Ground empowerment
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ground empowerment. The empowerment (abhiseka) received by a tantric practitioner when they are first introduced into the mandala by an authentic vajra master.[1]
According to Khenpo Ngawang Pelzang, during the empowerment:[2]
- a disciple of superior faculties should realize the view related to the empowerment.
- A disciple of middling faculties should have the experiences of bliss, clarity, and absence of thought.
- Even disciples of inferior faculties should feel a firm conviction, impervious to distractions, that their body, speech, and mind are the three vajras.
An empowerment received in this way will be a proper empowerment that will serve as a basis for following the Vajrayana path.[2]
Name variations
Name variations:
- ground empowerment
- causal empowerment
Notes
- ↑ Patrul Rinpoche, The Words of My Perfect Teacher (Boston: Shambhala, Revised edition, 1998), page 332.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Khenpo Ngawang Pelzang, A Guide to the Words of My Perfect Teacher (Boston & London: Shambhala, 2004), page 277.
Further reading
Print publications
Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse (2012), Not for Happiness: A Guide to the So-Called Preliminary Practices, Boston: Shambhala
Web publications:
Ground empowerment, Rigpa Shedra Wiki
