Note 1151 — Chapter XII
Reading edition
Aum (mystic Sanscrit term of the Trinity), mani (holy jewel), padmé (in the lotus, padma being the name for lotus), houm (be it so). The six syllables in the sentence correspond to the six chief powers of nature emanating from Buddha (the abstract deity, not Gautama), who is the seventh, and the Alpha and Omega of being.