Manjushri
Perfect Wisdom

Manjushri - Smooth, Glorious, Melodious - is the embodiment of all the buddha's infinite wisdom. All the attributes of Manjushri point to the wisdom that he personifies. His double-edged sword cuts through obscuring layers of misconception and discriminates accurately between the independent way things mistakenly appear to exist and the interdependent way they actually do exist. Manjushri's enlightened wisdom offers protection from the "two fears," samsara and nirvana. Concerning the former, Manjushri's sword destroys the false and misleading conceptions fabricated by ignorance, the root of all delusions. As for the fear of the self-liberation of nirvana, this blissful state breeds complacency and indifference to the suffering of others. This indifference is the antithesis of the compassionate bodhichitta motivation to gain enlightenment for the sake of others. Manjushri never loses sight of the welfare of those who, like ourselves, wish only to be happy and to escape from suffering.

Text from "Images of Enlightenment, Tibetan Art in Practice" by Jonathan Landaw and Andy Weber.

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