Vajrasattva Mantra

The great purification practice of Vajrayana Buddhism.

Transliteration

Oṃ vajrasattva samayam anupālaya, vajrasattva tvenopatiṣṭha, dṛḍho me bhava, sutoṣyo me bhava, supoṣyo me bhava, anurakto me bhava, sarva siddhiṃ me prayaccha, sarva karmasu ca me cittaṃ śreyaḥ kuru hūṃ, ha ha ha ha hoḥ, bhagavan sarva tathāgata vajra mā me muñca, vajrī bhava mahā samaya sattva āḥ

Translation

An invocation of Vajrasattva as the embodiment of primordial purity, requesting purification of body, speech, and mind.

Vajrasattva Mantra sacred art — luminous white Vajrasattva holding vajra and bell within a gold and sapphire lotus mandala — Vajrasattva Mantra: the Vajrayana practice of purification.

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Quick answer

The Vajrasattva Mantra is the great purification mantra of Vajrayana Buddhism, chanted with visualization to purify body, speech, and mind.

Tradition: Buddhist
Language: Sanskrit
Repetitions: 21, 108, or 100,000 as part of ngondro.
Best time: Morning practice.
Best for: Purification, Confession, Ngondro (foundational practice)

Meaning

Literal

The hundred-syllable mantra of Vajrasattva, considered the essence of all purification practices.

Spiritual interpretation

Vajrasattva represents the innate purity of awareness itself. To chant this mantra is to acknowledge and release what obscures that purity — through visualization of nectar washing through body, speech, and mind.