Vajrasattva Thangka (TGTH 16)

Painting Size (Inches) Height 15” Width 11” Brocade Size (Inches) Height 35” Width 22.5” All Hand Painted Vajrasattva (Skt.; Tib. རྡོ་རྗེ་སེམས་དཔའ་, Dorje Sempa; Wyl. rdo rje sems dpa’) — the sambhogakaya buddha Vajrasattva is the sovereign of all the buddha families and mandalas. The lineage of Dzogchen is traced from the dharmakaya Samantabhadra to the sambhogakaya—the five buddha families and Vajrasattva, who are Samantabhadra’s own self-reflection. This is the mind direct transmission. Yukhok Chatralwa Chöying Rangdrol says: In the past, while on the path of learning, Vajrasattva made the following aspiration: In future, when I reach complete and perfect buddhahood, may those who have committed the five crimes with immediate retribution, or anyone whose samaya commitments have been impaired, be purified entirely of all their harmful actions and impairments merely by hearing my name, thinking of me, or reciting the hundred syllables, the most majestic of all the secret mantras