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| − | The '''[[precious word empowerment]]''' (Tib. ''[[tsik wang rinpoche]]''; [[Wyl.]] ''[[tshig dbang rin po che]]'') is the fourth and most important of the [[four empowerments]]. [[Khenpo Ngakchung]] writes that the goal of the [[precious word empowerment]] is to generate the spontaneously arisen innate [[wisdom]], the [[absolute]] meaning of [[empowerment]].<ref>{{Nolinking|From [[Tulku Thondup]], ''Enlightened Journey'' (Boston: Shambhala, 1995), page 228.}}</ref> | + | |
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| + | The '''[[precious word empowerment]]''' (Tib. ''[[tsik wang rinpoche]]''; [[Wyl.]] ''[[tshig dbang rin po che]]'') is [[the fourth]] and most important of the [[four empowerments]]. [[Khenpo Ngakchung]] writes that the goal of the [[precious word empowerment]] is to generate the spontaneously arisen innate [[wisdom]], the [[absolute]] meaning of [[empowerment]].<ref>{{Nolinking|From [[Tulku Thondup]], ''Enlightened Journey'' (Boston: Shambhala, 1995), page 228.}}</ref> | ||
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The [[precious word empowerment]]: | The [[precious word empowerment]]: | ||
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*purifies all [[defilements]] of [[body, speech and mind]], and all [[karmic obscurations|karmic]], [[cognitive obscurations|cognitive]] and [[habitual obscurations]]. | *purifies all [[defilements]] of [[body, speech and mind]], and all [[karmic obscurations|karmic]], [[cognitive obscurations|cognitive]] and [[habitual obscurations]]. | ||
*grants the [[blessings]] of [[vajra wisdom]] | *grants the [[blessings]] of [[vajra wisdom]] | ||
| − | *authorizes the student as a receptive vessel for the practice of [[trekchö]] | + | |
| − | *sows the seed for the [[attainment]] of the state of a ‘[[spontaneously accomplished vidyadhara]]’ | + | *authorizes the [[student]] as a receptive vessel for the practice of [[trekchö]] |
| − | *enables the student to attain the [[svabhavikakaya]] level of [[realization]]. | + | *sows the seed for the [[attainment]] of the [[state]] of a ‘[[spontaneously accomplished vidyadhara]]’ |
| + | *enables the [[student]] to attain the [[svabhavikakaya]] level of [[realization]]. | ||
{{reflist}} | {{reflist}} | ||
==Further Reading== | ==Further Reading== | ||
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{{Nolinking|*[[Tulku Thondup]], ''Enlightened Journey'' (Boston: Shambhala, 1995), Chapter 9 'The Empowerments and Precepts of Esoteric Training' and Chapter 12 'Receiving the Four Empowerments of Ngöndro Meditation'. | {{Nolinking|*[[Tulku Thondup]], ''Enlightened Journey'' (Boston: Shambhala, 1995), Chapter 9 'The Empowerments and Precepts of Esoteric Training' and Chapter 12 'Receiving the Four Empowerments of Ngöndro Meditation'. | ||
*[[Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche]], ''As It Is, Vol. 2'' (Hong Kong: Rangjung Yeshe Publications, 2000), page 207.}} | *[[Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche]], ''As It Is, Vol. 2'' (Hong Kong: Rangjung Yeshe Publications, 2000), page 207.}} | ||
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Latest revision as of 03:50, 27 February 2024
The precious word empowerment (Tib. tsik wang rinpoche; Wyl. tshig dbang rin po che) is the fourth and most important of the four empowerments. Khenpo Ngakchung writes that the goal of the precious word empowerment is to generate the spontaneously arisen innate wisdom, the absolute meaning of empowerment.[1]
The precious word empowerment:
- purifies all defilements of body, speech and mind, and all karmic, cognitive and habitual obscurations.
- grants the blessings of vajra wisdom
- authorizes the student as a receptive vessel for the practice of trekchö
- sows the seed for the attainment of the state of a ‘spontaneously accomplished vidyadhara’
- enables the student to attain the svabhavikakaya level of realization.
Footnotes
- ↑ From Tulku Thondup, Enlightened Journey (Boston: Shambhala, 1995), page 228.
Further Reading
- Tulku Thondup, Enlightened Journey (Boston: Shambhala, 1995), Chapter 9 'The Empowerments and Precepts of Esoteric Training' and Chapter 12 'Receiving the Four Empowerments of Ngöndro Meditation'.
- Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche, As It Is, Vol. 2 (Hong Kong: Rangjung Yeshe Publications, 2000), page 207.
