Well, I've been wondering if there is a precedent for something I've done recently. I was talking to one of my friends a while ago and he was explaining the concept of Patron saints to me. Intrigued by this, I thought about it from a Buddhist perspective, with a lot of thought towards the Bodhisattvas and Arahants that I knew of. Eventually I came to realize that I felt most comfortable with the image/ideal of Manjushri. So yeah, what I was wondering is if any of you know of a precedent for this. Thanks, Ryan oh, and I'm sorry if what I'm saying shows my horrific ignorance (like my last post) so yeah, if I'm being horribly ignorant/offensive, please let me know and I'll try not to be so in the future
Manjushri is considered to be the mind of enlightenment, in which case it's often called, Manjushrigosha. In a small tract translated by Anne Klein in the text, Practice of Tantra, she describes the mind of Manjushrigosha to consist of three qualities, freshness, splendor, and smoothness.
