འཕགས་པ་འཇམ་དཔལ་གྱ་ཞལ་ནས་གསངས་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བའ་གཟངས notes: Notes

Spoken by Mañjuśrī Himself notes

Language: English

Notes

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1. Denkarma, folio 303.a; see also Herrmann-Pfandt 2008, pp. 231–32. Phangthangma 2003, p. 28. The Denkarma catalog is usually dated to ca. 812 ce.

2. English translation: “Homage to the Three Jewels, homage to the Blessed One, to the king who has resounded the dharmadhātu, to the tathāgata, arhat, perfectly and completely awakened one, homage to ever youthful Mañjuśrī.”

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3. Toh 892 reads triratnapaṃśasaṃdhāraṇi.

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4. The Degé Kangyur in both versions (Toh 545 and 892) reads abāyaṃ.

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5. The Degé Kangyur in both versions (Toh 545 and 892) reads abāyaṃ.

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6. The Degé Kangyur in both versions (Toh 545 and 892) reads sarvasatva-saṃtanapatitaṃ.

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7. Based on Toh 892. Toh 545 reads ucchedāya.

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8. Based on Stok: varalakṣaṇa. The Degé Kangyur in both versions (Toh 545 and 892) reads vadalakṣaṇa. Toh 892 also reads alamkṛtaśarīri.

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9. The Degé Kangyur in both versions (Toh 545 and 892) reads bodhisatvaśiśū. Stok reads bodhisatvaśiśūṃ.

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10. The Degé Kangyur in both versions (Toh 545 and 892) reads patipālaya.

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11. The Degé Kangyur in both versions (Toh 545 and 892) reads adeśāya.

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12. The Degé Kangyur in both versions (Toh 545 and 892) reads mahoraga

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13. The Degé Kangyur in both versions (Toh 545 and 892) reads stapāya.

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14. The Degé Kangyur in both versions (Toh 545 and 892) reads apayaṃ.

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15. “It is: Tad yathā | oṁ, light of wisdom sustaining the lineage of the Three Jewels, Blessed Lady, grant freedom from fear! You who grant freedom from fear, protect the vajra of my mind of awakening! Vanquish, vanquish with your all-encompassing light the evil in the continuum of each being and sever the afflictions! You whose body bears the best of marks, protect the disciples of bodhisattvas, advise the buddhas, and bring the devas, nāgas, yakṣas, gandharvas, asuras, garuḍas, kinnaras, and mahoragas under control while you remove their fear, svāhā!”

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16. According to the Comparative Edition, the Lhasa Kangyur edition here reads ’jam dpal gyi zhal mthong (“behold the face of Mañjuśrī”).