Bodhisattva Manjusri

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anirudh.p
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Bodhisattva Manjusri

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can anybody please give my a praise to manjusri Bodhisattva mahasattva in Sanskrit ?? cause I am Indian and I am familiar with Sanskrit.......I occationally read the Manjusri nama Samgiti but its too long..... I hope someone helps me... :namaste:
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Hi !
There is the Arya Manjushri Mula-Kalpa, a buddhist tantra about Manjushri, that is available in sanskrit in the internet. There was a threelingual book about Manjushri Namasangiti in the 1980's, I don't know if it is still in print. The Sanskrit Buddhist Literature of Nepal by Rajendrala Mitra contains Namasangiti, it is in print.
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"All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.
They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
Sarvē mānavāḥ svatantrāḥ samutpannāḥ vartantē api ca, gauravadr̥śā adhikāradr̥śā ca samānāḥ ēva vartantē. Ētē sarvē cētanā-tarka-śaktibhyāṁ susampannāḥ santi. Api ca, sarvē’pi bandhutva-bhāvanayā parasparaṁ vyavaharantu."
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 1. (in english and sanskrit)
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Re: Bodhisattva Manjusri

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I believe this is the Manjusri mantra in Sanskrit:

oṃ a ra pa ca na dhīḥ

A is a door to the insight that all dharmas are unproduced from the very beginning (ādya-anutpannatvād);
RA is a door to the insight that all dharmas are without dirt (rajas);
PA is a door to the insight that all dharmas have been expounded in the ultimate sense (paramārtha);
CA is a door to the insight that the decrease (cyavana) or rebirth of any dharma cannot be apprehended, because all dharmas do not decrease, nor are they reborn;
NA is a door to the insight that the names [i.e. nāma] of all dharmas have vanished; the essential nature behind names cannot be gained or lost.
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You can find Mañjushri Stotra in Digital Sanskrit Buddhist Canon, in Romanized and in Devanagari form,
http://dsbc.uwest.edu/
svaha
"All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.
They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
Sarvē mānavāḥ svatantrāḥ samutpannāḥ vartantē api ca, gauravadr̥śā adhikāradr̥śā ca samānāḥ ēva vartantē. Ētē sarvē cētanā-tarka-śaktibhyāṁ susampannāḥ santi. Api ca, sarvē’pi bandhutva-bhāvanayā parasparaṁ vyavaharantu."
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 1. (in english and sanskrit)
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can I get the Prayer to manjusri which is in tibetan in sanskrit??
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There are many praises to Mañjushri in tibetan, for example there is Je Tsong Khapa's The Ocean of the Clouds of Praises to Guru Mañjughosha,
I don't know if there are many that have been translated from sanskrit with the original sanskrit remaining.
Did you find the Mañjushri Stotra in the digital sanskrit buddhist canon?
svaha
"All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.
They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
Sarvē mānavāḥ svatantrāḥ samutpannāḥ vartantē api ca, gauravadr̥śā adhikāradr̥śā ca samānāḥ ēva vartantē. Ētē sarvē cētanā-tarka-śaktibhyāṁ susampannāḥ santi. Api ca, sarvē’pi bandhutva-bhāvanayā parasparaṁ vyavaharantu."
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 1. (in english and sanskrit)
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Re: Bodhisattva Manjusri

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Yup I did.....I started reading it and even manjusri astaka shata nama stotram
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