Essence of the Mahayana Teachings
author: Khenpo Samdup
edition: 2015, Majnu ka Tila
pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9780986446016
Topic: Mahayana
4.1.3 - Empowerment
This page describes Empowerment which is part 4.1.3 located on page 122 in the book: Essence of the Mahayana Teachings by Khenpo Samdup. This book is a commentary on Jigten Sumgon’s Lam Rim text and contains the summarized essence of the Buddha’s teachings contained within the Sutras and Tantras. This page contains an online preview of the full text and summarizes technical terms, as well as information if you want to buy this book.
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You can look up the meaning of the phrase “Empowerment” according to 10 books dealing with Buddhism. The following list shows a short preview of potential definitions.
The Great Chariot [by Longchenpa]
As for the first ten, according to the same text they are: head ornament, crown garland armor, victory banner, mudra, parasol, vase, eating and drinking empowerment with the five essences The second five are: the empowerment of the listener, the student the empowerment of the explainer, the teacher the empowerment of buddha activity for the benefit of others the empowerment of the universal word of a vajra king the empowerment of the supreme secret These fifteen are divisions of the four empowerments...
Read full contents: Part 2d - The empowerments that ripen the ground
Guhyagarbha Tantra (with Commentary) [by Gyurme Dorje]
The order is such that the vase empowerment is found at the beginning, and is then followed by the secret one, the discriminating pristine cognition, and the fourth (empowerment). [Empowerment in the Mandala of Coloured Powders (349. 5-369. 4)] The second part (of the detailed exegesis of the mandala of images—see p. 812) is the empowerment into the mandala of coloured powders for those of low acumen....
Read full contents: Text 9.21 (Commentary)
The Practice Manual of Noble Tārā Kurukullā [by Dharmachakra Translation Committee]
After summoning the “wisdom being,” one requests an empowerment (abhisheka, dbang), and along with the empowerment one is given the injunctions regarding the follow-up practice. The sign of success is that the lotus-mudra formed with one’s hands at the end of the six-month practice period will burst into flames....
Read full contents: Introduction
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