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 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 ignorance.
You whose princely body is adorned with the 112 marks of a Buddha, who has completed the stages achieving the highest perfection of a Bodhisattva, who has been pure from the beginning.
OM AH RA PA TSA NA DHI
(Repeat the mantra many times through. The last time:
DHI DHI DHI DHI DHI…..SOHA)
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.