Derge Kangyur/Tengyur e-text, Esukhia/Barom edition — public domain (mechanical reproduction)
The Vajra Song (Vajragīti) is a brief instructional text that describes the cognitive state of the practitioner Kṛṣṇācārya. The text asserts a state of non-dual awareness characterized by the complete absence of conceptual constructs or remaining mental obstructions. By stating that nothing remains in the mind of the subject, the work argues for a realization of emptiness that does not result in a void, but rather in a state of vivid, spontaneous clarity. The text is structured as a short declaration preceded by a formal homage to Vajrāsana-pāda. It commits the reader to a model of enlightenment defined by the spontaneous emergence of clarity from a state of total mental vacancy, positioning this specific cognitive realization as the essence of the Vajra Song.
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About this text
A treatise on the nature of consciousness, the Vajragīti belongs to the General Unexcelled Yoga Tantra Works. The work is attributed to the Indian author Kṛṣṇa Paṇḍita. Preserved in the classical Tibetan tradition under the title rdo rje'i glu, the text is found in volume ཞི of the Tengyur, where it extends to a single page. The record does not name the translators responsible for its passage into Tibetan. The work enacts a description of the cognitive state of Kṛṣṇācārya, asserting a realization of non-dual awareness where all conceptual constructs are absent. By declaring that nothing remains in the mind of the subject, the text argues for a state of emptiness that manifests as vivid, spontaneous clarity. A scholar or serious reader consults this brief declaration, which opens with a formal homage to Vajrāsana-pāda, to examine a model of enlightenment defined by the spontaneous emergence of clarity from a state of total mental vacancy.
The work is significant for its concise articulation of the relationship between emptiness and spontaneous clarity in the Vajrayana tradition. It provides a primary example of how the tradition describes the non-conceptual mind of an realized master.
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Main Text
A brief declaration regarding the state of Kṛṣṇācārya's mind, framed by a title and a formal homage.
Themes
Spontaneous Clarity (1)
Non-conceptual Awareness (1)
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 glorious Vajrāsana-pāda. I speak: In the mind of Kṛṣṇācārya, nothing whatsoever remains; everything appears in a state of vivid, spontaneous clarity. This concludes the Vajra Song of the master Kṛṣṇapāda.
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.