I received a Dzoghcen empowerment and I was wondering since it is Highest Yoga Tantra if I can practice other deity practices without having to get their empowerment?
Thank you.
Empowerment Question
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Which empowerment?sangyey wrote:I received a Dzoghcen empowerment and I was wondering since it is Highest Yoga Tantra if I can practice other deity practices without having to get their empowerment?
Thank you.
But in general, you can practice any deity for which you have the mantra lung and the description of the practice.
Buddhahood in This Life
འ༔ ཨ༔ ཧ༔ ཤ༔ ས༔ མ༔
[A]nything at all that is well spoken is the word of the Buddha.
-- Ārya-adhyāśaya-sañcodana-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra
The different sūtras in accord with the emptiness
taught by the Sugata are definitive in meaning;
One can understand that all of those Dharmas in
which a sentient being, individual, or person are taught are provisional in meaning.
-- Samadhirāja Sūtra
འ༔ ཨ༔ ཧ༔ ཤ༔ ས༔ མ༔
[A]nything at all that is well spoken is the word of the Buddha.
-- Ārya-adhyāśaya-sañcodana-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra
The different sūtras in accord with the emptiness
taught by the Sugata are definitive in meaning;
One can understand that all of those Dharmas in
which a sentient being, individual, or person are taught are provisional in meaning.
-- Samadhirāja Sūtra
Re: Empowerment Question
Which empowerment?
Trekcho
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sangyey wrote:Which empowerment?
Trekcho
There is no "empowerment" for trekchö. Trekchö actually means one understands the meaning of Dzogchen directly.
Do you mean you received direct introduction?
In any case, in order to practice some deity, you need the lung of the mantra and the description of the deity, instructions on how to practice and what to do.
Buddhahood in This Life
འ༔ ཨ༔ ཧ༔ ཤ༔ ས༔ མ༔
[A]nything at all that is well spoken is the word of the Buddha.
-- Ārya-adhyāśaya-sañcodana-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra
The different sūtras in accord with the emptiness
taught by the Sugata are definitive in meaning;
One can understand that all of those Dharmas in
which a sentient being, individual, or person are taught are provisional in meaning.
-- Samadhirāja Sūtra
འ༔ ཨ༔ ཧ༔ ཤ༔ ས༔ མ༔
[A]nything at all that is well spoken is the word of the Buddha.
-- Ārya-adhyāśaya-sañcodana-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra
The different sūtras in accord with the emptiness
taught by the Sugata are definitive in meaning;
One can understand that all of those Dharmas in
which a sentient being, individual, or person are taught are provisional in meaning.
-- Samadhirāja Sūtra
Re: Empowerment Question
Yes, I received direct introduction.
Okay, thank you.
Okay, thank you.
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I also have another question......If I received an empowerment for a deity from one lineage can I use another lineage's sadhana text for the deity?
Thank you.
Thank you.
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If you have "the lung of the mantra [and sadhana] and the description of the deity, instructions on how to practice and what to do."...sangyey wrote:I also have another question......If I received an empowerment for a deity from one lineage can I use another lineage's sadhana text for the deity?
Thank you.
Yes!
"My religion is not deceiving myself."
Jetsun Milarepa 1052-1135 CE
"Butchers, prostitutes, those guilty of the five most heinous crimes, outcasts, the underprivileged: all are utterly the substance of existence and nothing other than total bliss."
The Supreme Source - The Kunjed Gyalpo
The Fundamental Tantra of Dzogchen Semde
Jetsun Milarepa 1052-1135 CE
"Butchers, prostitutes, those guilty of the five most heinous crimes, outcasts, the underprivileged: all are utterly the substance of existence and nothing other than total bliss."
The Supreme Source - The Kunjed Gyalpo
The Fundamental Tantra of Dzogchen Semde
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Re: Empowerment Question
It is also very good if you have someone you can ask questions about the particular sadhana you are practising.Grigoris wrote:If you have "the lung of the mantra [and sadhana] and the description of the deity, instructions on how to practice and what to do."...sangyey wrote:I also have another question......If I received an empowerment for a deity from one lineage can I use another lineage's sadhana text for the deity?
Thank you.
Yes!