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[[Image:VajrasattvaLarger.jpg|thumb|[[Vajrasattva]]]]
'''Meditation and Recitation of Vajrasattva''' — a practice of purification and healing which removes illnesses and [[obscurations]] of all kinds through meditating on the [[sambhogakaya]] [[buddha]] [[Vajrasattva]] and reciting his [[mantra]]—the [[hundred syllable mantra]]. This practice, which is common to all [[four schools|schools]] of [[Tibetan Buddhism]], is also one of the inner preliminary or ‘foundation’ practices (Tib. ''[[ngöndro]]'') of [[Vajrayana]] Buddhism. 

==Important Teachings Given to the [[About Rigpa|Rigpa]] Sangha==
*[[Sogyal Rinpoche]], [[Dzogchen Beara]], 11 July 2010
*Sogyal Rinpoche, [[Lerab Ling]], 12 July 2011
*Sogyal Rinpoche, Lerab Ling, 21 & 22 July 2014

==Further Reading==
*Kyabje [[Dodrupchen Rinpoche]], ''Liberation from Samsara: Oral Instructions on the Preliminary Practices of Longchen Nyingthig'' (Bozra Press, 2014), pages 204-218.
*[[Dudjom Rinpoche]], ''A Torch Lighting the Way to Freedom: Complete Instructions on the Preliminary Practices of the Profound and Secret Heart Essence of the Dakini'', Padmakara Translation Group (Boston & London: Shambhala Publications, 2011), pages 200-214
*[[Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche]], ''The Excellent Path to Enlightenment'', (Ithaca: Snow Lion Publications, 1996), pages 51-61.
*[[Khenpo Ngawang Palzang]], ''[[A Guide to the Words of My Perfect Teacher]]'', (Boston: Shambhala, 2004), 'Part Two, Chapter Three: Meditating on the Teacher as Vajrasattva and Reciting his Mantra so as to Cleanse all Adverse Circumstances, Negative Actions, and Obscurations'.
*[[Khenpo Yeshe Phuntsok]], ''Vajrasattva Meditation—An Illustrated Guide'', Wisdom Publications, March 2015
*[[Lama Yeshe]], ''Becoming Vajrasattva'' (Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2004).
*[[Mingyur Rinpoche]], ''Turning Confusion into Clarity: A Guide to the Foundation Practices of Tibetan Buddhism'' (Boulder: Snow Lion, 2014), pages229-256
*[[Padmasambhava]] & [[Jamgön Kongtrul]], ''The Light of Wisdom, Vol. Two'', translated by Erik Pema Kunsang (Boudhanath: Rangjung Yeshe Publications, 1986-98), pages 70-72. 
*[[Patrul Rinpoche]], ''[[The Words of My Perfect Teacher]]'' (Boston: Shambhala, Revised edition, 1998), 'Part Two, Chapter Three: Meditating and Reciting on the Teacher as Vajrasattva to Cleanse All Obscurations'. 
*also see other [http://www.rigpawiki.org/index.php?title=Longchen_Nyingtik_Ng%C3%B6ndro#Commentaries Longchen Nyingtik Ngöndro commentaries].

==Internal Links==
*[[confession]]
*[[four powers]]
*[[four obscurations]]

==External Links==
*[http://www.berzinarchives.com/web/en/archives/advanced/tantra/level1_getting_started/vajrasattva_purification_basics.html Vajrasattva Purification: The Basics, by Alexander Berzin]

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