Vāsanā-samudghāta

vāsanā-samudghāta (T. bag chags yang dag par bcom pa). Translated as "complete destruction of habitual tendencies", etc. One of the twenty-one sets of undefiled qualities. The term refers to a buddha's elimination of all habitual tendences (vāsanā).

The Treasury of Precious Qualities states:

The complete destruction of habitual propensities (bag chags yang dag par bcom pa). Although the Shravakas and Arhats have eliminated all afflictions, they are still under the power of habitual tendencies and as a result are still slightly under the power of delusion. Buddhas, by contrast, have exhausted all such propensities, and therefore their conduct is free of even the slightest fault.

The Khenjuk states:

The nineteenth category is complete destruction of habitual tendencies. Not only is he free from even the most subtle seed of negative tendencies belonging to the three doors or to the disturbed mind, but he is also completely free from even the slightest habitual tendency for them. Shravakas are free from the seeds of the disturbing emotions, but they do have numerous habitual tendencies, such as laughing like an unbridled horse.

The Perfection of Wisdom in Eighteen Thousand Lines (Aṣṭasāhasrikā prajñāpāramitā) states:

What is the tathāgatas’ elimination of obscuration from residual impressions? Even though all śrāvakas and pratyekabuddhas have eliminated afflictions, they still have odd physical mannerisms. Even those do not happen with the tathāgatas. That is called the elimination of obscuration from residual impressions.

Sources

• Jigme Lingpa; Kangyur Rinpoche (2010), Treasury of Precious Qualities, Book One, translated by Padmakara Translation Group, Boston: Shambhala Publications 
• Mipham Rinpoche (2002), Gateway to Knowledge, vol. III, translated by Kunsang, Erik Pema, Rangjung Yeshe Publications