 The final argument from the Three Vows I will mention is in the chapter on Mantra vows, but is clearly connected with the topics already discussed here. One of the issues most important to Sapaṇ—he lists it twice in the final summary lists of essential topics mentioned above, and he also treats it in the Sage’s Intent—is the misuse of Vajravārāhī (Vajra Sow) blessings as a substitute for Mantric initiation. This, he says, is not taught in any of the scriptures. You need a real initiation ritual to practice Mantra—it’s as simple as that! You cannot substitute a blessing for an initiation. He calls the alterations in the dharma “the blessings of demons”—claiming not that his contemporaries are demons, but that they have been deceived.