These small statues are
finely detailed and display a beautiful finishing. Vajrasattva
symbolizes the power of purification and all negativities. He is holding a
vajra and a bell, symbols for method and wisdom, for male and female energy.
the power of purification of all negativities. In all four schools of Tibetan
Buddhism have the purification meditation of Vajrasattva. The hundred syllables
mantra being used for this is well-known with many meditation practitioners,
and it has a wholesome effect on the mind. Vajrasattva
is a bodhisattva in the Mahayana and Vajrayana buddhist traditions.
Vajrasattva's name translates to Diamond Mind. In the Japanese Vajrayana school
of Buddhism, Shingon, Vajrasattva is the esoteric aspect of the bodhisattva
Samantabhadra and is commonly associated with the student practitioner who
through the master's teachings, attains higher and higher levels of esoteric
practice. In many homes, one can find nowadays a special meditation area, with
a favourite statue of the Buddha, flowers, candles, scents and pictures of
close ones. It is a place where we may come to remember who we really are, and
to meditate.