Manjushri (Tib. Jampäl), the Bodhisattva of Wisdom, together with Avalokiteshvara and Vajrapani, is part of what is known as the "Three Great Protectors", who express the three main qualities of Enlightenment. His practice especially deepens the understanding of the ultimate nature of reality, as well as the conventional wisdom of the practitioner.

One of the most important texts in his cycle is the Manjushri-Nama-Samgiti ("Chanting of the Names of Manjushri"), considered one of the most perfect and elevated teachings of the Buddha, covering all aspects of his doctrine.

Lama Glenn Mullin is a renowned Geluk Lama, tibetologist, conferencist and writer. For ten years, he lived in Dharamsala, India, where he studied the Tibetan language and literature, and the Tibetan Buddhist yogas and meditation, under the orientation of some of the greatest Tibetan masters — including the Dalai Lama himself.