Manjusri: Perbedaan antara revisi

Istilah Sansekerta akan ''Mañjuśrī'' dapat diartikan sebagai "Kemuliaan Baik Hati" (''Gentle Glory'')<ref>{{en}} Lopez Jr., Donald S. (2001). ''The Story of Buddhism: A Concise Guide to its History and Teachings.'' New York, NY, USA: HarperSanFrancisco. ISBN 0-06-069976-0 (cloth) P.260.</ref>. Mañjuśrī juga dikenal dengan nama Sansekerta yang lebih lengkap yakni ''Mañjuśrī-kumāra-bhūta''.<ref>Keown, Damien (editor) with Hodge, Stephen; Jones, Charles; Tinti, Paola (2003). ''A Dictionary of Buddhism.'' Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-860560-9 p.172.</ref>

 

[[Image:Manjushri japan.jpg|thumb|Rupang Manjusri (Monju) di Senkoji di Onomichi, Jepang]]

Para ahli mengidentifikasikan Manjusri sebagai "Bodhisattva mistis dalam tradisi Mahayana yang tertua dan paling signifikan."<ref>{{en}} A View of Manjushri: Wisdom and Its Crown Prince in Pala Period India. Harrington, Laura. Doctoral Thesis, Columbia University, 2002</ref> Manjusri pertama kali disebut pada awal tradisi kitab-kitab ''[[Mahayana]]'' seperti [[Prajnaparamita Sutta]] dan melalui masa awal tradisi inilah ia menjadi simbol perwujudan dari ''prajñā'' (kebijaksanaan).<ref>Keown, Damien (editor) with Hodge, Stephen; Jones, Charles; Tinti, Paola (2003). ''A Dictionary of Buddhism.'' Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-860560-9 p.172.</ref> Manjusuri digambarkan kemudian dalam banyak teks yang berhubungan dengan [[Tantric]] seperti ''[[Mañjuśrī-mūla-kalpa]]''.<ref>Keown, Damien (editor) with Hodge, Stephen; Jones, Charles; Tinti, Paola (2003). ''A Dictionary of Buddhism.'' Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-860560-9 p.172.</ref> dan ''[[Mañjuśrīnāmasaṃgīti]]''.

Manjusri was said to bestow spectacular visionary experiences to those on selected mountain peaks and caves there. These made it a popular place of pilgrimage, but patriarchs including [[Linji]] and [[Yun-men]] declared the mountain off limits.<ref>*See Robert M. Gimello, "Chang Shang-ying on Wu-t'ai Shan," in Pilgrims and Sacred Sites in China:, ed. Susan Naquin and Chün-fang Yü (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1992), pp. 89–149; and Steven Heine, "Visions, Divisions, Revisions: The Encounter Between Iconoclasm and Supernaturalism in Kōan Cases about Mount Wu-t'ai," in The Kōan, pp. 137–167. </ref>

 

 

In some Taoist schools, Manjusri was said to be an ancient Taoist Immortal.