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Diamond-like Resolve

Pamela Gayle White interviews the 17th Karmapa Trinley Thaye Dorje

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The following teaching is adapted from an introduction to the Vajrapani-Hayagriva-Garuda empowerment at Karma Migyur Ling, in the Vercors, France, on August 4, 2012.

In Vajrayana Buddhism, the empowerment ritual is a prerequisite to most deity visualization practices. Empowerments given by spiritual masters aim to connect practitioners to the wisdom energy of the master and meditation deities on several levels.

The purpose of empowerment is simply to achieve understanding and peace of mind. Empowerment involves taking refuge, generating bodhicitta, and developing pure view. We can seek refuge in the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha; we can generate bodhicitta [awakening mind] and develop pure view, because it’s possible! Purification is possible.

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