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Vajrasattva
Vajrasattva (Sanskrit: वज्रसत्त्व; Tibetan: རྡོ་རྗེ་སེམས་དཔའ, Dorje Sempa, “Vajra Being”) represents primordial purity and anchors the practice of purification in the Tibetan tradition.
Read as a method, it describes purification as a process rather than absolution: naming a mistake precisely, repairing what can be repaired, and setting down the rest: washing without erasing.
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The term is rooted in the canonical sutras and traditional commentaries of Mahayana and Tibetan Buddhism, where it is treated as a contemplative method for training the mind rather than an object of belief.
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Vajrasattva
Purification as a process: free yourself from guilt without denying the mistake.