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Vajra

(skt.: vajra; tib.: dorje) Literally means diamond or thunderbolt. A tantric implement symbolizing method (compassion or bliss), held in the right hand (the male side), usually in conjunction with a bell, which symbolizes wisdom and is held in the left hand (the female side).

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"Simply allow your thoughts and experiences to come and go, without ever grasping at them."
- H.H. Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche

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