New branches: Tantric techniques: Fourfold division: Twofold division: Thought forms and visualisation: Yoga: The Mañjuśrī-Nāma-Saṃgīti (Tibetan: འཇམ་དཔལ་མཚན་བརྗོད, Wylie: 'jam dpal mtshan brjod) (hereafter, Nama-samgiti) is considered amongst the most advanced teachings given by the Shakyamuni Buddha.
The Nama-samgiti was preached by Shakyamuni Buddha for his disciple Vajrapani and his wrathful retinue in order to lead them into buddhahood.
The Nama-samgiti is a short text, only circa 160 verses and a prose section.
As Shakyamuni Buddha says of the Nama-samgiti, it is "the chief clarification of words".
[citation needed] Therefore, all sentient beings should definitely study and recite the manjushri-nama-samgiti.