Vajrasattva Visualization and Mantras for Buddhist Healing and Purification

Why do many Buddhists consider purification practice to be the ultimate meditative practice? Why do Tibetan Buddhists consider Buddha Vajrasattva practice to be the most perfect and complete of purification practices? Do I need special instruction to practice this most profound purification and healing practice? We answer these questions and more in this presentation. Then, take a visualized meditative journey of body, speech and mind with our editor Lee Kane as he describes a simple purification visualization and ends with 108 repetitions of the profound 100-syllable mantra of Vajrasattva. CONTENTS 00:00 Introduction 01:00 The Goal in Buddhism of Purification of the Five Aggregates 01:11 Shakyamuni Buddha battles Mara under the Bodhi Tree (animation) 02:31 Buddha’s example of purification 02:49 Methods of purification including Vajrasattva Practice, the ultimate purification 03:28 Sound Psychological Concept of Buddhist Purification 05:13 The 100-syllable mantra introduction 05:53 Vajrasattva is a complete practice in itself 06:32 Why is it so powerful? 07:19 How do we know it works? 08:27 How to pronounce mantra in Sanskrit 3 times (non-musical) (see mantra below) 10:21 Detailed meaning/translation of mantra from Lati Rinpoche 13:03 “Mechanics of Vajrasattva Practice” a How-to 14:03 The Four Opponent Powers: Dependence, Regret, Remedy, and Restraint 15:13 VISUALIZATION BEGINS (Painting by Thomas Edwards art and animations) 19:53 Seven non-musical repetitions of Vajrasattva 100-Syllable Mantra MANTRA in Sanskrit (pronunciation guide at 08:27) OM VAJRASATTVA SAMAYA MANUPALAYA VAJRASATTVA TVENOPATISHTHA DRIDHO ME BHAVA SUTOSHYO ME BHAVA SUPOSHYO ME BHAVA ANURAKTO ME BHAVA SARVA SIDDHIM ME PRAYACCHA SARVA KARMA SU CHAME CHITTAM SHRIYAM KURU HUM HA HA HA HA HO BHAGAVAN SARVA TATHAGATA VAJRA MA ME MUNCHA VAJRA BHAVA MAHA SAMAYA SATTVA AH HUM PHAT! ART CREDITS: Thomas Edwards on Facebook: Laura Santi Sacred Art: or Partial Transcript All Buddhist practices could ultimately be described by the goal “purification of the five aggregates” — through various forms of meditation and virtues. Purification is a core concept. When Shakyamuni Buddha sat under the Bodhi tree, seeking Enlightenment, the sutras record the many things he visualized as he sat. Imagine that epic battle under the tree. Outwardly, we see only the Buddha, serene and still. Inwardly, the Buddha faced all the maras. Clouds of arrows and spears whistle through the air, arcing up in a terrible cloud, now descending to pierce the Buddha. Yet Buddha sits, unmoving, his concentration so perfect that he sees only the true nature of mind. The arrows become lotus flowers, fluttering harmlessly to the ground. Next, he is surrounded by monsters and demons, with flashing teeth and roaring voices as terrible as nature’s worst tempest. Then, he is confronted with alluring, seductive women — Mara’s own daughters sent to seduce them. Buddha reaches forward, and touches the ground. With the earth as his witness, he is shielded from Mara’s defilements and temptations. His perfect shield from all these terrors is loving kindness, compassion, and wisdom. This was the iconic attack of Mara, the tempter. You can see these beasts as literal demons, or, in more phycological terms, as defilements to be purified. This purification of defilements, as demonstrated by Buddha’s fearless, unmoving battle under the Bodhi tree, is a core practice in Buddhism. In Buddhist thinking, we all face Mara’s temptations — as obscurations, impurities and negative obstacles in our daily practices. Like, Buddha, we can overcome them. We can purify the impurities through various profound methods, from mindfulness meditation to advanced visualization, such as Vajrasattva meditation, visualization and mantras — methods that involve all three of body, speech and mind.... #SpreadTheDharma #BuddhaWeekly #Buddhism @BuddhaWeekly #Vajrasattva