Ground empowerment
The empowerment that we receive when we are first introduced into the mandala by an authentic vajra master is the ground empowerment.[1]
During the empowerment,
- 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]
References
- ↑ Patrul Rinpoche, The Words of My Perfect Teacher (Boston: Shambhala, Revised edition, 1998), page 332.
- ↑ Khenpo Ngawang Pelzang, A Guide to the Words of My Perfect Teacher (Boston & London: Shambhala, 2004), page 277.