Ground empowerment
The empowerment that we receive when we are first introduced into the mandala by an authentic vajra master is the ground empowerment. At that moment, at best one realizes the view of the absolute empowerment. In the middling case, one has the experience of bliss, clarity, and non-thought. At least one should experience a certainty that one’s body, speech and mind are the three vajras, with a mind undistracted by anything else. An empowerment received in this way will be the support for the path of Vajrayana. [1]
References
- ↑ Patrul Rinpoche, The Words of My Perfect Teacher, page 396. Translated by Padmakara Translation Group, Published by Harper Collins, ISBN 0-06-066449-5