Sanskrit: Mañjuśrī मञ्जुश्री
Tibetan: ‘jam dpal dbyangs འཇམ་དཔལ་དབྱངས།
Chinese: Wénshu 文殊
Vietnamese: Văn-thù-sư-lợi
Japanese: Monju, Monjushiri 文殊, 文殊師利
Manjushri is the Bodhisattva of transcendent wisdom and is the oldest and most significant Bodhisattva in Mahayana literature. In his fundamental form he sits on a lotus holding a double-edged flaming sword (to cut through illusion) in his right hand and a blooming lotus that supports the manuscript of the Prajnaparamita Sutra (to revealing the transcendent wisdom of Buddha’s teaching) in the left hand.
Manjushri first appears in Buddhist literature in Mahayana sutras, in particular the Lotus Sutra, the Flower Ornament Sutra, and the Vimalakirti Sutra as as well as the Prajna Paramamita Sutras. Manjushri is associated with ordinary intelligence and mental acuity as well as transcendent Wisdom, and his mantra Om A Ra Pa Ca Na Dhih is said to confer intelligence (Ca is pronounced as Cha as in church).
Smile and be well!
Namo Manjushri Bodhisattva