Manushri Thangka meaning
Thangka Manjusri shares with Maitreya preeminence among the bodhisattvas in the Mahayana Sutras up to 300 E.E. In the Lotus Sutra he remembers deeds of former Buddhas that were unknown even to Maitreya. In the Vimalakirti he alone of all Sakyamuni’s disciples hes wisdom and eloquence enough to stand up to that formidable householder, Vimalakriti.
In the Gandavyuha, the las chapter of the Avatamsaka sutra, he counsels the youth Sudhana in his search for Awakening. Many smaller sutras are devoted to his legend, attributes, and teaching. Curiously; he is scarcely mentioned in the prajna paramita sutras, and he is absent from he Buddhist art of all schools prior to 400 C.E. When he does appear in art, he is shown as a bodhisattva bhiksu, with a fice-pointed coiffure or tiara, a sword (to cut ignorance) in his right hand, a book (the prajna paramita) in his left, and a lion for his mount.
Manjusri Thangka represent
The name Manjusri means “gentle of sweet glory.” He is also called Manjughosa (sweet voice) and vagisvara (Lord of Speech). This last epithet also belongs to Brahma, whose roles as patron of science, custodian of meamory, lord of inspiration, and most ancient of beings Manjusri takes over in the Mahayana pantheon. The nuclei around which this bodhisattva-figure grew are gandharva named pancasikha (Fice-Crest), who appears in the Pali Suttas; and a Brahma, Sanatkumara (Forever-a-youth), who in one tale takes on Pancasikha’s appearance because his own is too subtle for lower gods to see. Manjusri’s connection with these two beings is revealed in his standard epithet, kumara-bhuta, which means “In the form of a youth.
” or “heaving become the crown prince.” Manjusri is the crown prince of Dharma because, similar to other tenth-stage bodhisattvas, he is on the verge of becoming a Kinf of Dharma, a Buddha.
Manjusri Thangka can cut our “Ignorance”
In duecourse, debotees endowed Manjusri with a legend of his own.Seventy myriad aeons ago and seventy-two hundred billon Buddha-fields to the east of this world. Manjusri was a pious king who offered worship to a Tathagata and aroused the bodhicitta. He resolved to pursue an endless but unhurried career toward Awakening, staying in samsara as long as there remained even one being to be saved. Although he has now fulfilled all the virtues of a Buddha, he has not yet considered becoming one. although eventually he will. This implies that there will come a time when the last living being has been saved, a rare eschatological statement in the Buddhist tradition.
Manjusri Thangka can get remove from samsara suffering
Merely hearing his name subtracts many aeons from one’s time in samsara. Whoever worships him is born time and again in the Buddha-family and is protected by his power. Those who meditate on his statue will be similarly fortunate and will reach Awakening. If a dovotee recites the Suramgama-samadhi Sutra and chants Manjusri’s name, then within seven days Manjusri will come to the worshiper, appearing in dream if bad karma hinders the supplicant from receiving direct vision. Manjusri also takes on the form of a poor man or an orphan to test the kindness of his devotees.
so when we from our inner mind use to visualize to Manjushri then it will help to us to cut our negative thought and ignorance then it will help to us to get wisdom in our life. Manjushri actually can see in vajracrossing poster. holding shored in his right hand and wisdom book in left hand with lotus flower. and on shored can see flame also which represent to burn our ignorance.