मञ्जुश्री

Mañjuśrī

"Gentle Glory"

 (मञ्जुश्रीकुमारभूत)

[Mañjuśrīkumārabhūta]

"Mañjuśrī, Still a Youth"

or, less literally,

"Prince Mañjuśrī"

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मञ्जु

मञ्जु • (mañju)

beautiful, gentle, lovely, charming, pleasant, sweet.

मञ्ज् • (mañj) (class 10)

to cleanse or be bright.

श्री • (śrī́) f

light, lustre, radiance, splendour, glory, beauty, grace, loveliness

prosperity, welfare, good fortune, success, auspiciousness, wealth, treasure, riches

symbol or insignia of royalty

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Namasangiti, aspect of Manjushri, Nepal

नमसङ्गति Nāma-Saṃgīti, aspect of मञ्जुश्री Manjushri, Nepal

मञ्जुश्री-नम-संगीति

Mañjuśrī-Nāma-Saṃgīti

འཇམ་དཔལ་མཚན་བརྗོད

The Litany of Names of Manjushri

A Concert of Names of Manjushri

"मञ्जुश्रृज्ञानसत्त्वस्य-परमार्थ-नमसंगीति manjushrijnanasattvasya-paramartha-namasamgiti" (full Sanskrit title) lit. "The chanting of the names of मञ्जुश्री Manjushri, the embodiment of supreme knowledge" is considered amongst the most advanced teachings given by the Shakyamuni Buddha. It represents the pinnacle of all शाक्यमुनि Shakyamuni Buddha's teachings, being a tantra of the nondual (अद्वय advaya) class, along with the कालचक्र (-དུས་ཀྱི་འཁོར་ལོ།, 時輪金剛法) Kālachakra Tantra (Kālacakra  དུས་ཀྱི་འཁོར་ལོ། is a polysemic term in Vajrayana Buddhism that means "wheel of time" or "time cycles").

कालचक्र (-དུས་ཀྱི་འཁོར་ལོ།, 時輪金剛法) इति बौद्धधर्मस्य वज्रयानम् ।

कालचक्र 周 (時間週轉/時輪金剛週)

The नमसङ्गति Nāma-Saṃgīti was preached by शाक्यमुनि śākyamuni Buddha for his disciple वज्रपाणी Vajrapani and his wrathful retinue in order to lead them into Buddhahood. The essence of the नमसङ्गति Nāma-Saṃgīti is that  मञ्जुश्री Manjushri bodhisattva is the embodiment of all knowledge. The नमसङ्गति Nāma-Saṃgīti is a short text, only circa 160 verses and a prose section. It is a fraction of the vast Sutras such as महावैपुल्य बुद्धावतंसक सूत्र《華嚴經》，全名《大方廣佛華嚴經》Mahāvaipulya Buddhāvataṃsaka Sūtra）Avatamsaka Sutra and  प्रज्ञापारमिता Prajñāpāramitā "the Perfection of Wisdom" or "Transcendental Knowledge" Sutras or the endless ocean of tantras such as मञ्जुश्री-मूल-कल्पः Manjushri-Mula-Kalpa and the mountainous हिनयनम् (小乘) Hinayana teachings and sea of sundry extra-canonical works. And yet, the नमसङ्गति Nāma-Saṃgīti contains all of the Buddha's dharmas. It summarizes everything he taught. As शाक्यमुनि śākyamuni Buddha says of the नमसङ्गति Nāma-Saṃgīti, it is "the chief clarification of words". It is the "nondual reality". Therefore, all sentient beings should definitely study and recite the मञ्जुश्री-नम-संगीति Mañjuśrī-Nāma-Saṃgīti.