ON THE CONCEPT OF SAHAJAdisciple^54 • And he (i.e. the disciple) having experienced that joy thanks
to the preceptor becomes... (lacuna) fallen from the Lotus of the
Wisdom and possessed of the (proper) characteristics. Having taken
with her tongue the Thought-of-Enlightenment consisting of the host of
Buddhas, she arises^55 •
Thus is the procedure of the Consecration of the Gnosis of Wisdom.
(HSP p. 30-31)
Then he should entrust that very Wisdom to the student... Then the
teacher should whisper in his ear the division of the Four Blisses. Then
the teacher should go outside. And then the Wisdom, having become
naked, and squatting, should indicate her secret place with the forefinger.
... Then the candidate should concentrate that he himself has the form of
Calf<.lamaharo~alfa; and embracing Wisdom in the form of Anger Vajri,
he should aim at the Four Blisses. When that is completed, he should
present himself before his teacher, and make a circle with intoxicants,
meat, etc. Thus ends the Wisdom Consecration. (CMT p. 56-57).The guru offers to the disciple that vidyii with whom he had entered
into union at the time of the secret initiation, or a similar vidyii as
appropriate. (FBT p. 320-21)The reader may now ask: what about the fourth and final consecration? In
fact neither HSP, CMT nor ST describe it. The reason, as will be fully discussed
later on, is that this consecration is not conferred from without, but ensues of its
own accord in the mind of the neophyte at the time of the third consecration. ST
does not mention it at all; HSP merely states that
Having thereupon obtained the Fourth Consecration thanks to the
instruction of the preceptor, he (i.e. the disciple) once again offers a
recompense to the extent of his capacity to the two Seals^56 and to the
karmavajrin^57. (p. 31)Certain passages of HVT which previously were somewhat unclear, now fall
into place, the essential structure of the rite having thus been established. Thus
l.x.5-7 clearly refer to the Consecration of the Secret. Here it is also stated that
"One binds the face of the prajiiii and likewise of the upiiya^58 , and the product of
the service rendered one drops into the pupil's mouth". Likewise II.iii.l3-14
must refer to the Consecration of the Secret: "The Prajiiii of sixteen years he
clasps within his arms, and from the union of the vajra and bell the Master's
consecration comes about ... Then with thumb and fourth finger he drops the
bindu^59 in the pupil's mouth". We note in passing that here the union of preceptor
and Seal is assigned to the first consecration; in any case, the essential point of
the Consecration of the Secret is the transfer of the Thought-of-Enlightenment of
the preceptor to the neophyte. The passage just quoted then proceeds (v.l6-17)