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Homage to Manjushri, the Buddha of Wisdom
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 like the sun, unclouded by the two
obscurations,
Who teaches in sixty ways, with the loving compassion of a parent
for his only child, 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 afflictions 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 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 the Buddha's words and the texts
that explain them.
[Click
here for an Introduction to the Manjushri practice.]
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