Important Replies from Holy Virtuous Ones and Eminent Monastics
Response from the Inquiry Center of the World Buddhism Association Headquarters to Questions Raised by Inquirers
On the Day of January 8 of the Lunar year (February 23, 2018)
Answer No. 8
There is a key point regarding inner-tantric initiations that you need to particularly notice. Just having a Vajra pill jumping and moving, if it is cultivated by the master for the disciple, that entails empowering the disciple. On the other hand, if your master receives empowerment by an even higher great holy virtuous one, that just mean that he is receiving his great holy master to empower him and he is unable to confer an inner-tantric initiation.
A real great holy master possessing inner-tantric initiations must let the disciple have a “Measuring Vajra Rope” with the length of between 16.5 feet to 33 feet and a Vajra pill. Moreover, this master conferring the initiation must stand far away from the Vajra pill at a spot designated by the disciple. The Vajra pill must be in the disciple’s hand, held and controlled by the disciple to watch its miraculous transformations. Any situation without a “Measuring Vajra Rope” with the length of between 16.5 feet to 33 feet where the master just stands far away to practice the dharma does not belong to inner-tantric initiations and can only be an inner-tantric empowerment. Any disciple who has received an inner-tantric initiation must have a “Measuring Vajra Rope,” which can be no shorter than 16.5 feet. However, the length of a “Measuring Vajra Rope” for an inner-tantric initiation is different from the lengths for a “State Practice Initiation of the Seed of Holy Cause” and a “First-Class Initiation of Dharma Affinity with the Yidam.” The length of a “Measuring Vajra Rope” for a “State Practice Initiation of the Seed of Holy Cause” has to be 27 feet (8 meters) or longer.
To find out which master has the cultivated accomplishment to confer inner-tantric initiations, please contact the World Buddhism Association Headquarters to inquire. All masters capable of conferring inner-tantric initiations have their names registered.
Inquiry Center of the World Buddhism Association Headquarters
Written on behalf of great holy virtuous ones to answer questions raised
February 23, 2018