Inviting the wisdom beings Flashcards
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What constitutes the wisdom beings?
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The Deities, mandala, protection circle and charnel grounds.
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What is a wisdom being?
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An actual living Buddha whose body is the nature of omniscient wisdom.
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What is the purpose of this practice?
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- It helps us to develop and maintain divine pride of being the Deity
- It helps us to integrate all other Deity practices into one practice.
- It causes the environment and the beings to receive the blessings of all the Buddhas
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How to invite and dissolve the wisdom beings
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- Visualize white OM at our crown, red AH at our throat and a blue HUM at our heart.
- From the letter HUM at our heart countless rays of light radiate to the ten directions and invite all the Buddhas to the space above us, each in the aspect of the entire mandala and Deities of Heruka body mandala
- DZA - wisdom beings gather into a single wisdom being in the aspect of the entire mandala and Deities, directly above the commitment beings
- HUM - wisdom beings dissolve into the commitment beings
- BAM - wisdom beings and commitment beings mix together completely and become one
- HO - imagine that this union becomes stable and the wisdom beings remain with delight
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How to receive the empowerment
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- Vajravarahi and the four mothers grant the empowerment, pouring nectar through the crowns of ourself and all the other deities of the mandala
- The nectar fills our entire body and purifies all the obstructions and negative actions of our body, speech and mind.
- The excess nectar flows up onto our crowns and transforms into various Deities.
5
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Heruka is adorned by:
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Vajrasattva
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Vajravarahi by:
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Akshobya
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The four Mothers by:
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Ratnasambhava
8
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The Deities of the Heart Wheel
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Akshobya
9
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The Deities of the Speech wheel
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Amitabha
10
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The Deities of the Body wheel
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Vairochana
11
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The Deities of the commitment wheel
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Amoghasiddhi
12
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Purpose of this empowerment:
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The blessings of the vase empowerment we received directly from our Spiritual Guide are restored and strengthened.
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