Do Tibetan Buddhists who receive empowerment/abhisheka get kriyas (involuntary movements)?

Question

I have only seen evidence of this in the Hindu kundalini yoga traditions, but Tibetan Buddhists receive the same energy (shakti).

Answer 1

The term 'initiation', Abhisheka in Sanskrit, has many different connotations in different contexts. In a broad sense, initiation may be explained as a ripening factor, or as a causal initiation, then in terms of the path, which is the actual path of release, and finally, initiation of the resultant state, which is the purified result. The Great Perfection also mentions one more type of initiation, the initiation of the basis. This refers to the clear light which serves as a basis and enables other initations to take place. If a person were to lack the basic faculty of the fundamental innate mind of clear light, it would be impossible for the subsequent empowerments to occur.
Physical kriyas (purificatory movements) usually happens when it's awakened from the lower chakra, it all depends on a person's karma and what they particularily need.

Answer 2

No, its from the COLD, in Tibet!

Thanks, RR