BTW troll, Om is Sanskrit, and is Hindu and even earlier Vedic, & predates the Buddhist use by quite a bit; and the mantram you quote, incorrectly, is specifically Tibetan Buddhist - 'Om Mani Padme Hum', & which is quite a bit later than the early Buddhist, whose writings were in Pali, and who did not believe in or use mantric practices. Your translation is pretty correct, but it doesn't really translate into English very well. Om does not mean Hail, a better translation might be - Om, The Jewel in the Lotus - the sound of these syllables in Sanskrit are supposed to have a force or power, not the meaning of them.