The Great Symbol. An ultimate meditation practice in which all experience is transmuted into transcendental knowledge combined with skilful means.
Tib. Chakgya chenpo] Great seal, Great symbol, one of the four mudras (gya zhi), the most direct practice for realizing one's buddha nature. A system of teachings which is the basic view of Vajrayana practice according to the Sarma or 'new' schools of Kagyu.
Literally means "great seal" or "great symbol." This meditative transmission is especially emphasized in the Kagyu school.
the great seal' – Tibetan school of Buddhism.
(literally, the Great Seal): A general name for the approach of completion stage tantra to emptiness. It refers to the perfect order of reality as it spontaneously arises. The ability to perceive and align with this level of attention; bestows individual enlightenment.
great seal” – gnosis realizing the mind's own emptiness in a non-dual, androgynous fashion. The “inner woman” as part of the yogic body. The ultimate nature of mind; an instantaneous practice for purifying the mind.
a system of meditation that directly addresses the habituated perception of duality, the source of all suffering
(Skt. = Tib. Chíagchíen), the central goal of Vajrayana Buddhism in the New Tantra tradition.
"Great Seal," teachings of direct perception of dharma or ultimate reality. See Dharma.
(Sanskrit "Great Seal") Profound vajrayana teaching of the Kagyü lineage.
(Skt.): Great Seal. 1. According to SUTRA: Profound view of EMPTINESS. 2. According to TANTRA: the union of great bliss and EMPTINESS.
The great seal. A profound system of meditation upon the mind and the ultimate nature of reality.
( Skt.): "the great symbol" or "the great seal." A term in vajrayana Buddhism for the realization of the true nature of mind. Mahamudra means both the ordered series of practices and meditations and the awakened state of enlightenment to which they lead. This is a central teaching of the Kagyu lineage.
(Skt); phyag rgya chen po (Tib). This literally means ‘the great seal’. This is a state of ultimate attainment. It is categorised differently in the sutric and tantric level teachings. According to sutric level teachings, it is understanding emptiness as the ultimate nature of reality. This view characterises all phenomena as ultimately lacking inherent existence. In the tantric system, Mahamudra refers to Buddhahood, which is the supreme accomplishment. In this context, ‘mudra’ refers to the realisation of the three kayas, which is sealed with the accomplishment of supreme and unceasing bliss. There is neither increase nor decrease in this state.
MahÄmudrÄ (Sanskrit: great seal or great symbol), (Tibetan: Chagchen, Wylie: phyag chen, contraction of Chagya Chenpo, Wylie: phyag rgya chen po), is a Buddhist method of direct introduction to the nature of Mind (or Buddha-nature) and the practice of stabilizing the accompanying transcendental realization. It draws upon instructions from all levels of Buddhism, from sutra through to tantra, to provide a range of approaches to enlightenment suited to various people's needs. Mahamudra is believed to enable one to realise mind's innate purity, clarity and perfection, summed up by the term 'buddha nature', the topic of the third and final phase of the Buddha's teaching.
Mahamudra is a Trance/electronic project based in the south of israel. Members are: Ran Malka(1979), Eyal Cohen(1977) and Sagiv Ben-Giat(1982) (Shimi Gelman technical support). They have released several tracks on different compilations and their debut album "reality is just a myth" released on 20/02/2007 in "Utopia Records".