Derge Kangyur/Tengyur e-text, Esukhia/Barom edition — public domain (mechanical reproduction)
This fragmentary text serves as a dedication of merit associated with the Mañjuśrī-nāma-saṃgīti. The author begins by establishing a conceptual framework for the dedication of the roots of virtue, distinguishing between two primary methodologies: the dedication of the wise for themselves and the dedication of the unwise for others. By categorizing these approaches, the text intends to guide the practitioner toward a specific, presumably more efficacious, mode of dedicating merit. The fragment breaks off as the author begins to define the nature of the dedication of the wise. Consequently, the text commits the reader to a discernment between different levels of spiritual maturity and the corresponding ways in which accumulated merit should be directed to achieve the desired result.
Provenance
About this text
A dedication of the roots of virtue associated with the Mañjuśrī-nāma-saṃgīti, this treatise belongs to the Yoga Tantra Treatises. The work is attributed to the Indian author Mañjuśrīmitra. It is preserved in the classical Tibetan tradition within the Tengyur, specifically volume ངུ, where it extends over two pages. The text establishes a conceptual framework for the dedication of merit, distinguishing between the dedication of the wise for themselves and the dedication of the unwise for others. It argues that the dedication of the wise involves a complete purification of the three spheres through the embrace of the three non-apprehensions. A scholar or serious reader consults this fragment to understand the specific methodologies used to direct accumulated merit based on the spiritual maturity of the practitioner, though the text breaks off during the definition of the more efficacious mode of dedication.
Cite thisAnuvāda, “Dedicating the Roots of Virtue according to “The Recitation of the Names of Mañjuśrī”” (Toh 2556), machine draft, 2026.https://naxiai.com/tibetan/works/toh2556
Summary & commentary
Significance
The work is significant for its attempt to systematize the practice of merit dedication within the context of Mañjuśrī devotion. It suggests a hierarchical understanding of spiritual practice where the method of dedication varies based on the practitioner's wisdom.
Structure
Passages
Section
Description
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Introduction and Categorization
Homage to Mañjuśrī followed by a distinction between the dedication of the wise and the unwise.
Themes
Dedication of merit (1)
Wisdom versus ignorance in practice (1)
Summary, significance and provenance note generated by gemma4:31b from the translation and the catalogue record.
AnuvādaDedicating the Roots of Virtue according to “The Recitation of the Names of Mañjuśrī”·
Homage to the noble Mañjuśrī. This is the dedication of the roots of virtue from the Mañjuśrī-nāma-saṃgīti. There are two types of dedication: the dedication of the wise for themselves, and the dedication of the unwise for others. Regarding these, the dedication of the wise for themselves is a dedication in which the three spheres are completely purified, being embraced by the three non-apprehensions. The dedication of the unwise for others is to dedicate just as the Tathāgatas of the three times have dedicated. This concludes the dedication of the roots of virtue from the Mañjuśrī-nāma-saṃgīti, 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.