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JLD005 0009.A clear exposition of the meaning of empowerment in the ritual of the mandala of glorious Guhyasamaja Akshobhyavajra..g2.0f

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Also, you should always guard. Accomplish the benefit of all sentient beings. Om Sarva Tathagata Hridayami Ah Hum. Say this. Then, visualize the student as Vairochana. The guru, with the rosary and other empowerments. By the empowerment I have given. Completely purify all sins. Abide before all the Buddhas. Now is the mandala acharya. Will become the holder of mantras and tantras. Buddhas and Bodhisattvas. And the gods also agree. Always conquer all the armies of demons. Will attain the state of all Buddhas. By practicing the conduct of a lion well. You will accomplish the benefit of sentient beings. Stinginess towards all dharmas. And whatever is not beneficial to sentient beings. Even in a very difficult situation. My child, you should not do that. Do not have any doubt about this. The supreme way of practicing secret mantras. You should proclaim it incomparably. The mandala should be drawn well. Completely gather the disciples. With a fearless mind. To. Even if you empower the disciples. With steadfast asceticism, accomplish the siddhis of the world and. Transcendental siddhis. With that mind of knowledge. All those siddhis will arise. The blessing of the realm of dharma. And also protect the vows. You always respect the guru. All actions will be accomplished. Say this. Grant permission to gather disciples etc. after empowerment and teaching. The disciple also prostrates to the guru, with palms joined at the heart. How the main deity has commanded. I will do all those. Say this and promise. Then, visualize the student as Akshobhya. The vajra that arises from Hum. This is all the Buddhas themselves. The vajra in the hand of Vajrasattva. You should also always guard. Steadfast in the asceticism of Vajrapani. Say this, and always be inseparable from the vajra asceticism of the nature of the five wisdoms, and give the vajra to the disciple's right hand. The disciple also recites: Om Sarva Tathagata Siddhi Vajra Samaya Tishta Esha Tvam Dharayami Vajrasattva Hih Hih Hih Hih Hum. And holds it. Then, the disciple says to the guru with faith: Now entering the Buddha family.

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Oṃ. Please grant me prophecy. Born from the face of the Lama. The Protector truly breathes life into me. The conduct of Bodhi's practice is firm. Thus, I pray for the meaning of prophecy and breathing life. Visualizing the disciple as the deity struck by the flower, the Lama is adorned in the manner of Shakyamuni Buddha, with the left hand holding the folds of the Dharma robe to the heart, and the right hand making the gesture of supreme giving. Thinking of prophesying in unison with all the Buddhas, "Here, I prophesy to you all. Vajrasattva Tathagata, because existence is extremely pure, is liberated from the evil destinies of existence." O wondrous, the Tathagata named so-and-so, Siddhi Samaya Stam Bhurbhuva Svaha Ah. (Tibetan: སིདྡྷི་ས་མ་ཡ་སྟྭཾ་བྷུར་བྷུ་ཝ་སྭཱཿཨ།,Sanskrit Devanagari: सिद्धि समय स्तं भूर्भुव स्वाहा आ,Sanskrit Romanization: siddhi samaya stam bhūrbhuva svāhā ā,Literal Chinese meaning: accomplishment vow pillar earth sky svāhā ā) Whoever is prophesied by this mudra, all the mandalas of all the Tathagatas and Bodhisattvas and their retinues will prophesy in unison that they will attain the unsurpassed, perfect, and complete enlightenment. This is the power of this mudra and the strength of this mantra. Thus saying, he prophesies. Transforming the right hand into the gesture of fearlessness, reciting: Maha Samaya Hana Hum Phat. (Tibetan: མཧཱ་ས་མ་ཡ་ཧ་ན་ཧཱུཾ་ཕཊ།,Sanskrit Devanagari: महा समय हन हुं फट्,Sanskrit Romanization: mahā samaya hana hūṃ phaṭ,Literal Chinese meaning: great vow strike hūṃ phaṭ) Thus saying. In this supremely secret mandala, those who enter and see are liberated from all sins, and today you all dwell in bliss. In this great bliss vehicle, there is no death after. Existence is extremely pure, therefore, liberated from the suffering of existence. The mind of Bodhi is never abandoned. The mudra called Vajra, merely by arising, there is no doubt that one will become a Buddha. One should not slander the sacred Dharma, nor should one ever abandon it, nor should it be revealed through ignorance or delusion. The Vajra and the bell, and the mudras should never be slandered. One should not slander the teacher, for this is the same as all the Buddhas. Completely abandoning one's own nature, one should not torment oneself with asceticism. How to hold bliss with bliss, this is the future perfect enlightenment. Today, having defeated the demons, one enters the sacred city. Today you will attain Buddhahood, there is no doubt about this. Thus saying, he breathes life into them. The subsequent empowerment ritual, totaling fifteen.