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* Four empowerments — [[dbang]], Skt. [[abhisheka]], transference of [[wisdom power]], from the master to disciples, authorizing and enabling them to engage in a practice and reap its fruit. There are four levels of tantric [[empowerment]]. The first is the [[vase empowerment]], which purifies the [[defilements]] and [[obscurations]] associated with the body, grants the blessings of the [[Vajra Body]], authorizes the disciples to practice the [[yoga]]s of the [[development stage]], and enables them to attain the [[nirmanakaya]]. The second is the [[secret empowerment]]. This purifies the defilements and obscurations of the speech faculty, grants the blessings of [[Vajra Speech]], authorizes disciples to practice the yogas of the [[perfection stage]], and enables them to attain the [[sambhogakaya]]. The third is the [[wisdom empowerment]], which purifies the defilements and obscurations associated with the mind, grants the blessings of the [[Vajra Mind]], authorizes disciples to practice the yogas of the "[[Skilful Path]]," and enables them to attain the [[dharmakaya]]. The final empowerment, which is often simply referred to as the [[fourth initiation]], is the [[word empowerment]]. This purifies the defilements of body, speech and mind and all karmic and cognitive obscurations; it grants the blessings of [[primordial wisdom]], authorizes disciples to engage in the practice of [[Dzogchen]], and enables them to attain the [[svabhavikakaya]]. [AJP] from The Great Image ISBN 1-59030-069-6
 
  
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