and mahāmudrā lineage whose main practice is known as the fivefold mahāmudrā consisting of refuge and bodhicitta, deity yoga, guru yoga, mahamudra meditation...

Mahamudra is a hatha yoga gesture (mudra) whose purpose is to improve control over the sexual potential. The sexual potential, associated with apana,...

The Mahāmudrā teachings from Saraha that Maitripa transmitted to Marpa include the "Essence Mahāmudrā" (Wylie: snying po'i phyag chen) where Mahāmudrā is...

introduction to the nature of mind in the Tibetan Buddhist lineages of Mahāmudrā and Dzogchen. In these traditions, a lama gives the pointing-out instruction...

differently in the mahāmudrā tradition as practiced in the Kagyu lineage. As Traleg Kyabgon Rinpoche explains, In the practice of Mahamudra tranquility meditation...

Maitrīpa), was a prominent Indian Buddhist Mahasiddha associated with the Mahāmudrā transmission of tantric Buddhism. His teachers were Shavaripa and Naropa...

only person in his day to do so. In addition to the way of insight and Mahamudra, Tilopa learned and passed on the Way of Methods (today known as the Six...

imagination, and projection. Mahāmudrā is sometimes divided into four distinct phases known as the four yogas of mahāmudrā. They are as follows: One-pointedness;...

part of the tantric yogas (for example, in the "Fivefold Mahāmudrā" method). In Sakya, Mahāmudrā is the culmination and the goal of the practice of the...

from that environment. Chapters 11–14 describe the practice of yoga. Mahāmudrā, the "great seal", together with Mahābandha, the "great lock", and the...

Buddhist practice are the meditations associated with the traditions of Mahāmudrā ("Great Seal") and Dzogchen ("Great Perfection"). These traditions focus...

alchemy. A manuscript states its date as 1160. The text teaches mahābandha, mahāmudrā, and mahāvedha which involve bodily postures and breath control, as a...

prepare it for the higher practices of Dzogchen and Mahamudra. For the Kagyupa, in the context of mahāmudrā, ānāpānasmṛti is thought to be the ideal way for...

parts of the body. Examples of this diversity of mudras are Mula Bandha, Mahamudra, Viparita Karani, Khecarī mudrā, and Vajroli mudra. These expanded in...

Svasaṃvedana, the self-reflexive nature of consciousness in Buddhism Mahāmudrā, the unity of awareness and emptiness in the Kagyu tradition of Gampopa...

Vajrayana practice are certain meditative techniques associated with Mahāmudrā and Dzogchen, often termed "formless practices" or the path of self-liberation...

entitled "An Extensive Elucidation of Mahāmudrā, the uncommon mahamudra meditation", presents the main body of the mahamudra theory and practices. In the first...

of Light of the Great Consecration (Ch: 大灌頂光真言): Om̐ Amogha Vairocana Mahāmudrā Maṇipadma Jvalapravartāya Hūṃ In Chinese Buddhism, various mantras, including...

considered to be one of the founders of Vajrayana Buddhism, particularly the Mahāmudrā tradition associated with the mind teachings of Tibet. Saraha was originally...

presence") of one's nature, "a recognition of one's beginningless nature." Mahamudra has similarities with Dzogchen, emphasizing the meditational approach...

of practices, which include such varied forms as Deity Yoga, Dzogchen, Mahamudra, the Six Dharmas of Nāropa, the recitation of mantras and dharanis, and...

squatting posture which may be related to hathayogic techniques such as mahāmudrā, mahābandha, mahāvedha, mūlabandha, and vajrāsana in which pressure is...

Nydahl (born 19 March 1941), also known as Lama Ole, is a lama providing Mahamudra teachings in the Karma Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism. Since the early...

Maitripada – an 11th-century Indian Buddhist Mahasiddha associated with the Mahāmudrā transmission. Born in the village of Jhatakarani in Magadha. Also associated...

Vajrayana-buddhism, including Tibetan Buddhist traditions of Dzogchen and Mahamudra. East Asian Mahāyāna Buddhist traditions like Pure Land and Zen. Hinduism:...

Snow Lion, 1997, ISBN 978-1-55939-073-6 The Gelug/Kagyü Tradition of Mahamudra, co-authored with Alexander Berzin. Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion Publications...

Samadhi Kriyā Mantra Pranava Nada Surat Shabd Aghor Yoga Mudras Bandha Mahamudra Viparita Karani List Nyasa Kumbhaka Sama vritti Shatkarmas Neti Dhauti...

12-34. "Natural Awareness: Mahamudra texts". www.naturalawareness.net. Retrieved 2017-12-31. "Life of Tilopa & The Ganges Mahamudra Thrangu Rinpoche". www...

all the obstacles on his path, culminating in his full realisation of mahāmudrā. Naropa spent a total of twelve years with Tilopa. At the bank of the...

seen as a prerequisite to the practice of karmamudrā. Coitus reservatus Mahamudra Yab-yum Yogini Flood 1996, pp. 159–160. Flood 2006, pp. i–ii. Samuel 2010...