Mahāmudrā

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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.