Empowerment - Wang/Abhisheka
The formal initiation that authorizes tantric practice.
Empowerment (wang) is the ceremonial transmission from teacher to student that plants seeds of realization and authorizes specific practices. Without proper empowerment, tantric practices cannot bear fruit.
Through empowerment, the seed of Buddhahood is planted.
Empowerment creates the sacred connection for tantric realization.
Vajrayana Tantras