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**om mani peme hum**
OM perfect mind perfect body perfect speech	MANI jewel love compassion
PEME lotus wisdom emptiness	HUM one consciousness universe
this mantra is in the tibetan language, it is the mantra of the buddha of compassion. the awakening mind - a path in tibetan buddhism - is wrought from the KNOWING of compassion and wisdom. one without the other is not much good. re-thinking how your mind moves over a situation is determined by just that... your mind. but what is this mind? what is it's substance or non - substance? am i my mind? HHDL the root of suffering is believing that things exist independently. we are clouded by our humanity. we put our selves first and believe we are more important than others, in fact, we are other people, without them we cannot exist. When we hurt others, we hurt ourselves. FREE TIBET Jan 99 and when we love ourselves, we love others. this has taken me many years to learn, the essense of this lesson fills my life with joy. Dec 02 i return Jun 25