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Empowerments also entail taking on certain sets of closely bonding practices (dam-tshig, Skt. samaya, pledges, words of honor).
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Empowerments usually have the depiction of a mandala (the residence of a Buddha-figure) placed inside a palace-like structure built on a stand.
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Empowerments, subsequent permissions, and mantra-gatherings for the two higher classes of tantra also entail taking the tantric vows, which are to restrain ourselves from faulty actions that prevent us from succeeding in our tantric practice.
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Empowerments and subsequent permissions usually also entail promises of continual practice (khas-len, commitments) for the rest of this life.
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Empowerments, sadhanas, pujas and other tantric procedures are like a motion picture.
Taking the Kalachakra Initiation ��� 9 The Preparation Ceremony 1997
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Empowerments, sadhanas, and all the various procedures in tantra are like a motion picture.
Explanatory Talks at the Rikon Kalachakra Initiation 1985 ��� Day Two 1985
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Empowerments are things that in general are taken many, many times.
Explanatory Talks at the Rikon Kalachakra Initiation 1985 ��� Day Two 1985
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Teaching in Chandragiri, Orissa, India on January 13: His Holiness will give a one-day teaching on The Four Empowerments of Guru Pema Thoe Treng Tsel (lama sangdhu thoetreng tsel dhoompo shiwang) at Phuntsoling Tibetan Settlement.
Archive 2010
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Teaching in Chandragiri, Orissa, India on January 13: His Holiness will give a one-day teaching on The Four Empowerments of Guru Pema Thoe Treng Tsel (lama sangdhu thoetreng tsel dhoompo shiwang) at Phuntsoling Tibetan Settlement.
Archive 2010
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Seeing That a Tantric Master Is a Buddha in Gelug Empowerments
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