Human Development
Tantra heat-application awareness
Description:
This state of awareness is characterized by empowerment and is represented as first great initiation into the Supreme (anuttara) Tantra. Three more initiations through the states of the tantric bodhisattva path lead toward four forms of Buddhahood. The first empowerment in this state is represented as a flask or alchemical vessel from the later contents of which will grow the form of Buddhahood called the [emanation-body] (nirmana-kaya, sprul-sku). In the initiation, an actual flash is filled with amrita, the sacred potion of some 25 ingredients compounded with water and spiritual power, which is drunk by the candidate. Thereafter he enters the mandala of the ritual which represents the consciousnesses that he is encountering.Context:
In Tibetan Sakya Buddhism this is one of the states in the "Ascension Stages Game". In some sets it is numbered 49 on the board.<