Wisdom

Wisdom is a peculiar thing. No matter how much we wish to obtain it, we find ourselves far away from it. Wisdom is not about acting serious all the time, it is about balancing the serious, the light-headed and the crazy. But it is essential for piece of mind and success in this life. To find that perfect balance we need to find our source of inspiration, each according to our own wish and inclination.

Obeisance to my guru and protector, Manjushri, 

Who holds to his heart a scriptural text symbolic of his seeing all things as they are, 

Whose intelligence shines forth like the sun, unclouded by the two obscurations, 

Who teaches in sixty ways, with the loving compassion of a parent for his only child, all creatures caught in the prison of samsara, confused in the darkness of their ignorance, overwhelmed by their suffering. 

You, whose dragon-thunder-like proclamation of Dharma arouses us from the stupor of our afflictions and frees us from the iron chains of our karma; 

Who wields the sword of wisdom hewing down suffering wherever its sprouts appear, clearing away the darkness of ignorance; 

You, whose princely body is adorned with the one hundred and twelve marks of a Buddha, 

Who has completed the stages achieving the highest perfection of a bodhisattva, 

Who has been pure from the beginning,

I bow down to you, O Manjushri; 

With the brilliance of your wisdom, O compassionate one, 

Illuminate the darkness enclosing my mind, 

Enlighten my intelligence and wisdom 

So that I may gain insight into the Buddha's words and the texts that explain them.