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_Homage to the Sublimely Auspicious Mañjuśrī

The supreme meaning has been spoken

Vajra-pāṇi Bodhisattva

Subdues all the hosts of Māra

His body manifests throughout the three realms

The Secret King, sovereign and free

Eyes like petals of the lotus

Face like a lotus in full bloom

Grasping and holding the vajra pestle

Hurling it with his hand, hurling it again

Manifesting the form of great wrath

His majesty shakes the realms of the ten directions

_Vajra-pāṇi Bodhisattva

Also holds the vajra pestle

His form of vigor, subtle and wondrous

Valiantly subduing Māra

Great Wisdom benefiting the multitude of beings

Conjuring a koṭi-number of Vajras

Some joyful and delighted

Some manifesting forms of wrath

Bowing their heads in reverence to the Buddha, the World-Honored One

Joining their palms, with minds of reverence

Vowing to cause the Dharma to abide long

So that sentient beings may have a refuge

Those foolish and without Wisdom

Those wretched and afflicted

They rescue and bring to liberation

All upholding the supreme Fruit

_The World-Honored One, the Tamer and Guide

Abides perpetually in the Great Samādhi

Penetrating the Nature of all Dharmas

The Faculties and Objects are likewise so

_The Wisdom-Body Tathāgata

Bearing the mark of the Uṣṇīṣa (Uṣṇīṣa: the crown protuberance)

Mañjuśrī: the one of Great Wisdom

Skillfully born from Contemplative Wisdom

The subtle and wondrous, profound meaning

The Great Dharma, the Wheel Without Equal

Good in the beginning, the middle, and the end

The Name and Meaning are supreme

The Buddhas of the past have spoken it

The Buddhas of the future will speak it

The Buddhas of the present now speak it

In all three times it is thus

Within the great net of Illusion

He is able to deliver the many classes of beings

_Vajra-pāṇi Bodhisattva

Joyfully then offered praise

The Buddha speaks the True Secret Words

Now I am able to receive and uphold them

With a mind resolute and firm

Sincerely the Perfectly Enlightened One (Samyaksaṃbuddha)

Expounds the secret Dharma

Guiding the path for all sentient beings

Arousing the Undefiled Wisdom (Anāsravaḥ: no longer leaking, no longer afflicted)

Severing the afflictions without remainder

_Vajra-pāṇi Bodhisattva

Joining his palms, stood before the Buddha

At that time Śākyamuni Buddha (Śākya-muṇi)

The Supreme One Honored Among Those With Two Legs

The form of his tongue, his truthful words

His subtle, wondrous, and pure sound

Pervading throughout the three realms

With the voice of Brahmā (Brahma-ghoṣa) he offered praise

"The Tathāgata, the Secret King

Proclaims the Great Essential Dharma"

_"Excellent, Vajra-pāṇi!

Excellent, Vajra-pāṇi!

Because you act for the sake of benefit

Great Wisdom is accomplished

The supreme Great Meaning and Benefit

Eradicating all the stains of transgression"

_Mañjuśrī, the one of Great Wisdom

Vowed to hear such meaning

"Excellent, Great Teacher of the Way!

By skillful means, please proclaim it"

_At that time Śākyamuni Buddha

Revealed and disclosed the secret Dharma

Embracing and upholding the Great Vidyā-mantra

Namely: the Class of the Vidyā-mantra Holders

the Class of the Mundane and Supramundane

the Class Pervading the World

the Class of the Great Seal of All Dharmas

the Class of the Uṣṇīṣa

The six kinds of Great Mantra Kings

Corresponding without duality

Giving rise to the Dharma of the Gāthā

Now I shall proclaim it

"Aṭ a nhất ế ốt ô y ái ổ áo ám ác"

A Ā I Ī U Ū E AI O AU AṂ AḤ

Abiding in the Mind of Contemplative Wisdom

The Three Actions of the Tathāgata revolve

The syllable OṂ (OṂ), Vajra-tīkṣṇa (Vajra-tīkṣṇa)

Is able to sever suffering and affliction

Mañjuśrī, the Greatly Auspicious

The Wisdom of Wondrous Contemplative Discernment

Proclaims the secret Gateway

The Mantra of the Sovereign King

"A ra bát tả na dã đế, nẵng mạc"

A RA PA CA NA ĀYATE NAMAḤ

_Homage to the Buddha, the World-Honored One

Giving rise to the Wisdom of Bodhi

The syllable ĀḤ (ĀḤ) within all things

Is the meaning of the Greatly Supreme

Giving rise to the Great Beings

Apart from Mind, apart from the marks of speech

With all sounds

All marks of radiant brilliance

_This Mahā-Great Greed

To which sentient beings cling and are stained

The Mahā-Great Anger and Hatred

The Cause (Hetu) of all suffering and affliction

The Mahā-Great Delusion

Penetrating deep into the minds of sentient beings

The Mahā-Great Wrath

This is the great Enmity and Harm

The Mahā-Great Affection and Pleasure

Every Attachment to Views (the two afflictions of views and emotions) of the Mind

_Great Desire and Great Pleasure

Great Joy and Great Defilement

Great Form and Great Body

Great Mark and Great Appearance

Great Name and Great Giving

The Great Perfect Bodhimaṇḍa

Wielding the sword of Great Wisdom

Severing the net of Great Affliction

_Great Manifestation and Great Renown

Great Radiance and Great Brilliance

The Great Illusion as the Illusionist

Accomplishing the meaning of the Great Illusion

_The Great Illusory Transformation defiled by Desire

The net of Views of the Great Illusory Transformation (the views of the great illusory transformation)

The supreme Great Giving

The valiant Great Vigor

The Great Meditative Concentration abiding

The Great Wisdom arising

Great Skillful Means, Great Vow

Great Power and Great Wisdom

_The Dharma of Great Loving-Kindness: No-Self (the absence of a self)

Great Compassion: the profound and wondrous conduct

Great Wisdom: greatly valiant

Great Giving: the great skillful means

Great Spiritual Power: the strength of Wisdom

Great Majestic Virtue, firm and strong

The Great Vajra Secret

The Great Wrath, majestic and mighty

Able to dispel great fear and dread

The Great Most Excellent Vidyā-rāja

The Supreme Conduct of the Great Vehicle

Increasing the Dharma of the Great Vehicle

_The Great Vairocana Buddha (Vairocana-buddha)

The Great Silent Muni (Śākya-muṇi)

Giving rise to the Great Mantra Class

Accomplishing the secret Dharma

Relying on the ten Pāramitās

Cultivating the most excellent Conduct

Attaining the ten Pāramitās (Daśa-pāramitā)

The Gateway of the pure Wondrous Dharma

The ten kinds of Pāramitā

The Tathāgata's Original True Wisdom

The Conduct of sovereign freedom in the ten Grounds

Peacefully abiding in the ten Grounds

The pure body of the ten Wisdoms

The accumulation of Merit of the ten Wisdoms

The ten Marks, the ten Benefits

The Muni, the One Honored With the Ten Powers

The ten Marks: the vast and great conduct

Pervading everywhere, all perfectly complete

The Tathāgata's Pure Body

Neither real nor false

True Words and Real Words

Suchlike Words, Words Not Otherwise

Not two, yet not non-dual

Abiding in the Reality-Limit of Suchness

In the meaning of No-Self (the absence of a self)

Like the roar of a Lion

His majesty shakes all the Heterodox Ways

The hosts of Māra are all terrified

All the Conduct of True Emptiness

The Tathāgata realizes by himself

Valiantly destroying enemies and foes

This is called the Most Excellent

The Mighty Wheel-Turning King

The supreme one worthy of veneration

All give rise to minds of reverence

Penetrating the Dharma without distinction

Expounding the Teaching of the Great Vehicle

Praising the boundless meaning

The Tathāgata's words are truthful

Neither real nor false and deceptive

Guiding and drawing the deluded multitudes

All attaining non-regression

Śrāvakas (Śrāvaka) and Pratyekabuddhas (Pratyeka-buddha)

The Buddha-Vehicle (Buddha-yāna), the Fruit of Bodhi (Bodhi-phala)

In all kinds of Emptiness (Śūnya: Void) without attachment

Penetrating and understanding it as it truly is

The Arhat with Outflows Exhausted

Attaining the Faculties and Objects, free from Desire

Severing the Fetters (bandhana or Saṃyojana), the afflictions (Kleśa)

Without fear (fearless), attaining the cool and clear

The Tathāgata, Without Attachment

Perfect in Knowledge and Conduct, the Well-Gone

The Supreme One of the World

The Tamer, the One Honored With the Ten Epithets

Without Self-Pride (Ātma-māna) and arrogance

His truthful mind abides

Far removed from the realm of saṃsāra

For koṭis of kalpas he cultivated the Excellent Conduct

He has done what needed to be done

His mind of Wisdom is resolute

_The World-Honored One, the Great Dharma King

Expounds the subtle and wondrous Dharma

Pervading the entire World

Teaching and transforming all sentient beings

Using the most excellent Conduct

Accomplishing all the Benefits

Acting as the Great Guiding Teacher

Causing them to be free from all doubts

The entire realm of sentient beings

All attain the peace of the Grounds (Bhūmi)

Giving (Dāna), Discipline (Śīla), Patience (Kṣānti), Vigor (Vīrya), Meditation (Dhyāna)

Cultivated as the Treasury of Merit (Puṇya-garbha)

The Pāramitā of Wisdom (Prajñā-pāramitā)

Cultivated as the Treasury of Wisdom (Prajñā-garbha)

Skillful Means (Upāya) with Vow (Praṇidhāna), Power (Bala)

Accordingly cultivating the two Treasuries

Perfectly practicing all that is Wholesome (Kuśala)

Always corresponding everywhere

The thought of Meditative Concentration, subtle and wondrous

Displaying a bodily form unmoving

The three bodies: Dharma (Dharma-kāya), Reward (Saṃbhoga-kāya), Transformation (Nirmāṇa-kāya)

The five Buddhas, the five kinds of Wisdom

The five Buddhas adorned with jeweled crowns

The five eyes illumining the World

Responding and manifesting all the Buddhas

Causing all the Wholesome to increase

The power of Wisdom that has been cultivated

Is able to sever the turning and revolving

The Vajra-body, firm and solid

Truly inconceivable

_Vairocana Buddha (Vairocana-buddha)

Blazes with the radiance of Great Wisdom

Naturally within empty space

Pouring forth the light of Wisdom

Illumining all the Buddha-lands

All the bodies of the Tathāgata (Tathāgata-kāya)

The Vidyā-rāja, the Great Mantra

The Supreme Meaning is all accomplished

_The Great Uṣṇīṣa (Mahoṣṇīṣa: the Great Crown Protuberance)

Emits a pure radiance

Illumining all the bodies of the Buddhas

Those Buddhas all reverence it

Their minds gaze upon it with joy

Their Dignified Demeanor is all complete

Making offerings, all offering praise

The Muni, the Great Golden Immortal

Abides in the three Mantra Classes

The Samādhi Mantra manifests before him

The Three Jewels (Tri-ratna: the three jewels of Buddha, Dharma, and Saṅgha) most excellent

The Three Vehicles (Trīṇi-yānāni: Śrāvaka, Pratyekabuddha, Bodhisattva) with their guidance

_The Amoghapāśa Class (Amogha-pāśa-kulāya)

Holding the vajra cord

Holding the vajra hook

Manifesting the form of wrath

Subduing all the Māra-Enemies

The Great Wrathful Vidyā-rāja (Mahā-krodha-vidya-rāja)

Six faces manifesting six eyes

A single body producing six arms

From his mouth protrude great sharp fangs

His hands grasp the Kāma-kāra

A hundred venomous serpents coiling about his arms

Named Yamāntaka (Yamāntaka)

Also named the King Who Removes Obstacles

Manifesting a most terrifying form

Grasping the sharp Vajra

All kinds of distinct forms

Conjuring the Vajra retinue

Filling the whole of empty space

_The Greatly Majestic and Virtuous Wrathful One

The Immovable Honored Vidyā-rāja (Acala-nātha-vidya-rāja)

A single topknot of tangled, disheveled hair

His body draped with the hide of a great elephant

When he utters the great laughing sound

The sound of "Ha Ha, Hi Hi"

The trees and grasses all tremble

Manifesting the Great Laughter Vidyā-rāja (Mahāṭṭā-hāsa)

_The Vajra King (Vara-rāja): Great Pleasure

The Vajra General (Vajra-sena): Great Joy

The Vajra Mantra (Vajra-mantra): hūṃ hūṃ

The Vajra Bow (Vajra-dhanus) with the Arrow

His hands grasp the Vajra sword

All severing the afflictions

Its function firm, solid, and sharp

This most excellent Vajra

The Vajra fire blazing brilliantly

The Vajra eyes shining radiantly

The great form and mark of the Vajra

The Vajra fire: a hundred eyes

The Vajra hair, sharp and pointed

Manifesting the form of battle

The Vajra manifesting nails of the fingers

A koṭi-number of firm and sharp points

The most excellent garland of the Vajra (the most excellent flower-garland of the Vajra)

The wondrous adornment of the Vajra (the marvelous adornment of the Vajra)

The sound of the Vajra Laughter (the laughter of the Vajra)

The Gateway of Syllables has six kinds

The sound of Mañjuśrī (Mañjuśrī)

Penetrating throughout the three realms

Even to the realm of empty space

The sound penetrates everywhere

_As it truly is, he knows and penetrates

That all Dharmas are without Self

Apart from letters and speech

The same as the Reality-Limit, the Dharma-Nature

Like the Great Ox King

Roaring out a great sound

He blows the great conch of the Dharma (Mahā-dharma-śaṅkara)

He beats the great drum of the Dharma (Mahā-dharma-duṇḍubhi)

He raises the vast and great banner of the Dharma (Mahā-dharma-ketu, or mahā-dharma-dhvaja)

Producing a vast and great sound

Not abiding in Nirvāṇa (Nirvāṇa)

Out of compassion for all sentient beings

The empty-space realm of the ten directions

Without form (Rūpa: material shape, color), yet not without form (Arūpa)

All kinds of form within the Mind

Able to penetrate all Dharmas

Like a great round mirror

Illumining everywhere without remainder

Transforming the hosts of Devas and Humans

In the three realms he attains sovereign freedom

Abiding in the Noble Path (Ārya-mārga) of equality

Manifesting upon the banner of the Dharma (Dharma-ketu)

Throughout all the Realms of the ten directions

Manifesting the form of the Youth (Kumāra)

Sometimes manifesting the form of the Śramaṇa (Śramaṇa)

Sometimes manifesting the form of an old man

Sometimes the thirty-two marks

Upright and dignified, most subtle and wondrous

_The one of Wisdom and Virtuous Conduct

The Ācārya, the Dharma Master

Delivering all sentient beings

Correspondingly attaining Perfect Enlightenment (saṃbuddha)

Penetrating the realm of empty space

The Ocean of the Wisdom of All-Knowing Wisdom (Sarva-jña-jñāna)

Destroying the net of Ignorance (Avidyā)

Crushing and annihilating the Wheel of Flowing and Revolving (the wheel of flowing and revolving)

Forever leaving behind all the afflictions

Swiftly reaching the other shore (Pāramitā: the shore of liberation, Nirvāṇa)

_Using the water of Wisdom (Jñāna-jala) to anoint the crown

Adorned with the crown of Wondrous Jewels

Severing the three kinds of suffering (the suffering of suffering, the suffering of formations, the suffering of decay)

Free from all bonds

Attaining the three kinds of Liberation (Emptiness, Signlessness, Wishlessness)

Accomplishing Perfect and Complete Enlightenment (Samyaksaṃbuddha)

Always within the three realms

Benefiting all sentient beings

Perfecting the pure Conduct

His Merit all increasing

Free from all attachment to existence

Abiding in the Limit of True Reality (Suchness)

Holding the great Wish-Fulfilling jewel

Acting as the supreme Guiding Teacher

Manifesting the Great Mark correspondingly

Acting as the supreme Auspicious Vase (Pūrṇa-ghaṭa, or Bhadra-Kalaśa)

Abundantly benefiting all sentient beings

Cherishing them as one's own infant child

_Penetrating the Pure, penetrating the not-Pure

Penetrating the Time-Periods of Samādhi

Penetrating and reaching the Right Concentration

Penetrating the faculties and objects of sentient beings

Penetrating Merit, penetrating the Dharma

Attaining the three kinds of Liberation

The matter of the Auspicious is pure

The mind is exultant and joyful

_Five faces with five crowns

Five mountains, with marks of dignified adornment

Great Joy and Great Pleasure

Great Celebration and Great Desire

Resolving the true Dharma

The Auspicious, the Most Excellent Honored One

His conduct subtle, wondrous, and most excellent

Benefiting all sentient beings

Acting to subdue the Māra-Enemies

Eliminating all terror and fear

_Śikhin, Saptakanyā

Jaṭā, with hair flowing loose

Shaving the hair, with the Dhūta (Dhūta: a kind of ascetic practice removing the dust and filth of afflictions)

Wearing the robe of the Great Pure Conduct (Mahā-brahma-caryā)

Upholding the supreme Pure Conduct (Brahma-caryā)

The host of Great Brahmins (Mahā-brāhmaṇa)

The ash-smeared body, Gautama (Gautama)

Cultivating and upholding the Great Austerities

Realizing pure Nirvāṇa

In silent stillness attaining liberation

Able to uphold the Great Pure Conduct

At ease and joyful, without defilement and attachment

Resolutely severing both suffering and pleasure

Far removed from all Desires (Rāga)

Neither losing nor gaining

Neither manifesting nor attaching

All Practices without stain

This is the Brahmin (Brāhmaṇa)

_The Bodhisattva cultivating the Right Conduct

His Consciousness pure and without stain

Free from defilement, without fear

Skillfully awakening to the Buddha-Nature (Buddhatā)

His Wisdom understands the Tathāgata-Ground (Tathāgata-bhūmi)

Able to know the Dharmas of the past

Without Wisdom (Jñāna), also without Form (Rūpa)

Also without any doubt

Beholding the Buddhas of the three times

The Dharmas of old without attachment

Understanding the Dharma free from bondage

The Eye of Wisdom illumining without hindrance

The Tathāgata's Wondrous Contemplative Wisdom

The Sovereign King who Expounds the Dharma

Using the most excellent meaning of the Dharma

He dispels all disputes

Like the king of beasts, the Lion

Able to subdue the myriad beasts

Sentient beings all admire him

The Tathāgata, with the mark of veneration

_The Wondrous Wisdom-Light of Mañjuśrī (the Wondrous Wisdom-Light of Mañjuśrī)

Brilliantly illumining everywhere

The Anointed Dharma-Prince

The Most Excellent Master of Name and Meaning

Able to act as the finest medicine

Eliminating all the sufferings of illness

The light of the Ūrṇā mark (Ūrṇā: the white tuft of hair coiling clockwise at the

forehead between the brows)

Illumining all the three realms

Even to the lands of the ten directions

Raising everywhere the great banner of the Dharma

And spreading the great canopy

Acting as the Bodhimaṇḍa of Loving-Kindness and Compassion

The lotus, the great jeweled canopy

Covering all the Tathāgatas

The Dharma-Nature (Dharmatā) of all Buddhas

All Buddhas corresponding

All Buddhas equal

This is the most excellent veneration

_The Vajra Wisdom Anointing of the Crown

The Auspicious Sovereign King

The Sovereign Free One of All Worlds

The Most Excellent Vajra King

The Great Mind of all Buddhas

The Wisdom-Conduct of all Buddhas

The Great Body (the vast great body) of all Buddhas

The Wondrous Eloquence (the marvelous activity) of all Buddhas

_The Vajra Sun's great radiance (the vast great light of the Vajra Sun)

The Vajra Moon's great brilliance (the vast great clarity of the Vajra Moon)

Brilliantly illumining everywhere

The realm of sentient beings in the ten directions

The Vajra Buddha: firm and solid

The Buddha of Supreme Meaning: the Dharma arising

The Lotus Buddha: auspicious

Accomplishing All-Knowing Wisdom (Sarva-jña)

The Buddha upholding the Dharma of Great Illusion

The Buddha upholding the Great Mantra

The Vajra sword, exceedingly sharp

Severing the fetters of the afflictions

The Vajra Dharma, the great vessel

The Vajra Dharma, most excellent

Giving rise to Vajra Wisdom

Perfecting the Pāramitā

The Buddha-Ground (Buddha-bhūmi) as the adornment

The pure Dharma, No-Self

_Right Wisdom, the Mind clearly understanding

The net of illusion, all kinds of matters

The Vajra is able to sever and remove them

Ending the afflictions, without remainder

THE SUTRA OF THE MOST EXCELLENT NAME AND MEANING SPOKEN BY MAÑJUŚRĪ _THE UPPER SCROLL: The End