Question asked by jason
I have taken higher yoga empowerment almost 1 year to day… today my lama gave me his own personal vajra and and bell , his personal kapala and damaru as well as a silk mat which matched the color of the buddha i got during the flower toss on the five directional buddhas mandala…. what does this mean… am i even qualified to accept such items…. i feel as though i am good enough to even handle such blessed items
Dear Jason,
Thank you for posting your question. I am very happy to read that you have taken Higher Yoga Tantra empowerment. You should treasure the practice you have received as it is considered a very rare opportunity to really progress in your spiritual path towards enlightenment. Following your commitments to your lama, and the practice, as you would have taken during the empowerment is crucial to gaining results.
The tantric items you have received from your lama should be viewed as an extremely rare blessing. You should not feel bad, or un-qualified to have received them, in fact you should feel very honoured. After all, within tantric practice, we should view our lama as the Buddha, therefore to have his or her practice items is a very big blessing. That you feel that you are not qualified to accept such items, shows that you have great respect for your lama, but you have been given them so that means you should humbly accept them.
Depending on how they were given to you or what your lama said at the time of passing the holy items to you, you can either do two things. The first is to use them as objects to generate merit, as your lama would have used them, therefore you can treat them as the holy objects of your lama. The other, is to use them in your own practice, but this would depend on what you lama told you when he or she bestowed the items to you.
I cannot give you a definite answer to what it means, but it is definitely the case that your lama bestowed these items on you as a blessing for your practice. If you view the items as a blessing rather than thinking any other way, you are definitely going to benefit from receiving them. I hope this helps.
Thank you