feels inspired to practice it -- it does not require prior initiation by a lama (meditation master).

The six syllables of the mantra, as it is often pronounced by Tibetans -- Om Mani Padme Hum -- are here written in the Tibetan alphabet: 

Reading from left to right the syllables are:

Om 
(ohm)

Ma 
(mah)

Ni 
(nee)

Pad 
(pahd)

Me 
(may)

Hum 
(hum)

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