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sylvester pollet <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 17 May 2000 18:34:56 -0400
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At 2:11 PM -0700 5/17/00, Jacob Korg wrote:
>What are those names in "The Alchemist",Collected Early Poems, p.225,
>beginning Claustra, Aelis,Azalais.etc.?
>        And also,What is OM MANI PADME HUM,p.283?
>        I'd be grateful for enlightenment.

Surely the second is a joke? That OM is commonly known as the great mantra,
commonly translated "Om, The Jewel in the Lotus, Hum. Sanskrit. Keystone of
Mahayana Buddhist meditation. We'd all be grateful for enlightenment--good
luck with your quest. Sylvester

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