| The Om symbol is a very important symbol in Tibetan | | | | both begins and ends with the Om. |
| jewelry and accessories. The word 'Om,' Aum is the | | | | The Om symbol is found in both Hinduism and |
| primordial symbol, the first sound ever heard, and the | | | | Buddhism, and began in Hinduism, but I will first discuss |
| sound that the earth was created by. The sound, om, | | | | the sound om and its cosmology in the context of |
| starts with an opening of the lips and ends with a | | | | Tibetan Buddhism. In Tibetan Buddhism, the most used |
| closing. This represents pulling all things into the body | | | | mantra is 'om mani padme hum.' This phrase means |
| while making the sound, 'om.' The Om sound is similar | | | | 'hail to the jewel in the lotus.' This mantra is the mantra |
| to the Greek Logos, and in Christianity Om could be | | | | of the bodhisattva of compassion, Avalokiteshvara. |
| linked to the Christian Amen. Everything in the world | | | | |