Guru Manjushri Sadhana

Guru Manjushri Sadhana You must have received initiation in order to perform this sadhana

Refuge At eye level in front of you, visualize the refuge field and take refuge in the Guru and the Three Precious Gems.

Sangay cho tang tso kyi chog nam la Chang chub phar du dag nyi kyab su chi Dag kye gin sok gye pay sonam kyi Drola penchir sangay drup par shog (3x)

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In order to obtain perfect enlightenment, I vow from now on to go for refuge to the guru and three precious gems, and not abandon sentient beings. I will practice the six perfections. (3x)

Dissolve the refuge field into white light which enters through the top of your head to your heart thereby receiving the blessings.

Four Great Wishes May all sentient beings have happiness and the cause of happiness. May they be free from suffering and the causes of suffering May they never be separated from the pure bliss that is sorrowless. May they abide in equanimity free from attachment and aversion.

Seven Limb Prayer Reverently I prostrate with my body, speech and mind. And present clouds of every type of offering, both actual and mentally transformed. I confess all my negative actions accumulated since beginningless time, And rejoice in the virtues of all holy and ordinary beings. Please remain until cyclic existence ends, And turn the wheel of dharma for sentient beings. I dedicate all the virtues of myself and others to the great enlightenment.

All things by nature are utterly pure, and so too am I by nature utterly pure.

OM SVABHAVA SHUDDHO SARVA DHARMA, SVABHAVA SHUDDHO HUM

Place your mind into the clear, unobstructed nature of the primordial mind.

Out of the state of emptiness appears PAM, from which arises a multicolored lotus. Within this AH arises and transforms into a white moon disk. On top of this is my own mind in the form of orange DHIH, clear and shining. From DHIH and from a sudden transformation of the syllable, I arise as the smooth, glorious, melodious one, the embodiment of all the Buddhas infinite wisdom, Manjushri. His translucent golden orange body is flawless and adorned with marks and signs of a Buddha. On lotus and moon cushion, with one face and two arms, his hair is half bound up. He sits in full lotus posture.

A youth of sixteen, his right hand is holding a flaming sword of wisdom. His left hand holds a stem of a lotus which blossoms at his left shoulder. Upon this lotus rests the Perfection of Wisdom Sutra. Dressed in princely garments of silks and gold adornments he has a full moon as a back rest. At the forehead, white OM; At the throat, red AH; At the heart, orange DHIH marked by blue HUM. Light radiates from the guru within my heart inviting the wisdom beings. The light gathers back. The mind of the guru and my mind merge.

Many goddesses now issue from the heart to make offerings.

Om Saparivara Argham Praticchaya Soha -drinking water

Om Saparivara Padhye Praticchaya Soha-washing for the feet

Om Saparivara Pupe Praticchaya Soha-flowers

Om Saparivara Dhupe Praticchaya Soha-incense

Om Saparivara Aloke Praticchaya

Soha- lamp Om Saparivara Gandhe Praticchaya

Soha-perfumed water

Om Saparivara Nawidhye Praticchaya Soha-food

Om Saparivara Shabdha Praticchaya Soha-music

Should there be time, do one or more of the following visualizations with as much mantra recitation as possible. Otherwise go to the mantra recitation.

1. Orange nectar flows from Guru Manjushri in the heart filling my trunk, neck and head fully. The nectar is in the form of extremely tiny replicas of Guru Manjushri so tightly packed that there is no space between them. Each is the same nature and power as the emanating Manjushri. Continue reciting the mantra

carefully as they slowly reabsorb into the heart center. Remain one pointedly in the heart center feeling that skillful wisdom has been granted. 2. Orange nectar flows again filling the trunk, neck and head of my body fully. The nectar is in the form of the mantra Om Ah Ra Pa Tsa Na Dhih in the English

letters or in the Tibetan letters, tightly packed so that there is no space between them. The letters and the sound of the mantra is the nature of the mind and activities of Guru Manjushri. The mantra vibrates and dislodges all negativity and dissolves it instantly. Continue reciting the mantra carefully and

slowly reabsorb the mantra form letters, but not the sound of the mantra, into the heart center. Remain one pointedly in the heart center with the joyful feeling that boundless wisdom has been granted. 3. Orange nectar flows in the form of extremely tiny swords of Guru Manjushri. This is the flaming wisdom

sword as it is depicted in the iconography. The double edged sword blade moves touching everywhere destroying misconceptions at their root. Continue reciting the mantra carefully and slowly as they reabsorb into the heart center. Remain one pointedly within penetrating wisdom.

Recite the mantra OM AH RA PA TSA NA DHIH as much as possible within the heart reliance followed by guru mantra (21x.) Maintain the energy of the sadhana and connection with the inner guru as long as possible.

OM AH GURU VAJRADHARA WAGINDRA JINASASHANA ABEHA DHARMESHVARA SIDDHI HUM, HUM HUM PHAT SOHA

Dedication should be done with a wholehearted motivation to attain enlightenment as soon as possible. May I quickly attain the enlightened state of Manjushri and secure every being without exception in that state.

Do ones daily activities maintaining a more inner focus if possible. In any case, keep the pride of the practice which is a special form of humility, and self respect.