Reciting the Names of Manjushri (PDF)

I have been told that when Thrangu Rinpoche escaped from Tibet that his was the only book that he carried with him. –– Clark

"Reciting the Names of Manjushri has long been revered as one of the most profound and important Buddhist tantras, if not the most. On the surface, the main part of this tantra consists of a long list of“names” of the wisdom kaya Manjushri — a sometimes paradoxical litany of the various qualities of the being who embodies the prajna and wisdom of all buddhas. On deeper levels, it can be a description of the Buddhist path and result, an explanation of a creation stage of meditation on a mandala filled with dozens of deities, or an explanation of profound completion-stage practices. Sometimes it is taught as a yoga tantra, sometimes as an unexcelled tantra, and sometimes as a nondual Kalachakra tantra. No matter how it is explained, it is taught to present the path to achieve the state of Manjushri, the wisdom body of perfect buddhahood." 
                                  ––Karma Chophel, Thrangu Rinpoche's translator.