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[[Image:SR vajrasana.jpg|thumb|240px|'''Sogyal Rinpoche by the Vajra Seat under the Bodhi Tree''']]
The '''Vajra Seat''' (skt. ''vajrāsana'', tib. ''dorjeden''), the very place where the [[Buddha]] reached [[enlightenment]], under the [[Bodhi Tree]], by the river [[Nairanjana]] in today's [[Bodhgaya]]. In Buddhist cosmology it is considered to be the centre of the universe and the place where the [[1002 buddhas]] of the [[Good Kalpa]] we are in, reached and will reach enlightenment.  
The '''Vajra Seat''' (skt. ''vajrāsana'', tib. ''dorjeden''), the very place where the [[Buddha]] reached [[enlightenment]], under the [[Bodhi Tree]], by the river [[Nairanjana]] in today's [[Bodhgaya]]. In Buddhist cosmology it is considered to be the centre of the universe and the place where the [[1002 buddhas]] of the [[Good Kalpa]] we are in, reached and will reach enlightenment.  



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Sogyal Rinpoche by the Vajra Seat under the Bodhi Tree

The Vajra Seat (skt. vajrāsana, tib. dorjeden), the very place where the Buddha reached enlightenment, under the Bodhi Tree, by the river Nairanjana in today's Bodhgaya. In Buddhist cosmology it is considered to be the centre of the universe and the place where the 1002 buddhas of the Good Kalpa we are in, reached and will reach enlightenment.