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'''Path empowerment''' | '''Path empowerment''' — once we have received a proper [[ground empowerment]], any further [[empowerment]] we receive from someone else or self-empowerment that we take ourselves<ref>For example, the [[four empowerments|fourfold empowerment]] that we take by ourselves when we practise [[Guru Yoga]], without depending on anyone or anything else, is the path empowerment. Source: [[Patrul Rinpoche]], ''[[The Words of My Perfect Teacher]]'', page 396.</ref> is a [[Mantrayana]] repair-and-purification (Tib. སྔགས་ཀྱི་གསོ་སྦྱོང་, [[Wyl.]] ''sngags kyi gso sbyong'')<ref>This is the Mantrayana equivalent of the [[pratimoksha]] repair-and-purification ritual involving the confession of downfalls. Source: note 308 from [[Khenpo Ngawang Pelzang]], ''[[A Guide to the Words of My Perfect Teacher]]'' (Boston & London: Shambhala, 2004), page 315.</ref> or a path empowerment.<ref>Khenpo Ngawang Pelzang, op. cit., page 277.</ref> | ||
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Path empowerment — once we have received a proper ground empowerment, any further empowerment we receive from someone else or self-empowerment that we take ourselves[1] is a Mantrayana repair-and-purification (Tib. སྔགས་ཀྱི་གསོ་སྦྱོང་, Wyl. sngags kyi gso sbyong)[2] or a path empowerment.[3]
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- ↑ For example, the fourfold empowerment that we take by ourselves when we practise Guru Yoga, without depending on anyone or anything else, is the path empowerment. Source: Patrul Rinpoche, The Words of My Perfect Teacher, page 396.
- ↑ This is the Mantrayana equivalent of the pratimoksha repair-and-purification ritual involving the confession of downfalls. Source: note 308 from Khenpo Ngawang Pelzang, A Guide to the Words of My Perfect Teacher (Boston & London: Shambhala, 2004), page 315.
- ↑ Khenpo Ngawang Pelzang, op. cit., page 277.