Vajrasattva is a bodhisattva in the Mahayana; Mantrayana and Vajrayana Buddhist traditions. 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 an ever-enriching subtle and rarefied grounding in their esoteric practice. In Tibetan Buddhism Vajrasattva is associated with the Dharmakaya and also with purification practice. Vajrasattva appears principally in two Buddhists texts: the Mahavairocana Sutra and the Vajrasekhara Sutra. In the Diamond Realm Mandala; Vajrasattva sits to the East near Akshobhya Buddha. Public Domain image by Robert Aichinger.