Four initiations, Four empowerments, Four consecrations: 2 definitions
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Four initiations means something in Buddhism, Pali. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
The Four Initiations (in highest Yoga Tantra) are known in Tibetan as dbang bskur bzhi. They are:
- vase,
- secret,
- wisdom-gnosis, and
- fourth (or word).
The Four Empowerments of the Unsurpassed Yoga Tantras (including Mahāyoga) are known in Tibetan as dbang-bskur bzhi and in Sanskrit as caturabhiṣeka.
They are:
- the vase empowerment (bum-dbang).
- the secret empowerment (gsang-dbang).
- the empowerment of discriminative pristine cognition (shes-rab ye-shes-kyi dbang);
- the empowerment of word and meaning (tshig-don-gi dbang).
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Initiation.
Full-text: dbang bskur bzhi, bum dbang, gsang dbang, Caturabhisheka, Si zhong guan ding, tshig don gi dbang, Nirmanakaya, Sambhoga, Svabhavikakaya, Sambhogakaya, Nirmana, shes rab ye shes kyi dbang, Svabhavika, Dharmakaya, Dhamma.
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The Great Chariot (by Longchenpa)
Part 2d - The empowerments that ripen the ground < [B. The explanation of meditation practice]
1d.2) The Dharma jewel < [Part 1 - The causal refuge]
The Visualization of the Secret < [Volume 11, Issue 3 (2020)]
Running the Numbers for the Path of Mantra < [Volume 12, Issue 3 (2021)]
Devotion, a Lamp That Illuminates the Ground < [Volume 11, Issue 3 (2020)]
Blue Annals (deb-ther sngon-po) (by George N. Roerich)
Chapter 5b - The Separate Lineage (brgyud pa thor bu ba) < [Book 12 - Peace-Making Lineages]
Chapter 5a - Minor lineages (brgyud phran gyi skabs) < [Book 12 - Peace-Making Lineages]
Chapter 3g - The Life Story of the Mahāsattva Yang den pa < [Book 4 - New Traditions of Secret Mantra]
Hevajra Tantra (analytical study) (by Seung Ho Nam)
2. Hevajra Tantra, as a Buddhist Tantric Literature < [Chapter 2 - Place of Hevajra Tantra in Tantric Literature]
3.2. The Completion Stage < [Chapter 3 - Tantric Doctrine in Hevajra Tantra]
Guhyagarbha Tantra (with Commentary) (by Gyurme Dorje)
Text 9.20 (Commentary) < [Chapter 9 (Text And Commentary)]
1. The rNying-ma School and the Three Inner Classes of Tantra < [Introduction]
Introduction 3.2.2: The Sequence of the actual Foundation of Empowerment < [Chapter 9 (Text And Commentary)]
The Six Yogas of Naropa (by C. A. Musés)