A Concert of Names of Manjushri

(1) Then the glorious Holder of the Vajra, the most superb tamer of those difficult to tame, the hero, triumphant over the world’s three planes, the powerful lord of the thunderbolt, ruler of the hidden,

(2) With awakened white-lotus eyes, fully bloomed pink-lotus face, brandishing over and again the supreme vajra with his hand –

(3) Together with countless Vajrapanis, with features such as brows furrowed in fury, heroes, tamers of those difficult to tame, fearsome and heroic in form,

(4) Brandishing blazing-tipped vajras in their hands, superb in fulfilling the aims of wandering beings, through great compassion, verification, and skillful means,

(5) Having happy, joyful, and delighted dispositions, yet endowed with ferocious bodily forms, guardians to further the Buddhas’ enlightening influence, their bodies bowed – together with them

(6) Prostrated to the Guardian, the Vanquishing Master Surpassing All, the Thusly Gone One, the Fully Enlightened and standing before him, palms pressed together, addressed these words:

(7) “O Master of the All-Pervasive, for my benefit, my purpose, from affection toward me, so that I may obtain manifest enlightenment from The Web of Illusion (Great Tantra)

(8) For the welfare and attainment of the peerless fruit for all limited beings sunk in the swamp of misknowing, their minds upset by disturbing states,

(9) O Fully Enlightened, Vanquishing Master, Guru of Wanderers, Indicator, Knower of the Great Close Bond and Reality, Foremost Knower of Powers and Intents, elucidate, please,

(10) Regarding the enlightening body of deep awareness of the Vanquishing Master, the Great Crown Protrusion, the Master of Words, the embodied deep awareness derived from oneself, the deep awareness being, Manjushri,

(11) The superlative Concert of His Names, with profound meaning, with extensive meaning, with great meaning, unequaled, and supremely pacifying, constructive in the beginning, middle, and end,

(12) Which was proclaimed by previous Buddhas, will be proclaimed by future ones, and which the Fully Enlightened of the present proclaim over and again,

(13) And which, in The Web of Illusion Great Tantra, was magnificently chanted by countless delighted great holders of the vajras, holders of the hidden mantras.

(14) O Guardian, so that I (too) may be a holder of the hidden (teachings) of all the Fully Enlightened, I shall preserve it with steadfast intention till my definite deliverance

(15) And shall elucidate it to limited beings, in accord with their individual intents, for dispelling disturbing mental states, barring none, and destroying misknowing, barring none.”

(16) Having requested the Thusly Gone One with these words, the lord of the hidden, Vajrapani, pressed his palms together and, bowing his body, stood before him.

(17) Then the Vanquishing Master Surpassing All, Shakyamuni, the Able Sage, the Fully Enlightened, the Ultimate Biped, extending from his mouth his beautiful tongue, long and wide,

(18) Illuminating the world’s three planes and subduing the four demonic forces (the maras), his foes, and displaying a smile, cleansing the three worse rebirths for limited beings,

(19) And filling the world’s three planes with his sweet Brahma-voice, replied to Vajrapani, the magnificently strong, the lord of the hidden:

(20) “Excellent, O glorious Holder of the Vajra, (I say) excellent to you, O Vajrapani, you who possess great compassion for the sake of the welfare of wandering beings,

(21) Rise to the occasion to hear from me, now, A Concert of Names of the enlightening body of deep awareness, Manjushri, having great meaning, purifying and eliminating negative force.

(22) Because of that, Overlord of the Hidden, it’s excellent that I’m revealing it to you, (so) listen with a single-pointed mind.” “O Vanquishing Master, that’s excellent,” (Vajrapani) replied.

(23) Then the Vanquishing Master, Shakyamuni, beheld (in the mandala of Vajradhatu) the entire great family of hidden mantra: the family of the holders of hidden and knowledge mantras (Vajrasattva) and the family of the three (Vairochana),

(24) The family of the mundane and beyond the mundane (Amitabha), the great family that illuminates the world (Akshobhya), the family of mahamudra (Amoghasiddhi) and the great family of the crown protrusion (Ratnasambhava).

(25) The Master of Words then proclaimed this verse connected with the six mantra kings (the deep awareness beings), sources of the non-duality of non-arising phenomena:

(26) “A ā, i ī, u ū, e ai, o au, am aḥ. Situated in their hearts, I’m the embodiment of deep awareness, the Buddha of the Buddhas occurring in the three times.

(27) Om – Vajra Sharp (in Amitabha’s heart), Cutter of Suffering (in Akshobhya’s heart), Embodiment of Verifying Deep Awareness (in Vairochana’s heart), Enlightening Body of Deep Awareness (in Amoghasiddhi’s heart), Powerful Lord of Speech (in Ratnasambhava’s heart), and Ripener of Wandering Beings, Arapachana (in Vajrasattva’s heart) – homage to you.”

(28) (In Mahavairochana’s heart in the center of the mandala of Vajradhatu sits the deep awareness being Manjushri) – He’s a Buddha, a Vanquishing Master, a Fully Enlightened, born from the phoneme A, as are (all the rest). He’s (Sattvavajri, his consort) – the phoneme A, foremost of all (the alphabet) letters, supreme syllable of great meaning,

(29) And the great breath. He’s the (four main goddesses) Non-Arising, Rid of Being Uttered by Speech, Foremost Cause of Everything Spoken, and Maker of Every Word Perfectly Clear.

(30) He’s The Great Offerer of Great Desire (Amitabha), provider of joy to limited beings. He’s The Great Offerer of Great Anger (Akshobhya), the great foe of all disturbing mental states.

(31) He’s The Great Offerer of Great Close-Mindedness (Vairochana), dispeller of the bewildered intelligence of the close-minded mind. He’s The Great Offerer of Great Fury (Amoghsiddha), the great foe of great fury.

(32) He’s The Great Offerer of Great Greed (Ratnasambhava), the dispeller of all greed. He’s also Great Desire, Great Happiness, Great Joy and Great Delight (the four sattvas in the east).

(33) He’s Great Form-Great Body and Great Color-Great Physique. He’s Great Name-Great Grandeur and Great and Extensive Mandala Circle (the four in the south).

(34) He’s The Wager of Battle with Great Verification and The Foremost Elephant-Hook for Great Disturbing Mental States. He’s Great Renown-Great Fame and Great Luster-Great Splendor (the four in the west).

(35) He’s The Knower-Bearer of Great Illusion and The Fulfiller of Aims with Great Illusion. He’s The Delighter with the Delight of Great Illusion and The Conjurer of Great Illusion (the four in the north).

(36) He’s The Preeminent Master of Great Generosity and The Foremost Holder of Great Ethical Discipline. He’s The Steadfast Holder of Great Patience and The Valient One with Great Perseverance (the four secret offering goddesses).

(37) He’s The Abider in the Absorbed Concentration of Great Mental Stability and The Holder of a Body of Great Verification. He’s Great Strengthening-Great Skill and Aspirational Prayer-Deep Awareness Ocean (the four outer offering goddesses).

(38) He’s Immeasurable Great Love and The Foremost Mind of Great Compassion. He’s Great Verification-Great Intelligence and Great Skill-Great Deeds (the four bodhisattvas in the east).

(39) He’s Possessor of the Might of the Great Extraphysical Powers as well as Great Force-Great Speed. He’s Great Extraphysical Powers-Great Renown and Valiant Great Might (the four in the south). 

(40) He’s The Crusher of the Great Mountain of Compulsive Existence and The Firm Holder of the Great Vajra. He’s Great Fierceness-Great Ferocity and The Terrifier of the Terrifying (the four in the west).

(41) He’s The Guardian with Superlative Great Pure Awareness and The Guru with Superlative Great Hidden Mantra. He’s The One Aboard the Great Vehicle’s Manner of Travel and The One Who’s Superlative in the Great Vehicle’s Manner of Travel (the four in the north).

(42) He’s the Great Vairochana, Buddha and The Great Silent One, The Great Sage. He’s the one produced through the great mantra’s manner of travel, the one with the great mantra’s manner of travel as a soul. 

(43) He’s the one who acquired the ten paramita (far-reaching factors), the one with the ten paramitas as the foundation from which he emerged. He’s the one with the purity of the ten paramitas, the one with the ten paramitas’ manner of travel.

(44) He’s the guardian, the lord of the ten bhumi-levels of mind (of arya bodhisattvas), the one firmly based on the ten bhumi-levels. He’s the one with the purified ten sets of knowledge as a soul, the holder of the purified ten sets of knowledge.

(45) He’s the one with ten aspects, the one with ten points as his aim, the chief of the sages, the mighty one having ten forces. He’s the fulfiller of the various aims, barring none, the one with power over the ten aspects, he’s the great one.

(46) He’s the one having as a soul his state of being parted from conceptual fabrication, the one with no beginning, the one with his purity as a soul, the one with a soul in accord with how things exist. He’s the speaker of what’s actual, the speaker of how it is, he’s the one whose speech is no other than how he acts. 

(47) He’s the one who’s nondual, the nonduality speaker, the one settled at the endpoint of what’s perfectly so. He’s the one with a lion’s roar of no atman-soul and the one frightening off the deer of the false extremists. 

(48) He’s the one coursing everywhere, the one with a gait that’s unfailing, the one with a Thusly Gone One’s speed of mind. He’s the conqueror, the full conqueror, the one with enemies conquered, the emperor of the universe, the one with great strength.

(49) He’s the teacher of hosts, the head of hosts, he’s Ganesha (the Lord of Hosts), the master of hosts, the powerful one. He’s the one who’s extremely strong, the one who’s fit to carry the load, the one who’s not to be led by others, and the one with the great manner of travel. 

(50) He’s the lord of speech, the master of speech, the one with eloquence of speech, the one with mastery over speech, the one with limitless words. He’s the one with true speech, the speaker of truth, the one who shows the four (noble) truths.

(51) He’s the irreversible one, the non-returning one, the guide for the rhino pratyekas’ manner of travel. He’s the one who’s definitely delivered through the various (means) of definite deliverance, the one cause among the great elements.

(52) He’s the arhat, the one with tainted factors depleted, the bhikshu, the one who’s free of desire, the one whose senses are tamed. He’s the one who has acquired ease of mind, the one who’s acquired a state of no fear, he’s the one cooled down, the one who is muddied no more. 

(53) He’s the one endowed with pure awareness and its support, the Blissfully Gone One, the one who’s superb in his knowledge of the world. He’s the one who’s not making everything into “mine” or “me,” the one who abides in the two truths’ manner of travel.

(54) He’s the one who’s standing at the far shore, beyond samsara, the one with what needs to be done having been done, the one who’s standing on firm ground. He’s the one with the weapon of verification issuing forth from the deep awareness of his emancipation, the one who cuts right through.

(55) He’s the hallowed Dharma, the ruler of the Dharma, the shining one, the superb illuminator of the world. He’s the powerful lord of the Dharma, he’s Dharmaraja (The King of the Dharma), the one who shows the most excellent pathway of mind.

(56) He’s the one with aims accomplished, the one with intentions fulfilled, the one parted from all conceptual thought. Being nonconceptual, he’s the inexhaustible sphere, the superb, imperishable dharmadhatu (the sphere of reality).

(57) He’s the one possessing positive force, the one with a network of positive force, the one having deep awareness with the great source of deep awareness. He’s the one possessing deep awareness, the one having deep awareness of what exists and what doesn’t exist, the one with the builder-networks all built up.

(58) He’s the eternal one, the ruler of all, he’s the yogi, the one with the mental stability fit for stabilizing (realizations), the master of the intelligent ones. He’s the one to be known personally for oneself, the immovable one, the primordial highest one, the one with the three enlightening bodies.

(59) With a soul of the five enlightening bodies, he’s the Buddha, and with a soul of the five types of deep awareness, he’s the master of the all-pervasive. He’s the one with a crown of five Buddhas as a soul, the unhindered bearer of the five enlightening eyes.

(60) He’s the progenitor of all Buddhas and the supreme, superlative son of the Buddhas. He’s the womb that’s the source of (knowing), through verification, whatever exists, he’s the womb of the Dharma, bringing compulsive existence to an end.

(61) He’s the one possessing a firm single essence, the one with a diamond-strong vajra as a soul, he’s the one who, as soon as he’s born, is the master of the world. He’s (the four night-signs) arisen from the sky and derived from himself, he’s (the yellow Kalagni appearance) the great fire of verifying deep awareness. 

(62) He’s (the white moon appearance) Vairochana, Illuminator of All, great brilliance, the brightness of deep awareness, illuminating all. He’s (the red sun appearance) the lamp for the world, (the black Rahu appearance) the torch of deep awareness, (the appearance of lightning) great luster and (the dark blue appearance) clear light.

(63) He’s the king of the knowledge mantras, the lord of the foremost of mantras, the king of the hidden mantras, the fulfiller of the great aim. He’s the great crown protrusion, the one with a raised crown protrusion, the beholder of all, the master of the sky.

(64) He’s the foremost enlightening body with the soul of all Buddhas, the one with an eye for the joy of the world. He’s the creator of diverse corporeal forms, the great rishi seer, worthy of offerings, worthy of honor.

(65) He’s the bearer of the three family traits, the possessor of mantras, upholder of mantra and the great close bond. He’s the preeminent holder of the three precious gems, the one indicating the ultimate of the three vehicles of mind.

(66) He’s the victorious one, the one with an unfailing grappling-rope and, with a vajra grappling-rope, the great apprehender. He’s the one with a vajra elephant-hook and the one with a great grappling-rope.

Ten Verses Plus a Quarter Praising Mirror-like Deep Awareness

He’s Vajrabhairava, the terrifying vajra terrifier:

(67) He’s the ruler of the furious, the one with six faces, the terrifying one with six sets of eyes and six arms, the one full of force. He’s the skeleton having bared fangs, halahala, and the one with a hundred heads.

(68) He’s Yamantaka, the king of obstructors and he’s Vajravega, the terrifying one. He’s vajra devastation, vajra heart, vajra illusion, he’s the great bellied one.

(69) He’s the lord of the thunderbolt, the one who’s born from the vajra womb, he’s the vajra essence, the one who’s equal to the sky. He’s Achala, the one (with hair) twisted into a single topknot, the wearer of garments of moist elephant hide.

(70) He’s the great horrific one, screaming “ha ha,” the creator of terror, screaming “hi hi.” He’s the one with a thunderous cackle, the one with a booming long cackle, the one with a vajra cackle, the one with a great roar.

(71) He’s Vajrasattva, the great-minded (mahasattva), the vajra king, great bliss. He’s vajra fierce, he’s great delight, he’s Vajra Humkara.

(72) He’s the holder of a vajra arrow as his weapon, the slasher of everything with his vajra sword. He’s the holder of a crossed double vajra, the possessor of a vajra, the possessor of a unique vajra, the terminator of battles.

(73) He’s the one with dreadful eyes (shooting) vajra flames, the one with the hair on his head, vajra flames too. He’s the one (emitting) an influx of vajras, (emitting) an enormous influx (of vajras), he’s the hundred-eyed one with vajra eyes.

(74) With a body sprouting vajras as hair, he’s the one with a body unique with vajra hair. He’s the one with a growth of nails tipped with vajras, the one with skin that is tough and firm, vajras in essence.

(75) He’s the holder of a garland of vajras, the one having glory, the one adorned with jewelry of vajras. He’s the one with a long (booming) cackle “ha ha,” the one with loud volume, the vajra sound of the six syllables.

(76) He’s Manjughosha, the one (with a voice of) enormous volume, the one (whose voice has) a tremendous sound, one that’s unique in the world’s three planes. He’s the one with a voice resounding to the far limits of space, he’s the best of those possessing a voice.

(77) He’s the one in accord with reality, he’s what’s actually so, he’s the lack of an atman-soul, the endpoint (reached) of what’s actually so, the one without syllables. He’s the best of bulls, the proclaimer of voidness, the one who’s roaring the profound and vast.

(78) He’s the conch of the Dharma, the one with a mighty sound, he’s the gong of the Dharma, the one with a mighty crash. He’s the one in a state of non-abiding nirvana, he’s the kettledrum of Dharma (booming) in the ten directions.

(79) He’s the one with a form that is formless, the foremost one, the one with assorted forms, the one who’s made out of mind. He’s a glory of appearances in every form, the bearer of reflections, leaving out none.

(80) He’s the invincible one, the one renowned for his greatness, the great powerful lord of the three planes of existence. He’s the one abiding with an exalted arya pathway of mind, he’s the banner of the Dharma raised on high.

(81) He’s the unique youthful body of the three worlds, the stable elder, the ancient one, the master of all that lives. He’s the bearer of the thirty-two bodily signs, the beloved, the beautiful one of the three worlds.

(82) He’s the teacher to the world of knowledge and good qualities, the teacher of the world without any fears. He’s the guardian, the rescuer, the one who’s trusted throughout the three worlds, the refuge, the protector, the unsurpassed one

(83) He’s the Sambhogakaya, The Body of Full Use throughout the heavens’ expanse, he’s an ocean of deep awareness, the deep awareness of everything. He’s the splitter of the eggshell of anti-knowing, the tearer of the web of compulsive life.

(84) He’s the one whose disturbing factors of mind have all been stilled without an exception, the one crossed over the sea of recurring samsara. He’s the one with the crown of the deep awareness empowerment, embellished with the Fully Enlightened Ones.

(85) He’s the one stilled of the suffering of the three kinds of suffering, the terminator of the three (obscurations), the traveler to the three liberations that have no end. He’s the one who’s definitely freed from all obscurations, the one who’s gone to the state that is equal to space. 

(86) He’s the one past the stains of every disturbing state of mind, the one who has gone with the gait of the three times and of non-time. He’s the great naga, the chief of all beings, the summit of the summits of those with good qualities.

(87) He’s the one definitely freed from all residue bodies, the one who’s firmly established in the track of the sky. Bearer of the great wish-fulfilling gem, the ultimate of all gems, he’s the all-pervasive.

(88) He’s the great and bounteous wish-granting tree, he’s the superlative great vase of excellence. He’s the agent fulfilling the aims of all beings, the wisher of benefit, the one with parental affection toward beings.

(89) He’s the knower of what’s wholesome and what is unwholesome, the knower of timing, he’s the knower of close bonds, the keeper of close bonds, he’s the all-pervasive. He’s the knower of the faculties of limited beings, the knower of the occasion, the one who is skilled in the three liberations.

(90) He’s the possessor of good qualities, the knower of good qualities, the knower of the Dharma, the commended source of what is auspicious. He’s the auspiciousness of all that’s auspicious, the one with the auspicious signs of renown, the one who is famous, the one who is wholesome.

(91) He’s the great festival, the great breath of relief, the great joy, the great pleasure. He’s the one with respectful treatment, the one who treats with respect, the dignified one, the joyous one, the glorious one, the master of fame.

(92) He’s the possessor of the best, the provider of the best, the most preeminent, the one who’s suitable for refuge, the superlative refuge. He’s the very best foe of great frightful things, he’s the one who eliminates what’s frightful, without an exception.

(93) He’s the one with a topknot, the one with a crest of hair, the one with hair that is matted, the one with locks that are matted, the one with a grass sacred cord, the one with a diadem crown. He’s the one with five faces, the one with five topknots, the one with a crown of five locks of hair. 

(94) He’s the one maintaining great taming behavior, the one whose head is shaved, he’s the one maintaining celibate conduct, the one with superlative taming behavior. He’s the one with great trials, the one who’s completed the trials, the one who’s superior to those who’ve taken ablution, he’s Gautama (the Buddha).

(95) He’s the knower of Brahma, a brahmin, a Brahma, the one who’s acquired a Brahma-nirvana. He’s the liberated one, he’s liberation, the one with a body of full liberation, the one who is liberated fully, the one in a state of peace, the one with auspicious peace.

(96) He’s nirvana release, the one released in nirvana, the one with peace, the one with the highest well-being, the one who’s departed, the one who has brought to an end. He’s the one who has brought pleasure and pain to an end, the one with firm stance, the one with detachment, the one with (residue) body consumed.

(97) He’s the invincible one, the incomparable one, the unmanifest one, the one not appearing, the stainless one. He’s the one undivided, the all-going one, the one who’s pervasive, the subtle one, he’s the one without seeds, the untainted one.

(98) He’s the one who is dustless, the one without dust, the one without stain, the one whose faults have been disgorged, the one without sickness. He’s the one who is fully awakened, the one having thorough awakening as a soul, the one who’s omniscient, the superb knower of all.

(99) He’s the one who’s gone beyond actual existence as partitioning awareness, he’s deep awareness, the one taking (these two) as nondual forms, the bearer of the form of nonduality. He’s the one with no conceptual thought, the one with no effort, the one enacting the deeds of the Buddhas throughout the three times.

(100) He’s the one with no beginning, no end, he’s the Buddha, the primordial Adibuddha, the one not coming from a cause. He’s the singular eye of deep awareness, the one with no stains, the one who is deep awareness embodied, the Thusly Gone One.

(101) He’s the powerful lord of speech, the great debater, the king of debaters, the preeminent debater. He’s the best of those debating, the very best one, the lion of debaters, the one who cannot be defeated by others.

(102) He’s the one who sees all around, he’s joy itself, the one with a garland of brilliance, beautiful to behold. He’s the glorious (Vishnu), the one with a curl at his heart, the splendidly radiant, the one who shines, the illuminator with hands, (rays) of blazing light.

(103) He’s the best of the great physicians, he’s the foremost one, the remover of thorny pains, the unsurpassed one. He’s the tree of medicines, with none left out, the great enemy of the disturbing states of mind.

(104) He’s the beauty mark of the three world-planes, the one who is lovely, the glorious one, the one with the zodiac of lunar constellations. He’s the one extending to the ends of the sky in the ten directions, he’s the banner of the Dharma towering on high.

(105) He’s the unique extension of an umbrella over the world, the one with a mandala circle of love and compassion. He’s the powerful lord of the lotus dance, the glorious one, the one with an umbrella of precious gems, the great all-pervasive one.

(106) He’s the great king of all Buddhas, the one maintaining the body of all Buddhas. He’s the great yoga of all Buddhas, the unique teaching of all Buddhas.

(107) He’s the glory of the empowerment of the vajra jewel, the powerful lord, overlord of all jewels. He’s the master of all Lokeshvaras (The Powerful Lords of the World) and the overlord of all Vajradharas (The Holders of the Vajra). 

(108) He’s the great mind of all Buddhas, the one who’s coursing in the minds of all Buddhas. He’s the great enlightening body of all Buddhas, he’s Sarasvati (the Beautiful Speech) of all Buddhas.

(109) He’s the vajra sun, the great illuminator, he’s the vajra moon, the stainless light. He’s the great desire that derives from non-desire, the blazing light of variegated colors.

(110) He’s the vajra posture of the Fully Enlightened, a concert of Buddhas, the upholder of the Dharma. He’s the lotus-born Buddha, the glorious one, the one who maintains the treasure of the deep awareness that’s the deep awareness of all. 

(111) He’s the bearer of diverse illusions, he’s the king, he’s the bearer of the Buddhas’ knowledge mantras, he’s the great one. He’s the vajra sharp one, he’s the one with a great sword, the totally pure one, the syllable supreme.

(112) He’s the cutter of suffering, he’s Mahayana (the Great Vehicle), he’s the great weapon, the Vajra Dharma. He’s Jinajit (Conqueror of the Conquerors), the vajra profound one, the one with vajra intelligence, the knower of things as they actually are.

(113) He’s the fulfiller of all paramita (far-reaching factors), the one having as adornment every bodhisattva bhumi-level of mind. He’s the purified lack of an atman soul of all phenomena, he’s the one with correct deep awareness and moonlight at his heart. 

(114) He’s great diligence applied to The Net of Illusion, he’s the overlord of all tantras, the one that’s superb. He’s the possessor of the vajra (postures and) seats, without an exception, he’s the bearer of enlightening bodies of deep awareness, barring none.

(115) He’s (The All-Around Excellent) Samantabhadra, he’s excellent intelligence, he’s (The Womb of the Earth) Kshitigarbha, the upholder of the world. He’s the great womb of all of the Buddhas, the bearer of a circle of assorted emanations.

(116) He’s the supreme way all existents themselves exist, the bearer of the way all existents themselves exist. He’s the non-arising phenomenon, the one with purposes diverse, the bearer of the way all phenomena themselves exist.

(117) He’s great verification in a single moment, the one bearing comprehension of all phenomena. He’s the clear realization of all phenomena, he’s the able sage, the one with foremost intelligence, the endpoint of that which is perfectly so.

(118) He’s the perfectly still one, the one with clarity as a soul, the bearer of the purified state of the Fully Enlightened. He’s the one having bare cognition of all the Buddhas, the flame of deep awareness, the excellent clear light.

(119) He’s the fulfiller of (every) aim that is wished-for, he’s the superb one, the one totally purifying all the worse rebirth states. He’s the ultimate of all beings, the guardian, the complete liberator of all beings.

(120) He’s the unique hero in the battle against the disturbing mental states, the slayer of the insolent arrogance of the enemy, deluminating awareness. He’s the intelligent one, the bearer of an erotic tone, the one with glory, the bearer of forms with heroic and disdainful tones.

(121) He’s the one pounding with a hundred clubs in his hands, he’s the dancer with a thumping-down of his feet. He’s the one with glory, the one with the encompassing sweep of a hundred arms, the dancer across the expanse of the sky.

(122) He’s the one standing on the surface of the mandala of the earth pressed down beneath the sole of one foot. He’s the one standing on his large toenail pressed down on the summit of the universe.

(123) He’s the singular item, the item meant by the nondual Dharma, the deepest item, the supreme one without what is fearful. He’s the item with a variety of revealing forms, the continuum of the thought (of enlightenment) and (the seeds of) consciousness. 

(124) He’s the one taking joy in whatever exists, without an exception, the one taking joy in voidness, the one with highest intelligence. He’s the one gone beyond desire for compulsive existence and the likes, yet the one taking great delight in the three (planes of) existence.

(125) He’s the pure one who’s white like a brilliant white cloud, he’s the one having beautiful light like the beams of the autumn moon. He’s the one with a lustrous glow like the mandala orb of the rising sun, he’s the one with the light from his nails a great passionate (red).  

(126) He’s the one whose excellent topknot has an indigo sapphire atop its tip, the one who wears a great indigo sapphire atop his hair. He’s the one with a glory of light rays (beaming forth) from the great gem, the one whose adornments are Buddha emanations.

(127) He’s the shaker of the spheres of hundreds of worlds, the one taking great strides with the legs for (attaining) extraphysical powers. He’s the holder of great mindfulness, he’s the facts of reality, the king of the absorbed concentrations of the four (close placements of) mindfulness.

(128) He’s the fragrance of the blossoms on the branches for the purified states, he’s the ocean of good qualities of the Thusly Gone Ones. He’s the one knowing the mode of travel with the eightfold pathway minds, he’s the one knowing the pathway minds of the Perfect, Fully Enlightened Ones.

(129) He’s the one having great adherence to all beings, yet the one having no adherence, like the sky. He’s the one who’s born from the minds of all beings, the one with the speed of the minds of all beings.

(130) He’s the one with awareness of the cognitive sensors and the objects of all beings, he’s the one who captures the minds of all beings. He’s the one with awareness of the items and reality of the five aggregate factors, the one who holds the full purity of the five aggregate factors.

(131) He’s the one standing at the end of every definite deliverance, the one who’s adept in (what leads to) every definite deliverance. He’s the one standing on the path for every definite deliverance, the one who’s indicating every definite deliverance.

(132) He’s the one who’s uprooted any further existence through the twelve links, the holder of its purification through their twelve reversal aspects. He’s the one having the aspect of the mode of travel of the four truths, he’s the holder of comprehension of the eight types of awareness.

(133) He’s the one (knowing) the twelve-point (presentation) of the (four) truths, the one knowing the reality of their sixteen aspects. He’s the Fully Enlightened through the twenty (negating) aspects, he’s the Fully Awakened, the superlative All-Knowing One. 

(134) He’s the one who brings about millions of enlightening Nirmanakayas of innumerable Buddhas. He’s the clear realization of all in a moment, the knower of the momentary objects of the mind.

(135) He’s the one with the skillful means of the modes of travel of the various vehicles of the mind, the one who brings about the aims of the world. He’s the one who’s definitely delivered through (each of) the threefold vehicles of mind, the one who abides with the fruit of the single vehicle of mind (Ekayana).

(136) He’s the one with a soul that is totally pure of the disturbing mental states of the (three) planes (of existence), the one who destroys the karma of the (three) planes of existence. He’s the one who has crossed the ocean of the (four kinds of) flood, the one who’s emerged from the wilderness by means of the yogas.

(137) He’s the one completely rid of the disturbing mental states, the derivative ones and the deluded states, together with their habits. With verification, skillful means and great compassion, he’s the one fulfilling the aims of the world without any fail.

(138) He’s the one with the objects of distinguishing all gotten rid of, the one with the objects of partitioning consciousness brought to a halt. He’s the one with all beings as the objects of his mind, the one whose mind goes out to all beings.

(139) He’s the one who abides within the minds of all beings, the one who’s attained equality with their minds. He’s the one who gladdens the minds of all beings, the one who brings joy to the minds of all beings.

(140) He’s the definitive conclusion, the one with confusion dispelled, the one with all error removed. He’s one whose intelligence is free of doubts in three ways, the one (fulfilling) the aims of all, the one having the three constituents as a soul.

(141) He’s what the five aggregate factors culminate in, the one (that lasts) throughout the three times, the one that brings about (things) in every moment. He’s the one with manifest enlightenment in a single moment, the one who maintains the manner in which all the Buddhas themselves exist.

(142) He’s the one with an enlightening body that’s not a body, the one with the foremost enlightening body, the one that brings millions of enlightening bodies about. He’s the one exhibiting (all) forms, without an exception, he’s Ratnaketu, the great-minded one.

(143) He’s the one to be realized by all the Fully Enlightened, he’s the purified state of a Buddha, the peerless. He’s the non-syllable, the womb for the hidden mantras, the triad of families of great hidden mantra.

(144) He’s the one giving birth to the goals of all mantras, he’s the great creative energy-drop, he’s the one that’s non-syllabled. He’s the five-syllabled one, the great void, he’s the creative energy-drop void, the six-syllabled one.

(145) He’s the possessor of all aspects, that one that’s lacking an aspect, the bearer of sixteen creative energy-drops halved and then halved (again). He’s the one without (the previous) moon-phases and the one past that phase, he’s the holder of the peak, the fourth mental stability.

(146) He’s the one with the advanced awareness of all the phases of mental stability, the knower of the families and classes of absorbed concentration. He’s the one with an enlightening body from absorbed concentration, the foremost of enlightening bodies, the ruler of all Sambhogakayas (the Enlightening Bodies of Full Use).

(147) He’s the one with a Nirmanakaya (an Enlightening Body of Emanations), the foremost of enlightening bodies, holder of the lineage of Buddha emanations. He’s the one emanating in various forms in the ten directions, the one fulfilling the aims of the world, whatever they may be.

(148) He’s (Brahma) the deity over the deities, (Indra) the chief of the deities, (Vishnu) the chief of the gods, and (Ravana) overlord of the anti-gods. He’s chief of the immortals, the guru of the gods, he’s the destroyer Pramatha, and (Shiva) the powerful lord of Pramatha.

(149) He’s the one with the wilderness of compulsive existence crossed over, the unique instructor, the guru for the world. He’s renowned throughout the world’s ten directions, the master of generous giving of the Dharma, he’s the great one.

(150) He’s the one armored with love as his armor, he’s the one coated with compassion as his coat-of-mail. He’s the one with verification as his sword, bow and arrow, the one who slays in the battle with the disturbing mental states and deluminating awareness.

(151) He’s the enemy of the demonic forces (the maras), the conqueror of the maras, the heroic one, the one who brings fear of the four maras to an end. He’s the conqueror of all the armies of maras, he’s the Fully Enlightened, the leader of the world.

(152) He’s the one who’s worthy of offerings, worthy of honor, worthy of respectful salutation, the one continually worthy of respect. He’s the one most worthy of homage, worthy of being esteemed, worthy of being bowed to, he’s the superlative guru.

(153) He’s the one traversing (all) three worlds in a single stride, the one with a stride that extends to the limits of space. He’s the one with the three types of knowledge, the one who’s well-versed in the teachings, the one who is pure, the possessor of the six types of heightened awareness, the one maintaining continual mindfulness of the six (objects). 

(154) He’s a bodhisattva, a great-minded (mahasattva), the one gone beyond the world, the one with great extraphysical powers. He’s the one grounded in far-reaching verification (prajnaparamita), the one who’s come to reality through verification.

(155) He’s the knower of himself, the knower of others, the one who’s all and who belongs to all, he’s indeed the foremost person. He’s the one who’s gone beyond all comparison, the one to be known, overlord of deep awareness, he’s supreme. 

(156) He’s the master of generous giving of Dharma, the most preeminent, the one who shows the meaning of the fourfold (mudra) seals. He’s the one most worthy of reverence among (all) of the world, among those who travel by the three (vehicles) as ways to emerge (from samsara) –

(157) He’s the purity and glory of their highest aim, the one highly favored throughout the three worlds, he’s the great one. He’s the one who brings about everything excellent, he’s the glorious one, Manjushri, the foremost of all those who are glorious. 

(158) Homage to you (Akshobhya), Bestower of Boons, Foremost Vajra; O Endpoint of What Is Actually So, homage to you. Homage to you, Womb of Voidness; O Purified State of the Buddhas, homage to you.

(159) O Buddha-Passion (Vairochana), homage to you; O Buddha-Desire, homage, homage. O Buddha-Delight, homage to you; O Buddha-Joyous Play, homage, homage.

(160) O Buddha-Smile (Amitabha), homage to you; O Buddha-Laughter, homage, homage. O Buddha-Speech, homage to you; O Buddha-State of Mind, homage, homage.

(161) O One Arisen from the Nonexistence (of an Atman-Soul) (Ratnasambhava), homage to you; homage to you, O One Arisen from the Buddhas. O One Arisen from the Sky, homage to you; homage to you, O One Arisen from Deep Awareness.

(162) O Net of Illusion (Amoghsiddhi), homage to you; homage to you, O Buddha-Dancer. Homage to you, O All, and to All; O Enlightening Body of Deep Awareness, homage to you.

Om sarva dharma ’bhāva svabhāva, viśuddha vajra chakṣu, a ā aṃ aḥ

Om – the way of existing of all phenomena is without (self-established) existence, totally pure through the vajra eye – a ā aṃ aḥ

Prakṛti pariśuddhāḥ sarvadharmā yad uta sarvatathāgata jñānakāya mañjuśrī pariśuddhitām upādāyeti a āḥ

All phenomena are completely pure in their fundamental makeup, namely by obtaining the complete purity that is Manjushri, the Deep Awareness Body of all Thusly Gone – a āḥ

Sarvatathāgata hṛdaya hara hara oṃ hūṃ hrīḥ

O heart of all the Thusly Gone, remove, remove – oṃ hūṃ hrīḥ 

Bhagavan jñānamūrti vāgīśvara mahāpaca sarvadharma gaganāmala supariśuddha dharmadhātujñānagarbha āḥ

O Vanquishing master surpassing all, embodied deep awareness, O powerful lord of speech, great one who ripens. O womb of deep awareness of the sphere of reality where all existents are completely and totally pure, stainless like the sky – āḥ

(163) Then the glorious Holder of the Vajra, joyful and delighted, with palms pressed together, having bowed to the Guardian, the Fully Enlightened, the Vanquishing Master, the Thusly Gone One,

(164) Together with a multitude of other kinds of guardians, lords of the hidden, (all) Vajrapanis, kings of the furious, loudly proclaimed these words:

(165) “We rejoice, O Guardian, excellent, excellent, completely well said. A great purpose has now been accomplished for us – one that will bring us to a perfect, complete enlightened state,

(166) And also for the world, lacking a guardian and wishing for the fruit of complete liberation, this totally pure pathway mind to the highest good has been set forth through the Web of Illusion’s mode of travel.

(167) This is indeed an object of the Buddhas, profound, exalted and vast, of great significance, accomplishing the aims of the world, expounded by the Perfect, Fully Enlightened One.”

A Concert of the Deepest Truth Names of the Vanquishing Master Surpassing All, the Deep Awareness Being Manjushri, spoken by the Vanquishing Master, the Thusly Gone One, Shakyamuni, is hereby completed.