that we visualize: it is the mentally created image of Vajrasattva. divindade que nos visualizamos: e criada a imagem mental de Vajrasattva. And the E o jnanasattva is the actual embodiment of all the Buddha's wisdom. jnanasattva e a verdadeira encarnacao do Buda da sabedoria de todos. And so E assim therefore the jnanasattva is the ultimate Vajrasattva. So the samayasattva and the jnanasattva become inseparable. This stage of the practice, when we visualize Vajrasattva in this way, is called the stage of applying the antidote because we are applying the antidote for negative actions. We are applying the antidote that will purify negative actions. And the way that we purify negative actions here is by visualizing the relative, or symbolic Vajrasattva as a way to connect with the ultimate Vajrasattva, which is the true nature of mind. mente. So we visualize this relative form of the Buddha Vajrasattva as a way to connect with the ultimate Vajrasattva: the true nature of mind. And when we practice in this way, the true nature of mind, which is primordially pure awareness, or alpha-pure awareness, this meditation becomes the supreme method, or the supreme antidote, for purifying negative actions. So that is --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Page 15 Pagina 15 Page 15 of 23 Pagina 15 de 23 Copyright 2007 Nalandabodhi and Nitartha international . http://www.prayer4peace.net/ why this section of the liturgy falls under the category of applying the antidote. The Buddha stated in many sutras and tantras that the supreme method for purifying negative actions, obscurations, and habitual tendencies is to gain familiarity with, or, in other words, meditate on, the true nature of reality: emptiness. The deity yogas of the Vajrayana, which involve the creation stage of deity visualization, are profound skillful means that allows us to meditate on this true nature of reality. The third power is the power of regret, or remorse. At this stage we supplicate the guru Vajrasattva on the top of our head with great faith and devotion. So Assim as the liturgy says, we ask the guru Vajrasattva to consider us, and we supplicate Vajrasattva to bless ourselves and others, all sentient beings, limitless as space. That all misdeeds, obscurations, wrongdoings, habitual tendencies and downfalls, without exception, that we have accumulated from beginningless time until now, be swiftly cleansed and purified. In terms of the negative actions we have committed, in all of our existence, there are some that we remember committing and some that we do not remember committing. Maybe the ones we don't remember are more numerous than the ones we do remember. And then in terms of obscurations, we are continually fortifying our obscurations of clinging to true existence and clinging to duality. So they are obscurations we are cultivating all the time, over and over again. So, at this time at the power of regret, we should bring these negative actions and obscurations clearly to mind. So this Portanto, esta is confession time, Sunday morning. We can have a Vajrasattva booth! On Em the other side we will just have a Vajrasattva statue. And so, at