Manjushri (quote, Samsara)

[Kerby W-R]

Manjushri the Buddha of Wisdom


YouTube - Manjushri Mantra

Orange Manjushri





Prayer to Manjushri

• Obeisance to my Guru and Protector Manjushri,
  • Who holds to his heart a scriptural text,
    • symbolic of his seeing all things as they are;
    Whose intelligence shines forth as the sun,
    • unclouded by delusions or traces of ignorance;
    Who teaches in sixty ways with the loving compassion
    • of a father for his only son

• • all creatures caught in the prison of samsara,
  • confused in the darkness of their ignorance,
    overwhelmed by their suffering.
• You, whose dragon-thunder-like proclamation of Dharma
  • • arouses us from the stupor of our delusions
  • • 
      and frees us from the iron chains of our karma;
    Who wields the sword of wisdom, hewing down suffering
    • wherever its sprouts appear,
    • 
      clearing away the darkness of our ignorance.
  You, whose princely body is adorned with the one hundred
  • • and twelve marks of a Buddha;
    Who has completed the stages achieving
    • the highest perfection of a Bodhisattva;
    Who has been pure from the beginning.
  I bow down to you, O Manjushri,
  • With the brilliance of your wisdom, O compassionate one,
  • 
    Illuminate the darkness enclosing my mind,
    Enlighten my intelligence and wisdom
    • so that I may gain insight
    Into Buddha's words and the texts that explain them.

OM AH RA PA TSA NA DHE DHE DHE

Buddhist Sounds: Manjushri Mantra (http://buddhistmusic.blogspot.com/2007/06/manjushri-mantra.html - broken link)


YouTube - Manjushri - The Wisdom Buddha


This prayer to Manjushri, the Buddha of Wisdom, is recited by all the
four schools of Tibetan Buddhism before starting classes on all levels
of teachings. It is said that there was a large conference in Nalanda
University in India where more than 500 panditas [scholars] gathered.
When they said prayers to Manjushri, this praise to him was simultaneously
and spontaneously said by all the panditas. From then onwards this was used as the prayer to Manjushri by Mahayana Buddhist practitioners who were able to increase their power to learn and become great masters.

First we visualize Manjushri in the sky in front of us and repeat this prayer
one time or three times or more depending on the time we have. Then we recite his root mantra for a while.

When closing the prayer we visualize that the light of Manjushri's supreme
compassionate wisdom falls upon us and we receive the blessings which
enrich our ability to learn the canons and their commentaries.

No empowerment is needed to say these prayers.

[Kerby W-R]

YouTube - Bodhisattva Manjusri Mantra Remix
A Manjushri mantra Remix.

[Kerby W-R]

YouTube - HOMAGE TO MANJUSHRI

A homage to Manjushri.

[effie g-tad]

Originally Posted by Kerby W-R

YouTube - HOMAGE TO MANJUSHRI

A homage to Manjushri.

i could keep this "private", but choose to let everyone partake in such beauty:

this one certainly does heal a broken spirit! it comes with the symbols of acceptance and love..