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| The Mind Sadhana of Glorious [[Vajrasattva]] | The Mind Sadhana of Glorious [[Vajrasattva]] |
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| Translation | https://rctd-companion.vajrayana.org/cycles?cycle=The%20Mind%20Sadhana%20of%20Glorious%20Vajrasattva |
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| | ==Translation== |
| The Mind Practice of the Glorious Vajrasattva | The Mind Practice of the Glorious Vajrasattva |
| Analysis and Introduction | |
| The phrase དཔལ་རྡོ་རྗེ་སེམས་དཔའ་ཐུགས་ཀྱི་སྒྲུབ་པ་ (dpal rdo rje sems dpa' thugs kyi sgrub pa; Sanskrit: Śrī-Vajrasattva-citta-sādhana) designates the heart-essence or mind-sādhana centered upon the primordial purifier and lord of all hundred Buddha families, Glorious Vajrasattva. Within the Nyingma Inner Tantra classifications—particularly the Mahāyoga and Atiyoga systems—practices of the Three Roots and peaceful/wrathful deities are frequently categorized into outer, inner, secret, and unexcelled or mind practice (thugs sgrub). In particular, this cycle is widely known in the Northern Treasures (Byang gter) as well as the treasure revelations of Minling Terchen Gyurme Dorje (the famed smin gling rdor sems) and Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo’s lineage cycles. | ==Analysis and Introduction== |
| Textually and doctrinally, the practice engages Vajrasattva not merely as an agent of purificatory confession, but as the primordially pure, uncompounded ground of pristine cognition (dharmakāya / jñānasattva). In the larger context of Buddhist tantric literature preserved in the Dharmamitra Database (https://dharmamitra.org/db), Vajrasattva’s mind-essence is intimately tied to canonical root tantras such as the Sarvatathāgatatattvasaṅgraha, the Guhyasamāja, and the Hevajra, wherein the five wisdoms, the indestructible nature of mind (vajracitta), and the primordial ground of the Tathāgatas are revealed through the non-dual realization of the deity's innate reality. | The phrase [[དཔལ་རྡོ་རྗེ་སེམས་དཔའ་ཐུགས་ཀྱི་སྒྲུབ་པ་]] ([[dpal rdo rje sems dpa' thugs kyi sgrub pa]]; [[Sanskrit]]: [[Śrī-Vajrasattva-citta-sādhana]]) designates the [[heart-essence]] or [[mind-sādhana]] centered upon the [[primordial purifier]] and [[lord of all hundred Buddha families]], [[Glorious Vajrasattva]]. Within the [[Nyingma Inner Tantra classifications]] — particularly the [[Mahāyoga]] and [[Atiyoga]] systems — practices of the [[Three Roots]] and [[peaceful/wrathful deities]] are frequently categorized into [[outer]], [[inner]], [[secret]], and [[unexcelled]] or [[mind practice]] ([[thugs sgrub]]). In particular, this cycle is widely known in the [[Northern Treasures]] ([[Byang gter]]) as well as the [[treasure revelations]] of [[Minling Terchen Gyurme Dorje]] (the famed [[smin gling rdor sems]]) and [[Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo]]’s [[lineage]] cycles. |
| References from the Dharmamitra Database | |
| | Textually and doctrinally, the practice engages [[Vajrasattva]] not merely as an agent of [[purificatory]] [[confession]], but as the [[primordially pure]], [[uncompounded]] [[ground]] of [[pristine cognition]] ([[dharmakāya]] / [[jñānasattva]]). In the larger context of [[Buddhist tantric literature]] [[preserved]] in the [[Dharmamitra Database]] (https://dharmamitra.org/db), [[Vajrasattva’s mind-essence]] is intimately tied to canonical [[root tantras]] such as the [[Sarvatathāgatatattvasaṅgraha]], the [[Guhyasamāja]], and the [[Hevajra]], wherein the [[five wisdoms]], the [[indestructible nature of mind]] ([[vajracitta]]), and the [[primordial ground]] of the [[Tathāgatas]] are revealed through the [[non-dual realization]] of the [[deity]]'s [[innate reality]]. |
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| | ==References from the Dharmamitra Database== |
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