Vajrasattva Mantra

OM BENZAR SATO SA MA YA MA NU PA LA YA
BENZAR SATO TE NO PA TISHTHA DRI DHO ME BHA WA

SU TO KA YO ME BHA WA
SU PO KA YO ME BHA WA
ANU RAKTO ME BHA WA SARVA SIDDHI ME PRA YATSA

SARVA KARMA SU TSA ME TSITTAM SHRE YAM KU RU HUNG
HA HA HA HA HO BHA GA WAN SARVA TA THA GA TA BENZRA MA ME MUNTSA BENZRI BHA

MA HA SA MA YA SATO




A symbol of the mind’s inherent purity



Vajrasattva’s name (Tib. dorje sempa) means “diamond being.” He represents the innate purity of the mind.



You can imagine your mind as being like a sky through which clouds pass. The clouds come and they go, but the sky remains untouched. The sky is inherently blue and clear, and although its blueness and clarity can be obscured it can never be destroyed. The clouds are like the greed, hatred, and delusion that pollute the mind. Because of the transient nature of these mental states, they cannot be said to be an inherent part of the mind. They may obscure the mind’s inherent awareness and compassion, but those qualities are never absent.