4 HigHer Empowerments
With 3 confidences and a clear commitment transition towards the yogic practicesA Serious Step Forward And Commitment
Four Higher Empowerments: the purpose of this ceremony is to introduce us to the nature of our mind in accordance with the Kalachakra Tantra, by demonstrating how to establish the union of immutable bliss and empty-form. It is the view used for engaging in the non-conceptual meditations of the Kalachakra completion stage. This empowerment is given directly before the disciple is introduced to the uncommon preliminary of Wen-Sum, the 3 isolations of body, speech and mind and are able to then practice the 6 Vajra Yogas. Khentrul Rinpoche does not give this empowerment publicly or to just anyone. At Dzokden there is an application process. During this process you have the chance to clarify if naturally from your heart you feel that Rinpoche is the right teacher to guide you fully on this path as a root guru and that you have determined Kalachakra is the right path for you to study and practice in this lifetime.
4 Higher Empowerments
This is an important transition point on your path. It is the beginning of the transition towards non-conceptual yogic practices. It relies on your devotion to the guru, Bodhicitta and faith in the lineage.
$30 ONLINE SELF-GUIDED COURSE
An Authentic Guide to Meditation
With Khentrul Rinpoche and Dr. Adrian Hekel
This course includes a digital copy of the Authentic Guide to Meditation Book, short instructional videos and longer guided meditation practices.
The Four Higher Empowerments Guidebook
By Khentrul Rinpoche
This book is given only to qualified students who receive the empowerment to keep privately. Inside is. a step-by-step guide to this empowerment ceremony to ensure the disciple understands exactly what is going on and what they are promising and doing to ensure they receive the empowerments. After there are detailed instructions for the Wen-sum and commentary text to help disciples who will begin the meditation practice that will help stabilize the mind.
PRIVATE BOOK GIVEN TO STUDENTS AT THE 4 HIGHER EMPOWERMENTS
Unveiling Your Sacred Truth: The Enlightened Reality
By Khentrul Rinpoche
In this third and final volume, Rinpoché introduces the profound methods for revealing the enlightened reality of our most sacred truth. After helping us to cultivate an unwavering faith in tantra and the vajra master, Rinpoché clearly presents the theoretical and practical foundations for the uncommon preliminaries of the generation and completion stages. After the generation stage you will be well equipped to receive instruction on the sublime yogic practices of the Kalachakra 6 Vajra Yogas.
Are you ready to take the next step?
༄༅།། ཆོས་ལུགས་རིས་མེད་སྨོན་ལམ་རྫོགས་ལྡན་ཞི་བདེ་བསུ་བའི་སྐྱ་རེངས་ཞེས་བྱ་བ་བཞུགས་སོ།།
The Rising Sun that Welcomes a Golden Age of Peace and Harmony
An Unbiased Aspiration for All Wisdom Traditions
A collection of Khentrul Rinpoche’s unrestricted rimé prayers are available in the Dzokden Learning Center.
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