I-Symbol Aum (Ohm)

U-Om, ophinde apelwe ngokuthi Aum, uhlamvu olungaqondakali futhi olungcwele olusuka kubuHindu, kodwa manje seluvamile kubuBuddha nezinye izinkolo. KumaHindu, u-Om uwumsindo wokuqala wendalo, obonisa izigaba ezintathu zokuba khona: ukuzalwa, ukuphila nokufa.

Ukusetshenziswa okudume kakhulu kwe-Om eBuddhism ngu-Om Mani Padme Hum, «Imantra egqamile enamagama ayisithupha " I-Bodhisattvas of Compassion I-Avalokiteshvara ... Lapho sicula noma sibheka ama-syllables, sinxusa ububele beBodhisattva futhi sigxilise izimfanelo zayo. I-AUM (Om) inezinhlamvu ezintathu ezihlukene: A, U kanye no-M. Zifanekisela umzimba, umoya nenkulumo kaBuddha; "Mani" kusho indlela yokufunda; I-Padme isho ukuhlakanipha kwendlela, futhi i-hum isho ukuhlakanipha nendlela eya kuyo.