Mahamudra

A Mahayana meditation practice that focuses on the superficial (conventional) and deepest (ultimate) natures of the mind, found in the Kagyu, Sakya and Gelug traditions.

Tibetan: ཕྱག་རྒྱ་ཆེན་པོ། phyag-rgya chen-po

Sanskrit: mahāmudrā

J. Hopkins: Great seal

Synonyms: Great Seal

Other languages

العربية: ماهامودرا

Deutsch: Mahamudra

Español: Mahamudra

فارسی: ماهامودرا

Français: Mahamoudra

Русский: Махамудра

Tiếng Việt: Đại thủ ấn

Related terms

Essence mahamudra

Mantra mahamudra

Sutra mahamudra

Unified pair of mahamudra and dzogchen

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