The full sentence of “Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva’s six-character mantra(觀音菩薩六字大明咒)” is “嗡嘛呢唄𠸍吽”, which is interpreted as “salute and pray to the saint who holds the precious lotus, and destroy troubles. The six-character mantra can relieve the suffering of the six realms:
- 「嗡 (Om)」， removes the suffering of life and death in heaven;
- 「嘛 (Ma)」， except for the suffering of Asura’s struggle;
- 「呢 (Ni)」， in addition to the suffering of life, old age, sickness and death in the human world;
- 「唄 (Pad)」， to remove the suffering of the animal labor;
- 「𠸍 (Mei)」， relieves the suffering of hungry ghosts and thirst;
- 「吽 (Hūm」， also removes the suffering of cold and heat in the hell realm.
