Avalokiteshvare Empowerment 2004
Our Buddha N is our vsb and m which we call continually residing b and m bec our present bd is just temporary it is not continually residing body. The reality is that it is a part of others body we have no valid reasons to say this is mine mine just ignorance of self-grasping. It is belonging to somebody else
Our mind we are using now is also temporary. when we sleep the m we have now cease. during death our present m gross mind will cease. they are all temporary they are not continually residing b and m
but we have continually residing b and m which came from beginningless time and will go in the future from life to life endlessly untill we attain E it is called vsb and m
when our vsb and m manifest and function through the power of medi our bu n is awakned.
You can find more detailed explanation about vsb and m in the ttc books such as clob and mm tt
empowerment function to awaken the Bu N
The benefits of receiving this empowerment
They are immesearable.
Through receiving the special blisseng of Bu we will experience inner peace a peaceful m all the time bec this we will be h all the time this is what we really want everybody wish - this is what we really want. Through receiving special blessings of Bu wecan make progress on our D practice easily and quickly.
Particularly through receving the special blessings of B we will be able to control our anger attachment and s-g igno through controlling these delusions we can solve all our problems
Ultimately through receiving the blessing of Ava Bu of compassion upon our vsb and m we will be able to use our vsb and m as boi for our I through this we will attain the Vajra bd which is deathless Vajra bd which is free from ageing sickness death and rebirth. We will attain the V body which is deathless V m which is the unino of GB and E and we will becmoe EB like Ava.
You should keep these benefits in your heart and contemplate
And then you can recog how you are fortunate, having such this opportunity, having the opportunity to receive this empowerment.
How should we receive this empowerment
You should receive this empowerment with the Pure V and Pure Inten -
PV in this context is the view preventing OC. I am saying you should receive this empowerment with the PV - PV means here a view preventing the OC
OC is the main obstacle obstruction to receiving the special blessings of Buddha.
The special blessings. what means special. What is the difference between blessings and special blessings?
Generally everybody receive blessings everyday no exception even tiny inscects and hell beings from time to time receiving b's blessings beca this from time to time they expe mental peace a peaceful mind and so at that time they are h
When our m is peaceful we are happy. Even if we are healthy and strong but m not peaceful we are not happy. very clearly.
Where comes inner peacef from? through receving B's blessisng. THis is his job functiont this is why he attained E. No discrimination between anyone humans non humans Buddhist or non-buddhist every one receive blessings through which everyone will experience from time to time some inner peace mental peace so they exp some small h
this is also explained in the GttBWoL - Shantideva explained. but unfortunately we do not have opportunity to maintain peaceful mind continually bec it quickly disappears beco igno of s-g too storng ..... bad feeling unpleasant feeling .... very clear.
Wwhenever we are our m peaceful we are h. Where comes this peaceful min? if we try to cultivate it doesn't work bec delu too strong. if we try to develop peaceful m unless D practitioners normal people cannot develop peaceof m but it does come naturally from time to time. even if we are in bed sleep after being angry in the morinng we h. Where come this peaceful mind suddenly? So this came from receiving B's blessings.
Unfortunately our peaceful m cannot maintain long time it quickly disappears bec deluded m of s-g too storng or attach too storng or desire to worldly pleasure too storng. so quickly disappear.
As shantideva says noramlly our m is like sky at night pervaded by darkness covered by clouds. Normally our m is like sky wwhich pervaded by dark clouds. But sometmies little bit light coming. THis is peaceful m due to receiving B's blessings.
These are generally B's blessings
But special blessisng means function to gain D realizations. Spiritual realizations. Function to bestow or help develop realizations - these are special blessings.
So the N of the empowerment is special blessings which will cause you B N to awaken and function.
If your B N awaken and function you will attain E v quickly. This is special blessings. N of Emp is special blessings receiving from Bu.
During this you w ill receive the special blessings of Bu Ava
Our OC is the main obstacle to receive special blessings of Bu. This is for example if we believe our spi teacher spi guid as Bu we will receive B's blessings, if we believe that he or she is BS we will rcv the BS blessings if we blv he or she as ordinary being we will recieve nothing. THis mean wwhen we believ ordinanry that is OC. if we have OC towards oru teacher place etc we recevie nothing. T/f OC are the main obstacle to recevieng the special blessings of B.
To prevent OC you should believe this place where you recevie the empow as PL of Bu Ava Sukhavati Dewachen. Your OA are mistaken appearance. There is no... I think better stop. Too much (laughs lightly)
You should belive this place you receive this empow as PL. You can check which view is right or wrong. View believe this place you receive the emp our normal view is wrong the which normally you see does not exist. This is my I am pushing you even though you do not agree I continually pushing you the manjushri you normally see does not exist this place that normally you see does not exist. even the self you normally see does not exist. I already said for example the sellf we normally see does not exist. Other things that we normally see does not exist.I already precisly explained during the Spirng festival introduction still I am pushing you . Doesn't matter people think he talks no senesn. But for me there is no teaching greter than this. .... therefore I am right in pushing continually. T/f the place you normally sese does not exit. You beleiven ordinary place is wrong. so instead change your view PL maybe GK accomplished - this morning when I accomplished the mandala I accomplished. so you can think maybe like this. Our daily way of seeing undg is wrong. We have no unmistaken mind every kind ou mind is mistake m which perceive inhe things. Until we become sb Arya Being ... which perceive inh exi obje so ... we should believe this place where you receive empowe as PL of Ava sukhavati. Spi teacher granitng the empow as emanation of Ava you should belive in the space before appears Gu Ava surrounded by all the B's of the 10 directions. With this pure view you should recevie this empow and also you shoueld receive this empow with the pure intention free from selfish intention.
Strongly thinking I want to lib all LB from the suff of contaminated rebrith I want to lib all LB wwho are my mother from the circle of suff for this purpose I will receive the empow of Ava and I will accomplish a B's E.
So our mainly intention - to liberate all LB who are your mothers from suff - for this purpose I wil lreceive this empowerment and I accomplish a B's E.
Please generate this BC motivation.
These are my prelimanary teachings.
Now youneed to request to grant the empowerment.
The reason why - generally Buddha Vdhara taught TT as the qp to E for the effectivenss of ttc practice he made many spi rules.
One point that B gave which is most profound teaching is TT which is his heart teachings as QP to E but he made many spiritual rules for the effectivenss fo the ttc practice.
One of his spi rulese internal rulese he said you should not teach tt without receiving request or without request made by anyone. Or you should not teach tt to those who have no intention to practice. if you broken this commitmen rule you will receive the root downfalls one of the fourteen root douwfalls.
Buddha list 14 root downfalls. If teacher breake this rules teacher recevin root downfall.
Therefore the teacher asks the students to please develop the intention to practice these teachings - please generate the strong inteniton to practice the teaching syou will receive today and with this please make request to grant the empowerment with mandala offering