Tagon (preliminary empowerment) of the Chakrasamvara empowerment (an outline)

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1. Introduction
This Chakrasamvara empowerment comes through the lineage of Drilbupa (Skt. Ghantapa! who was the founder of one of the three
main Chakrasamvara lineages.
". Three#la$ered preparator$ visuali%ation&
'isuali%e $ourself as Chenre%ig! white! four arms! one head. In the heart there is a moon disc. (n the moon disc there is a dark blue!
wrathful deit$ Trog$al )i$ogon (Skt. *achal+,. In the heart of the deit$ there is another moon disc! on which stands red 'a-ravarahi.
She has two arms! with hooked knife in her right hand and khatvanga staff and skullcup on her left. She is folding her right leg.
.. /ntering the five#deit$ mandala of Chakrasamvara
..1 mandala offering pra$er
.." developing a perfect motivation (for the sake of all sentient beings0 developing selflessness
... taking refuge in the buddhas! bodhisattvas! dakas! dakinis! dharmapalas
..1 promising to abide b$ the tantric sama$a precepts
..2 visuali%ation& visuali%e in front of me Chakrasamvara in union with his consort 'a-ravarahi. Chakrasamvara is facing to the
eastern gate of the mandala. I enter into Chakrasamvara through his mouth aperture! descend through his central channel until
I reach the secret passage. I go through the secret passage and enter into the bod$ of 'a-ravarahi. I remain in her womb.
Then! from the heart of the va-ra master! a ra$ of light pro-ects toward Chakrasamvara.The ra$ enters into Chakrasamvara
through his mouth! descends through his central channel! goes through the secret passage! enters into the consort3s bod$ and
reaches me at her womb. 4t that moment! I am conceived as Chakrasamvara! and emerge from the consort3s bod$ via her
mouth and place m$self at the eastern entrance of the mandala. Then the wisdom beings come and are absorbed into me.
5eruka is stabili%ed in one3s bod$6speech6mind and all defilements are dispelled.
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1. *reparatoro$ rituals
1.1 for the vase empowerment& drinking some scented water poured on the palm of one3s hand
1." for the secret empowerment& grab a stick with the dharmadhatu mudra! head of stick toward oneself! and sa$! 9() '4:;4
54S4 45<0 put the stick in the middle of a diagram and see where it falls0 if the stick falls in an$ of the four cardinal points it
is supreme siddhi. =urthermore! if it falls on the east (where $ou are standing $our activit$ will be pacif$ing (Skt. shanti. If
it falls on the south ($our left! $our activit$ will be prospering or increasing (Skt.pushti. If it falls on the west (opposite of
$ou! where the va-ra master is standing! $our activit$ will be overpowering or subduing (Skt.vash$a. 4nd if it falls on the
north ($our right! $our activit$ will be wrathful (Skt.marana.
1.. =or wisdom6knowledge empowerment& a multicolored thread is tied around $our left arm! between the biceps and the armpit.
It is kept there at least until the actual empowerment takes place.
1.1 =or word empowerment& with hands crossed at the wrists! so the right arm is below the left arm! the palms are facing up! grab
with $our right hand a kusha grass branch and with $our left a smaller kusha grass branch. *lace the bigger branch under the
mattress on which $ou sleep! in the direction of the bed. *lace the smaller branch under the pillow! in a transversal position
with respect to the bed (along the pillow3s length! so the two brances will form like a letter T! the shorter branch being the
hori%ontal head of the letter and the longer branch being the vertical bod$ of the letter. Then watch $our dreams that night.
2. *u-a for the remaining deities.
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Tagon (II) (preliminary empowerment) of the Chakrasamvara empowerment (an outline)
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(1 *urification of water
(" Torma offering for the kapala
(. Smoke offering to 'a-radakini
(ne visuali%es the fire pu-a mandala as 'a-radakini3s mouth. In one3s heart chakra there is a s$llable *4)! which s$mboli%es all the
negative karma one has accumulated throughout the eons. =ire rises from the feet and goes up inside one3s bod$. ?hen it reaches
one3s heart! the fire completel$ burns the s$llable *4)! along with our accumulated karma. The fire comes out through our nostrils
and reaches a plate of black sesame seeds in the desk of the va-ra master. The black sesame seeds absorb all our bad karma! which is
now burned and released from our bod$ with the fire. The va-ra master picks up the sesame in little pinches! -ust as done during the
fire pu-a! and throws it on the flame of a butter lamp. This flame is the tongue of 'a-radakini and the opening of the lamp is her
opened mouth. ?e offer our karmas to 'a-radakini! who eats them (burns them happil$! relieving us of our karma.
(1 ?e visuali%e the va-ra master as Chakrasamvara $ab6$um in union. ?e visuali%e ourselves as Chakrasamvara $ab6$um in
union! too. (ur bodhicitta melts and goes down and enters the $um. It raises through the $um3s bod$ and enters us through
the mouth (providing enlightenment,
(2 'ows said twice or thrice.
(@ 'a-ra master touches on heart! throat! and head chakras with consecrated water while sa$ing 5ABG! 45! and ()!
respectivel$. (ne visuali%es that a blue 5ABG appears in the middle of a dark blue (double, va-ra at the heart chakra! a red
45 appears in the middle of a red lotus at the throat chakra! and a white () appears in the middle of a white dharmachakra at
the head chakra.
(C Divination with stick. If it falls toward the va-ra master it is supreme siddhi.
(7 ;ed thread on arm b$ the biceps. ?omen get it on the right arm! men on the left. Something with the dakinis.
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(8 Dusha grass! short and long with crossed hands (va-ra master also has crossed hands. Eeft hand picks up short grass and right
picks up the long one. These are to be put under the pillow and mattress! respectivel$ and watch the dreams. Fefore falling
asleep one pra$s to the lineage lamas and falls asleep with the mind tuned into bodhicitta.
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This outline is based on notes taken b$ retreatant )anuel during the Chakrasamvara empowerments
given b$ 5.5. the Drikung D$abgon Chetsang ;inpoche at 4lmora! India! in September ">>1 for the
">>1#">>1 4lmora Drikung Dag$u .#$ear retreat participants.
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This outline is based on notes taken b$ retreatant )anuel during the Chakrasamvara empowerments
given b$ DrupGn Chamspa ;inpoche at 4lmora! India! in )a$ ">>2 for the ">>1#">>C 4lmora Drikung
Dag$u .#$ear retreat participants.