Important Replies from Holy Monks#
Responses from the Consultation Center of the World Buddhist Headquarters#
Lunar New Year, the eighth day of the first lunar month
Eighth Answer:
Pay special attention to the key points of the secret empowerment. It is only when the vajra pill is pulsating, it depends on whether the guru is bestowing it upon the disciple. If your guru is receiving empowerment from a higher and greater holy monk, it means that he is being empowered by his own great holy guru, and it is not that he can bestow the secret empowerment himself. A true guru who possesses the secret empowerment must have a "vajra measuring rope" measuring from five to fifteen feet long and a vajra pill. Moreover, the empowering guru must be designated by the disciple receiving the empowerment to stand far away from the vajra pill. The vajra pill must be in the disciple's hand and under the disciple's control, witnessing the miraculous transformation. If one does not have a "vajra measuring rope" measuring from five to fifteen feet long, the guru is only practicing from a distance and does not possess the secret empowerment. It is merely a secret blessing. As long as one has received a true secret empowerment, one must have a "vajra measuring rope" measuring from five to fifteen feet long. However, the length of the "vajra measuring rope" for the secret empowerment is different from that of the "empowerment of the holy cause of the conditioned realm" and the "empowerment of the primary deity's karmic connection." The "vajra measuring rope" for the "empowerment of the holy cause of the conditioned realm" is at least twenty-four feet (eight meters) long. For information on which guru possesses the secret empowerment, you can consult the World Buddhist Headquarters. All those who can bestow the secret empowerment have registered and established their names.
Consultation Center of the World Buddhist Headquarters
Representatives of the Great Holy Monks answering questions
February 23, 2018