Vajrasattva and Nyema in Yabyum symbolizes the highest evolved Buddhas in relation to the physical universe

ETYMOLOGY[EDIT]

Vajrasattva in yab-yum, which represents the primordial union of wisdom and compassion. The male figure is usually linked to compassion and skillful means, while the female partner relates to insight.

Dzogchen is composed of two terms:

• rdzogs – perfection^{[web 1]}
• chen – great^{[web 1]}

The term initially referred to the "highest perfection" of deity visualisation, after the visualisation has been dissolved and one rests in the natural state of the innately luminous and pure mind.^{[3][web 1]} In the 10th and 11th century, Dzogchen emerged as a separate tantric vehicle in the Nyingma tradition,^{[web 1]} used synonymously with the Sanskrit term ati yoga (primordial yoga).^[4]

According to van Schaik, in the 8th-century tantra Sarvabuddhasamāyoga

... there seems to be an association of Anuyoga with yogic bliss, and Atiyoga with a realization of the nature of reality via that bliss. This ties in with the three stages of deity yoga described in a work attributed to Padmasambhava: development (kye), perfection (dzog) and great perfection (dzogchen).^{[web 1]}