Ajari-level empowerment

Japanese: 阿闍梨位灌頂 - あじゃりいかんじょう
Ajari-level empowerment

…A ceremony in which water is poured on the top of the head to prove that the person has advanced to a certain rank. In Sanskrit, initiation is called abhiṣeka or abhiṣecana, and was originally a ceremony performed in India when an emperor ascended to the throne or a prince was made. For example, in the enthronement initiation, the waters of the four oceans were poured on the top of the head, thereby symbolizing control over the entire world up to the four seas. This was also adopted in Buddhism, and in Mahayana Buddhism, when a bodhisattva completes his final training and attains enlightenment to become a Buddha, he is said to attain enlightenment by receiving the initiation of water of wisdom from the Buddhas. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "Ajari-level initiation" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…頭頂に水を灌(そそ)ぎ,その人物がある位に進んだことを証する儀式のこと。灌頂はサンスクリットでアビシェーカabhiṣekaまたはアビシェーチャナabhiṣecanaといい,もとインドで帝王の即位や立太子のときに行われた儀式で,たとえば〈即位灌頂〉においては四大海の水を頭頂に注ぎ,それによって四海に至るまでの全世界の掌握を象徴したのである。これが仏教にもとり入れられ,大乗仏教では最後の修行を終えた菩薩が悟りを開いて仏になるとき,諸仏から智水の灌頂を受けて成仏するものとされた。…

※「阿闍梨位灌頂」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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