| 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 symbol |
| Jeffrey Hopkin's English Term | great seal |
| Ives Waldo's English Term | great seal |
| Definitions | |
Mahāmudrā refers to an advanced meditation tradition in Mahāyāna and Vajrayāna forms of Into-Tibetan Buddhism that is focused on the realization of the empty and luminous nature of the mind. It also refers to the resultant state of buddhahood attained through such meditation practice. In Tibet, this tradition is particularly associated with the Kagyu school, although all other schools also profess this tradition. The term also appears as part of the four seals, alongside dharmamūdra, samayamudrā, and karmamudrā.