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དབང་། | Glossary of Terms
དབང་།
dbang
abhiṣeka
- Term
- Consecration
- དབང་བསྐུར་བ།
- dbang bskur ba
- abhiṣeka
In the Buddhist context, the ritual of consecration usually involves an initiation or empowerment.
- Consecration
- དབང་བསྐུར་བ།
- dbang bskur ba
- abhiṣeka
Also translated here as “empowerment.”
- Consecration
- དབང་།
- dbang
- abhiṣeka
See “empowerment.”
- Empowerment
- དབང་བསྐུར་བ།
- dbang bskur ba
- —
Also translated here as “consecration.”
Warning: Readers are reminded that according to Vajrayāna Buddhist tradition there are restrictions and commitments concerning tantra. Practitioners who are not sure if they should read this translation are advised to consult the authorities of their lineage. The responsibility for reading this text or sharing it with others who may or may not fulfill the requirements lies in the hands of readers.
- Empowerment
- དབང་།
- dbang
- abhiṣeka
- Empowerment
- དབང་།
- dbang
- abhiṣeka
Literally “sprinkling,” abhiṣeka is a ritual consecration that often functions as a deity empowerment. The term is also translated in this text as “initiation.”
Warning: Readers are reminded that according to Vajrayāna Buddhist tradition there are restrictions and commitments concerning tantra. Practitioners who are not sure if they should read this translation are advised to consult the authorities of their lineage. The responsibility for reading this text or sharing it with others who may or may not fulfill the requirements lies in the hands of readers.
- Initiation
- དབང་།
- dbang
- abhiṣeka
- Initiation
- དབང་།
- dbang
- abhiṣeka
See “empowerment.”
- Consecrated
- དབང་བསྐུར་བ།
- dbang bskur ba
- abhiṣeka