In the Buddhist context, the ritual of consecration usually involves an initiation or empowerment.

Also translated here as “empowerment.”

Literally “sprinkling” in Sanskrit, an abhiṣeka is a ritual consecration that often functions as an initiation into a particular deity maṇḍala and its practices.

See “empowerment.”

Literally “sprinkling” in Sanskrit, an abhiṣeka is a ritual consecration that often functions as an initiation into a particular deity maṇḍala and its practices.

See “empowerment.”

A ritual initiation into the maṇḍala and practice system of a specific tantric deity. The term means “to anoint,” as it evokes Indic rites of royal coronation that involve sprinkling consecrated water.

Also translated here as “consecration.”

Literally “sprinkling,” abhiṣeka is a ritual consecration that often functions as a deity empowerment. The term is also translated in this text as “initiation.”