Derge Kangyur/Tengyur e-text, Esukhia/Barom edition — public domain (mechanical reproduction)
The Vajra Song (Vajragīti) is a brief meditative text that addresses the collapse of dualistic perception. Beginning with a traditional homage to the Great Compassionate One, the work posits a state of non-duality, specifically challenging the conceptualization that creates a distinction between the self and the other. The author describes the emergence of these distinctions from an underlying 'ocean of nectar,' suggesting that the perceived separation between 'I' and 'you' is a conceptual overlay rather than an ontological reality. By advocating for a state 'robbed of conceptualization,' the text commits the reader to a practice of stripping away cognitive constructs to realize a primordial unity. The work functions as a concise pointer toward the non-dual nature of mind, moving rapidly from a devotional opening to a direct assertion of the illusory nature of the subject-object divide.
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A treatise addressing the collapse of dualistic perception, the Vajragīti (Tibetan: rdo rje'i glu) belongs to the General Unexcelled Yoga Tantra Works. Preserved in the classical Tibetan period within volume ཞི of the Tengyur, the work consists of a single page. It opens with an homage to the Great Compassionate One and proceeds to challenge the conceptualization that creates a distinction between the self and the other. By describing these distinctions as emerging from an ocean of nectar, the text advocates for a state robbed of conceptualization to realize a primordial unity. A scholar or serious reader consults this work today as a concise pointer toward the non-dual nature of mind, observing how it moves rapidly from a devotional opening to a direct assertion regarding the illusory nature of the subject-object divide.
The work is significant for its focus on the non-dual state, a central tenet of Vajrayana and Mahayana philosophy. Its brevity suggests it may have served as a liturgical or meditative prompt for realizing the identity of the practitioner and the deity or the absolute.
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A short composition consisting of an opening homage and a statement on the illusory nature of conceptual distinction.
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Non-duality (1)
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Summary, significance and provenance note generated by gemma4:31b from the translation and the catalogue record.
In the language of India: Vajragīti. In the language of Tibet: rDo rje’i glu (The Vajra Song). Homage to the Great Compassionate One. "Just as I am, so are you"—the conceptualization that creates distinction has emerged from the ocean of nectar. Robbed of conceptualization. The Vajra Song is complete.
Translation status: Not among 84000's published translations, and not in progress there. Translations published elsewhere have not been searched for, so one may exist. (source: 84000 catalogue + registry; checked 2026-11-10).
Set in Newsreader and EB Garamond; Tibetan in Noto Serif Tibetan; Chinese in Noto Serif SC.