Editing Manjushri (section)

==In Mahāyāna Buddhism==
[[File:Manjushri statue. Lalung Gompa, Spiti.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Manjushri statue, Lhalung Gompa, [[Spiti Valley]], India]]
[[File:Manjushri at Buddha Tooth Relic Temple and Museum.JPG|thumb|200px|Manjushri, seated on a blue lion at [[Buddha Tooth Relic Temple and Museum]], [[Singapore]].]]
[[File:The Bodhisattva Monju (Manjushri), Kamakura period, Japan.jpg|thumb|200px|Bodhisattva Monju (Manjushri), [[Kamakura period]], [[Tokyo National Museum]], [[Japan]]]]
Scholars have identified Mañjuśrī as the oldest and most significant bodhisattva in Mahāyāna literature.<ref>A View of Manjushri: Wisdom and Its Crown Prince in Pala Period India. Harrington, Laura. Doctoral Thesis, Columbia University, 2002</ref> Mañjuśrī is first referred to in early [[Mahāyāna sūtras]] such as the [[Prajñāpāramitā]] ''sūtra''s and through this association, very early in the tradition he came to symbolize the embodiment of ''prajñā'' (transcendent wisdom).<ref name="Keown, Damien 2003 p.172"/> The ''[[Lotus Sutra]]'' assigns him a [[pure land]] called ''Vimala'', which according to the ''[[Avatamsaka Sutra]]'' is located in the East. His pure land is predicted to be one of the two best pure lands in all of existence in all the past, present, and future. When he attains [[Buddhahood]] his name will be Universal Sight{{Citation needed|date=September 2022}}. In the ''Lotus Sūtra'', Mañjuśrī also leads the [[Longnü|Nagaraja's daughter]] to enlightenment. He also figures in the ''[[Vimalakīrti Sūtra]]'' in a debate with [[Vimalakīrti]] where he is presented as a Bodhisattva who discusses non-duality with him.

An example of a wisdom teaching of Mañjuśrī can be found in the ''Saptaśatikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra'' ([[Taishō Tripiṭaka]] 232).<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.acmuller.net/descriptive_catalogue/files/k0010.html|title=The Korean Buddhist Canon: A Descriptive Catalog (T 232)}}</ref> This ''sūtra'' contains a dialogue between Mañjuśrī and the Buddha on the One [[Samādhi]] (Skt. ''Ekavyūha Samādhi''). [[Sheng-yen]] renders the following teaching of Mañjuśrī, for entering ''samādhi'' naturally through transcendent wisdom:
{{quote|Contemplate the five [[skandha]]s as originally empty and quiescent, non-arising, non-perishing, equal, without differentiation. Constantly thus practicing, day or night, whether sitting, walking, standing or lying down, finally one reaches an inconceivable state without any obstruction or form. This is the Samadhi of One Act ({{zh|c=一行三昧|p=Yīxíng sānmèi|labels=no}}).<ref>Sheng-Yen, Master (聖嚴法師)(1988). [https://web.archive.org/web/20121011012531/http://ccbs.ntu.edu.tw/FULLTEXT/JR-BJ001/02_10.htm ''Tso-Ch'an''], p.364</ref>}}