Manjushri Source Texts (84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha)

Chapter Colophons
Manjushri Mula Kalpa Tantra

Toh 543. The Root Manual of the Rites of Mañjuśrī. (Mañjuśrī­mūla­kalpa, ’jam dpal gyi rtsa ba’i rgyud).

Chapter 1.123. This concludes the first chapter, describing the coming together of the audience, from this great root manual containing an exposition of the mantra practices of the Great Vehicle, an extensive textbook that is a miraculous bodhisattva display of Mañjuśrī, the divine
youth.

2.211. This concludes the second chapter, that of the instructions on the maṇḍala procedure,
from this great king of manuals that forms a garland-like basket of bodhisattva
teachings, an extensive bodhisattva textbook that is a miraculous display of Mañjuśrī, the
divine youth.

3.11. This concludes the chapter on the maṇḍala procedure, the third in “The Root Manual of
the Divine Youth Mañjuśrī,” an extensive bodhisattva textbook.

4.116. This concludes the fourth chapter, the first in the detailed section on the procedure of cloth painting, from “The Root Manual Mañjuśrī,” the Mahāyāna sūtra that forms a garlandlike basket of bodhisattva teachings.

5.21. This concludes the detailed fifth chapter, the second in the detailed section on the
procedure of cloth painting, from “The Root Manual of Noble Mañjuśrī,” an extensive
Mahāyāna sūtra that forms a garland-like basket of bodhisattva teachings.

6.13. This concludes the detailed sixth chapter in “The Root Manual of Mañjuśrī,” an
extensive Mahāyāna sūtra that forms a garland-like basket of bodhisattva teachings. This
chapter contains the third procedure, that of the “smallest” painting.

7.31. This concludes the detailed seventh chapter, which is the detailed fourth chapter on the
cloth-painting procedure, from “The Root Manual of Noble Mañjuśrī,” an extensive
Mahāyāna sūtra that forms a basket of bodhisattva teachings.

8.13. This concludes the eighth chapter of this extensive Mahāyāna sūtra that forms a garlandlike basket of bodhisattva teachings. This chapter constitutes the detailed first chapter on
the ritual involving the supreme sādhana method.

9.22. This concludes the ninth chapter of “The Root Manual of Noble Mañjuśrī,” an extensive
Mahāyāna sūtra that forms a garland-like basket of bodhisattva teachings. This chapter
constitutes the detailed second chapter on the ritual involving the supreme sādhana
method.

10-60. This concludes the tenth chapter of “The Root Manual of Noble Mañjuśrī,” an extensive
Mahāyāna sūtra that forms a garland-like basket of bodhisattva teachings. This chapter
constitutes the detailed chapter on the procedure involving the superior painting.

11.273. This concludes the eleventh chapter of “The Root Manual of Noble Mañjuśrī,” an
extensive Mahāyāna sūtra that forms a garland-like basket of bodhisattva teachings. This
chapter constitutes the detailed fourth chapter on places suitable for the performance of the
ritual; on mantra recitation, ritual observances, homa, meditation, purificatory rites, and
conduct; and the performance of all the rites according to procedure.

12.53. This concludes the detailed twelfth chapter in “The Root Manual of Noble Mañjuśrī,” an
extensive Mahāyāna sūtra that forms a garland-like basket of bodhisattva teachings. This
chapter belongs to the detailed section on the procedure of the “medium” painting, and
also constitutes the detailed chapter on the procedure of the rosary.

13.72. This concludes the detailed thirteenth chapter in “The Root Manual of Noble Mañjuśrī,”
an extensive Mahāyāna sūtra that forms a garland-like basket of bodhisattva teachings.

14.181. This concludes the chapter that provides the details of the practice of the cakravartin,
including the painting procedure and the maṇḍala, fourteenth in “The Root Manual of
Noble Mañjuśrī,” an extensive Mahāyāna sūtra that forms a garland-like basket of bodhisattva teachings.

15.243. This concludes the chapter with detailed instructions on the meaning of all ritual
activities, fifteenth in “The Root Manual of Noble Mañjuśrī,” an extensive Mahāyāna
sūtra that forms a garland-like basket of bodhisattva teachings. [F.190.a] [F.207.a]

16.36. This concludes the detailed sixteenth chapter with versified instructions in “The Root
Manual of Noble Mañjuśrī,” an extensive Mahāyāna sūtra.

17.38. This concludes the detailed chapter on the ascertainment of one’s personal karma,
seventeenth in “The Root Manual of Noble Mañjuśrī,” an extensive Mahāyāna sūtra that
forms a garland-like basket of bodhisattva teachings.

24.243. This concludes the detailed twenty-fourth chapter, on the astrological knowledge of
signs, from “The Root Manual of Noble Mañjuśrī,” an extensive Mahāyāna sūtra that
forms a garland-like basket of bodhisattva teachings.

25.39. This concludes the detailed twenty-fifth chapter, on the benefits arising from the
cakravartin One Syllable, from “The Root Manual of Noble Mañjuśrī,” an extensive
Mahāyāna sūtra that forms a garland-like basket of bodhisattva teachings.

26.63. This concludes the detailed twenty-sixth chapter, with instructions on the ritual
procedures of the rites of the cakravartin One Syllable and his painting, from “The Root
Manual of Noble Mañjuśrī,” an extensive Mahāyāna sūtra that forms a garland-like
basket of bodhisattva teachings.

27.87. This concludes the detailed chapter with instructions on the ritual procedures for the rites
of the one-syllable root mantra—the heart essence of Noble Mañjuśrī—that include the
painting, twenty-seventh in “The Root Manual of Noble Mañjuśrī,” an extensive
Mahāyāna sūtra that forms a garland-like basket of bodhisattva teachings.

28.55. This concludes the detailed chapter that belongs to the section on the ritual procedures of
Noble Mañjuśrī, twenty-eighth in “The Root Manual of Noble Mañjuśrī,” an
extensive Mahāyāna sūtra that forms a garland-like basket of bodhisattva teachings.
[F.229.a] [F.246.a]

29.20. This concludes the detailed chapter with the seventh [set of] rites in the section on the
ritual procedures that employ the painting of Noble Mañjuśrī, twenty-ninth in “The
Root Manual of Noble Mañjuśrī,” an extensive Mahāyāna sūtra that forms a garland-like
basket of bodhisattva teachings.

30.52. This concludes the detailed chapter on the ritual restrictions concerning the place and the
time [of accomplishing the mantras], thirtieth in “The Root Manual of Noble
Mañjuśrī,” an extensive Mahāyāna sūtra that forms a garland-like basket of bodhisattva
teachings.

31.62. This concludes the detailed chapter with instructions on the procedure to be applied based
on the symptoms [observed] in the possessed [person], thirty-first in “The Root
Manual of Noble Mañjuśrī,” an extensive Mahāyāna sūtra that forms a garland-like
basket of bodhisattva teachings.

32.45. This concludes the detailed chapter on the ritual procedures and the rules pertaining to
[the particular] time periods, thirty-second in “The Root Manual of Noble Mañjuśrī,”
[F.237.b] [F.254.b] an extensive Mahāyāna sūtra that forms a garland-like basket of
bodhisattva teachings.

33.126. This concludes the detailed chapter that explains the knowledge of signs pertaining to the
ritual activity procedures, thirty-third in “The Root Manual of Noble Mañjuśrī,”
an extensive Mahāyāna sūtra that forms a garland-like basket of bodhisattva teachings.

34.52. This concludes the detailed chapter with the instructions on the procedures enhanced by
the stimulus of mudrās, given in response to Mañjuśrī’s inquiry, thirty-fourth in
“The Root Manual of Noble Mañjuśrī,” an extensive Mahāyāna sūtra that forms a
garland-like basket of bodhisattva teachings.

35.308. This concludes the detailed chapter on mudrā procedures, thirty-fifth in “The Root
Manual of Noble Mañjuśrī,” an extensive Mahāyāna sūtra that forms a garland-like
basket of bodhisattva teachings.

36.18. This concludes the detailed second chapter on mudrā procedures, thirty-sixth in “The
Root Manual of Noble Mañjuśrī,” an extensive Mahāyāna sūtra that forms a garland-like
basket of bodhisattva teachings.

37.126. This concludes the detailed chapter on the ritual procedures that prescribe the mantras
and the mudrās, thirty-seventh in “The Root Manual of Noble Mañjuśrī,” an
extensive Mahāyāna sūtra that forms a garland-like basket of bodhisattva teachings.

38.51. This concludes the detailed chapter on all the ritual procedures involving the mudrā and
the maṇḍala methods, thirty-eighth in “The Root Manual of Noble Mañjuśrī,” an
extensive Mahāyāna sūtra that forms a garland-like basket of bodhisattva teachings.

50.53. This concludes the detailed chapter describing Lord of Wrath Yamāntaka, the greatness of
his mantra and the attendant rules, fiftieth in “The Root Manual of Noble Mañjuśrī,”
an extensive Mahāyāna sūtra that forms a garland-like basket of bodhisattva teachings.

51.80. This concludes [F.278.a] [F.295.a] the detailed second chapter with the precepts regarding
the violent rites of Lord of Wrath Yamāntaka, fifty-first in “The Root Manual of Noble
Mañjuśrī,” an extensive Mahāyāna sūtra that forms a garland-like basket of bodhisattva teachings.

52.149. This concludes the fifty-second chapter, which is the detailed third chapter with the
ritual prescriptions pertaining to Lord of Wrath Yamāntaka, from “The Root Manual of
Noble Mañjuśrī,” an extensive Mahāyāna sūtra that forms a garland-like basket of
bodhisattva teachings. This also concludes [the section on] the ritual of Lord of Wrath
Yamāntaka. Homage to the Buddha!

53.924. This concludes the fifty-third chapter, with the prophecy about the kings, from “The Root
Manual of Noble Mañjuśrī,” an extensive Mahāyāna sūtra that forms a garland-like
basket of bodhisattva teachings, complete with all the chapters.

54.105. This concludes “The Root Manual of Noble Mañjuśrī,” presented as it was passed
down.