"Om Vajrasattva Hum" Purification

This is a powerful purification practice. Vajrasattva Short Mantra: om vajrasattva hum. Vajrasattva Long Mantra: om vajrasattva samaya manu palaya/ vajrasattva deno patita/ dido may bhawa/ suto kayo may bhawa/ supo kayo may bhawa/ anu rakto may bhawa/ sarwa siddhi mempar yatsa/ sarwa karma su tsa may/ tsitam shriyam kuru hum/ ha ha ha ha ho/ bhagawan/ sarwa tatagata/ vajra ma may mu tsa/ vajra bhawa maha samaya sattva/ ah hum pey.

Transcript

And then thinking that we have two fields of merit,

One is the Buddhas towards whom you take refuge or you've made promises.

For those of you who don't believe in Buddha then you might have Jesus or God,

Whatever you believe in,

But you think towards these holy beings.

I take refuge so that I have a very strong direction in my life,

So that I'm guided by enlightened beings to be able to help others.

And then the other field of merit is all sentient beings.

And in order to purify our negativities towards all sentient beings we need to develop Bodhicitta,

The wish to alleviate all sentient beings of their suffering completely.

May they all become enlightened.

I go for refuge until I'm enlightened.

To the Buddha,

The Dharma and the Supreme Assembly,

By my practice of giving and other perfections,

May I become a Buddha to benefit all sentient beings.

I go for refuge until I'm enlightened.

To the Buddha,

The Dharma and the Supreme Assembly,

By my practice of giving and other perfections,

May I become a Buddha to benefit all sentient beings.

I go for refuge until I'm enlightened.

To the Buddha,

The Dharma and the Supreme Assembly,

By my practice of giving and other perfections,

May I become a Buddha to benefit all sentient beings.

And then we have the power of regret,

Thinking that in the past,

Not just this life,

But past lives,

I have done actions that will result in suffering.

Motivated by delusion,

So you didn't know what you were doing,

But now you know better.

So now you have the wisdom to purify those negative actions.

If it's a particular action in this life,

Or it could be a habitual action,

Something that you keep repeating over and over,

And you have strong regret about it,

It could just be one action that you've done in the past,

That you know is going to produce a negative result.

So you think,

May I now,

On this cushion,

Completely purify that negative action.

I know I'm never going to do it again,

But still I don't want to experience the suffering of that negative action.

Because when I'm suffering,

I'm not of much benefit to anybody else.

So we have the motivation of compassion.

So try to generate a strong feeling of urgency and regret for the negative actions that we've committed from beginningless time.

And then above the crown of your head,

Seated upon a lotus and a moon seat,

Is Vajrasattva.

His body is white.

He has one face and two arms.

In his right hand he's holding a Vajra,

In his left hand a bell,

And he's sitting in the Vajra posture,

Full lotus.

Vajrasattva is the embodiment of the purification energy of all the Buddhas.

He made a promise to help anybody to purify.

And then in Vajrasattva's heart,

On a moon disc,

Stands hum,

H-U-M.

And around that hum on the edge of the moon disc is the mantra.

From the hum and the mantra,

There's a powerful stream of white nectar which comes down through the crown of your head and you're cleansed of all sickness,

Negative karma and obscurations.

So there are two ways to visualize.

One is just that the nectar comes down like rain.

The nectar has the quality of being like honey,

Not like water.

It has a heaviness to it.

So one way is like it comes down similar to rainfall.

And then the other way to visualize is as if light beams are coming from the mantra hum,

The mantra around hum.

So you could have a light beam and then running along that light beam are drops of nectar.

The nectar comes in through the crown of your head and it's slowly going all the way down through your body.

Visualize it coming down into your shoulders,

Running down your arms into your fingers,

Pushing downwards,

Saturating every pore of your body,

Every organ with nectar.

But also your mind becomes full of nectar.

So all negativities,

Whatever they are,

Mental,

Emotional,

Physical,

Any sickness,

It's all pushed out through the lower part of your body in the form of black smoke or black tar.

In every drop of nectar is Vajrasattva.

So your whole body fills with billions of tiny Vajrasattvas.

So your body takes on the vibration of Vajrasattva.

And then we recite the mantra one time together.

Om Vajrasattva Samaya Manu Palaaya Vajrasattva Denu Patita Dhridho Me Bhava Suttukaya Me Bhava Supokaya Me Bhava Anuragdho Me Bhava Sava Siddhi Me Prayatsa Sava Karma Suchamay Chicham Sriyam Kuru Hum Ha Ha Ha Ha Ho Bhagawan Sava Tatha Gata Vajra Ma Me Mutta Vajra Bhava Mahasamaya Sava Ahom Bhay.

So then I'll give you a few minutes to recite some more mantras if you can.

If you can't recite the long one you can just say Om Vajrasattva Hum.

Om Vajra Me Bhava Suttukaya Me Bhava Mahasamaya Sava Karma Sava Tatha Gata Vajra Me Bhava Me Bhava Me Mutta Vajra Me Bhava Mahasamaya Sava Tatha Gata Vajra Me Bhava Mahasamaya Sava Karma While you are reciting the mantra,

You are still visualizing the nectar coming down into your body and mind.

So now the nectar comes down a second time,

And this time it goes all the way down into your toes and comes back upwards like a wave of water.

And riding on the top of that wave are any remaining negativities.

And they come back upwards through the body and then they overflow through the crown of the head.

So you imagine the negativities being pushed out through the crown.

Imagine that your body is and your mind full of white blissful Vajrasaffar nectar.

And then we recite the mantra again.

So if you can,

You continue to recite some mantras and try to feel that your body and your mind are totally saturated with Vajrasaffar nectar.

How much is the Vajrasaffar nectar?

How much is the Vajrasaffar nectar?

How much is the Vajrasaffar nectar?

How much is the Vajrasaffar nectar?

How much is the Vajrasaffar nectar?

And now an immense amount of powerful light.

Radiates from Vajrasaffar's heart.

Immediately as it makes contact with your crown chakra,

The negative energy that's left over completely disappears.

Just like a light being switched on in a dark room,

If there's any negativities,

Anything left to be purified,

This light totally removes it.

It ceases to exist.

Then you imagine your body being full of light.

Your mind is full of light,

White light.

Your body and mind are radiating light.

You can imagine light going out from your heart,

Countless light beings to countless sentient beings,

Fulfilling all their wishes.

Just as yours have been fulfilled,

You're totally purified,

Now you can offer the same light to all sentient beings.

So you open your heart and you visualize that light going out to all the sentient beings around you,

Particularly your mother,

Your father,

Brothers,

Sisters,

Friends,

Then the people who don't like you,

The people you don't know,

And then all living beings.

The light just goes wherever it's necessary,

Wherever it can benefit.

So as you're visualizing that light going out from your heart,

Then for the last time recite the mantra.

Om Vajrasattva Samaya Mano Pallaya Vajrasattva Denopadita Tridome Bhava Sutokaya Me Bhava Supokaya Me Bhava Anuragdha Me Bhava Savasiddhi Me Prayatsa Savakama Sutra Me Chitramsriyukuru Hum Hahahaha Ho Bhagawan Savatatha Gata Vajra Mamme Mutta Vajra Bhava Mahasamaya Safa Ahom Pai From the crown of your head,

Vajrasattva says to you,

O child of the lineage,

Your negativities,

Obscurations,

Broken and damaged pledges have been completely purified.

And then you need to generate strong faith that you have purified.

And then you need to generate strong faith that you have purified.

And then you need to generate strong faith that you have purified.

And finally,

There is the power of reshaping.

And then you need to generate strong faith that you have purified.

So now make a decision,

If you are particularly purifying something that has been a habit,

Try and give it up for an hour,

A day,

Whatever you can.

If it is negativities you know you will never do again,

Then you promise,

I am never going to do this again.

From the minute you promise,

You are purifying every single second from that time.

Now,

Vajrasattva is pleased with you.

Now,

Vajrasattva is pleased with your pledge,

With your promise and melts into light and dissolves into you.

Your body,

Speech and mind become inseparably one with Vajrasattva's holy body,

Speech and mind.

Just for a few minutes try to have a very strong feeling of having a totally positive,

Pure body,

Speech and mind.

Rejoice in thinking how incredible this is,

How wonderful that I have been able to purify.

So strong bliss arises in your mind.

And then finally we need to make a dedication to offer our prayers.

Offer all this positive energy to all sentient beings.

Very simple way you can think,

May all beings have happiness and the causes of happiness,

May all sentient beings never experience any suffering and may they not have any causes of suffering.

Reviews

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Excellent meditation. Thank you.

thank you, grateful for this practice and visualisations. Sending metta good wishes.

Incredible experience. The visualisation was top notch while reciting the Mantra. It was almost as if I could feel it working. Or maybe it was exactly like that... I genuinely feel purified! I can see myself coming back to this regularly when I feel old habits creeping back in.

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