Derge Kangyur/Tengyur e-text, Esukhia/Barom edition — public domain (mechanical reproduction)
This ritual fragment provides instructions for performing a water offering associated with the Nāmasaṃgīti, or the Recitation of the Names of Mañjuśrī. The text outlines a specific preparatory process wherein the practitioner must purify bath water through a visualization of light emanating from the heart. By transforming their internal state of devotion, the practitioner is then directed to engage in the recitation of a garland mantra. The text functions as a technical guide for a ritualized offering, committing the reader to a precise sequence of mental visualization and vocalization to ensure the purity and efficacy of the offering to the bodhisattva Mañjuśrī.
Provenance
About this text
A ritual guide for the water offering of the Chanting of the Names, the mtshan yang dag par brjod pa'i chu sbyin is a work of the classical Tibetan period. It is attributed to the Indian author Mañjuśrīmitra. The text is preserved in the Tengyur, volume ངུ, where it is situated within the Yoga Tantra Treatises collection. The record does not name the translators responsible for its passage into Tibetan. This brief work, extending to a single page, enacts a specific ritual sequence centered on the bodhisattva Mañjuśrī. It instructs the practitioner to purify bath water using light emanating from the heart and to transform their devotion before reciting the garland mantra of the wisdom-being. By providing the precise mantra and the necessary mental visualizations, the work serves as a technical manual for ensuring the purity and efficacy of the offering. A scholar or serious reader consults this text today to understand the precise intersection of visualization and vocalization required for the Nāmasaṃgīti water offering, offering a glimpse into the ritualized praxis of the Yoga Tantra tradition.
Cite thisAnuvāda, “A Water Offering [Ritual] according to “The Recitation of the Names of Mañjuśrī”” (Toh 2549), machine draft, 2026.https://naxiai.com/tibetan/works/toh2549
Summary & commentary
Significance
The text illustrates the integration of visualization and mantra in Tibetan ritual practice, specifically within the context of Mañjuśrī devotion. It demonstrates how mundane substances, such as bath water, are conceptually transformed into sacred offerings through the practitioner's mental agency.
Structure
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Description
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Water Offering Instructions
Instructions on purifying water via heart-light visualization and the initiation of a garland mantra.
Themes
Ritual Purification (1)
Visualization (1)
Mañjuśrī Devotion (1)
Summary, significance and provenance note generated by gemma4:31b from the translation and the catalogue record.
AnuvādaA Water Offering [Ritual] according to “The Recitation of the Names of Mañjuśrī”·
Homage to the noble Mañjuśrī!
For those who wish to perform the water offering of the Chanting of the Names (Nāmasaṃgīti), they should purify the remaining bath water with the light of the rays from their own heart. Having transformed their devotion, they should recite the garland mantra of the wisdom-being (jñānasattva) and then offer the water with these words:
Oṃ jvala midam sarvapretebhyo svāhā.
By giving this to the hungry ghosts (preta), they drink it, and one should say, "May their afflictions be purified!" One should share this merit in common with all sentient beings.
This concludes the water offering of the Chanting of the Names composed by the master Mañjuśrīmitra.
Translation status: Not among 84000's published translations, and not in progress there. Translations published elsewhere have not been searched for, so one may exist. (source: 84000 catalogue + registry; checked 2026-11-10).
Set in Newsreader and EB Garamond; Tibetan in Noto Serif Tibetan; Chinese in Noto Serif SC.