Vajradhara

EVERY TANTRIC LINEAGE OF TWO OF THE FOUR SCHOOLS TRACES ITSELF TO HIM AND THE CORPUS DID NOT HOLD HIM. He is not the same figure as buddhist_samantabhadra, whom the Nyingma school treats as its primordial buddha and whom lane 26 created; NO EDGE AND NO EQUATION IS WRITTEN BETWEEN THEM, because which buddha is primordial is a difference between schools and not a fact about two beings. TYPE deity IS THE NEAREST CATEGORY THIS SCHEMA HAS AND THE TRADITION DOES NOT USE IT; lane 26 escalated this and nothing is decided here.

Domains

• dharmakaya
• tantric transmission
• primordial buddhahood

Relations

• manifests as: Vajrasattva

Sources

• Reference treatment of Vajradhara (Dorje Chang) and Vajrasattva: Vajradhara, 'Holder of the Vajra' or 'Bearer of the Diamond Thunderbolt', is revered in Vajrayana as the primordial buddha and the embodiment of the dharmakaya, the formless timeless truth body of enlightenment, and in the Kagyu and Sakya schools he is the supreme source of all tantric transmission, every lineage of tantric teaching tracing its origin directly back to him; Vajrasattva is his sambhogakaya embodiment, the subtle body of limitless form through which Vajradhara manifests in pure realms accessible to realised practitioners, a relationship described as one of the most important doctrinal relationships in Vajrayana; Vajrasattva is both a highly accomplished bodhisattva and a primordial buddha, and is invoked for his role in purifying mistakes made during rituals and religious practice.