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Homage to the Lama and the Protector, Venerable Manjushri;
Who holds a scripture (of the Perfection of Wisdom) at his
heart because he sees all objects as they are;
With his pure and clear intelligence free of the two
obstructions like the sun free from clouds;
Who teaches with sixty types of melodies all the collections
of migrators,
Confused by the darkness of ignorance and tormented by suffering
in the prison of existence;
With the love of a father for his only child;
Whose great dragon-like proclamation of Dharma wakes them from
the sleep of the afflictions;
And frees them from the shackles of karma;
Who holds a sword which clears away the darkness of ignorance
and cuts every sprout of suffering;
Who is pure from the beginning and has gone to the end of the
ten grounds;
Whose physical qualities are complete and who is the chief of
the Conqueror's sons;
Whose body is adorned with the one hundred and twelve ornaments
of a Buddha;
I bow down to MANJUSHRI.
In order to eliminate the darkness from my mind;
OM A RA BA TSA NA DHI (7x, 21x, 108x or more)
O kind one, having cleared away the darkness of obscurations from my mind;
With the brilliance of your exhalted wisdom;
I beseech you to bestow the illumination of intelligence and wisdom;
Which realize the meaning of Buddha's words and the treatises Which explain them.
By this virtue, may I quickly
Obtain the level of ARYA MANJUSHRI,
And may all sentient beings without exception
Be brought to this very place!
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