subject: About Manjushri Thangka Painting [print this page] Manjushri is referred to as an emanation of both the dhyani Buddha Amitabha, who is also Avalokiteshvara's spiritual father, and of Akshobhya. This dual origin can be traced back to the fierce form of Akahobhya, the dharmapala Yamantaka, who can take on a fiercer guise, namely Vajrabhairva, and then be an extremely frightening guise of Manjushri. An earthly incarnation of Manjushri is the great reformer Tssongkhpa, the founder of the Gelugpa monastic order.
