Manjushri is the Bodhisattva of transcendent wisdom. He carries in his right hand the double-edged sword able to cut through illusion and with his left hand a blooming lotus that supports a book, the Prajnaparamita Sutra. In the Buddhist pantheon he is depicted as a youth of sixteen years in order to convey the Buddhist insight that wisdom is not a matter of mere experience or years, but results from the cultivation of intellectual genius, which can penetrate directly to the bedrock of reality. Wisdom is the most honoured virtue in Buddhism, called the Mother of all Buddhas, since only wisdom makes possible the great bliss of total freedom from all suffering that is the goal of all living beings.

Manjushri Bodhisattva had attained Enlightenment in eons past and will be known as Universal Sight Buddha in the future.

Those who worship Manjushri Bodhisattva will be blessed with wisdom and wealth. The flaming sword of Manjushri Bodhisattva will break apart all illusion and karmic hindrances.