CHAPTER THREE

THE INITIATION RITUAL OF THE ALL-MERCIFUL ONE[r_3:1]

Obeisance to Guru Devadike.

Pray grant me all Siddhis Hum!

This is the Fourth Initiation [of the Tantric Scheme], the Initiation of the All-Merciful One.

The Mandala should be arranged as before[r_3:2]. The Gtor-ma should be made as the pomegranate in shape and placed in the center of the Mandala. On the right side a glass rosary is placed; on the left side three fossil shells; in the front many precious ornaments; on the west side a white vase bound with ribbons. On the top of the Gtor-ma, the Tsag'li[r_3:3] is installed.

(The aforesaid articles are arranged in preparation for the ceremony. At the time of performing the Initiation, the Vase Ritual and Gtor-ma Ritual may be performed according to the general rules. In the preparation practice for the Initiation, the guru should meditate on the proceeding once: visualize the Self, Front, and Vase as all instantaneously united with the Wisdom Ones[r_3:4], and recite the incantation not less than one hundred times. If one wants to practice a more comprehensive and elaborate ceremony, he should perform the Three Purifications[r_3:5].)

One should visualize as follows:

In front of me is the Vase-Buddha[r_3:6], the All-Merciful One.

He is white in color with four arms and one face.

He folds his two palms together with his central arms.

The two outer arms hold separately the lotus and the rosary.

His two feet join together in the Diamond Sitting Posture[r_3:7].

All the precious ornaments adorn his body.

Robed in magnificent clothes of silk,

He sits solemnly on the cushion of the Lotus-Moon.

Om Ma Ni Be Mi Hum, the All-Merciful One is here!

Sa Ma Ya, Jia Jia Jia!

Recite and visualize as follows: