Mahāmudrā
| Key Term | Mahāmudrā |
|---|---|
| In Tibetan Script | ཕྱག་རྒྱ་ཆེན་པོ། |
| Wylie Tibetan Transliteration | phyag rgya chen po |
| Devanagari Sanskrit Script | महामुद्रा |
| Romanized Sanskrit | mahāmudrā |
| Tibetan Phonetic Rendering | Chagya chenpo |
| English Standard | Great Seal |
| Richard Barron's English Term | supreme seal |
| Jeffrey Hopkin's English Term | great seal |
| Ives Waldo's English Term | great seal |
| Term Type | Noun |
| Source Language | Sanskrit |
| Basic Meaning | Mahāmudrā refers to an advanced meditation tradition in Mahāyāna and Vajrayāna forms of Buddhism and some other things associated with such practice. |
| Has the Sense of | It has a sense of being the binding force and refers to the reality of all things. Just as a seal makes a document binding, reality binds all things and also our understanding of the true nature of things. It also refers to a symbolic gesture. |
| Related Terms | mudrā;Kagyu |
| Related Topic Pages | https://kuenselonline.com/chagchen-the-great-seal-2/ |
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