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<noinclude>'''Four mudras''' (Skt. ''catumudrā''; Tib. ཕྱག་རྒྱ་བཞི་, Wyl. ''phyag rgya bzhi'') — in the [[yoga tantra]] and [[inner tantras]], there are four types of [[mudra]] which 'seal' the enlightened body, speech, mind and activity of the deity. The four mudras are: | <noinclude>'''Four mudras''' (Skt. ''catumudrā''; Tib. ཕྱག་རྒྱ་བཞི་, ''chakgya shyi'', [[Wyl.]] ''phyag rgya bzhi'') — in the [[yoga tantra]] and [[inner tantras]], there are four types of [[mudra]] which 'seal' the enlightened body, speech, mind and activity of the deity. The four mudras are: | ||
</noinclude>#the great mudra (Skt. ''mahāmudrā''; Wyl. ''phyag rgya chen po'') (see [[mahamudra]]) | </noinclude>#the great mudra (Skt. ''mahāmudrā''; Wyl. ''phyag rgya chen po'') (see [[mahamudra]]) | ||
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*For an explanation of the four mudras with respect to each of the [[three yanas|three vehicles]] – [[hinayana]], the [[mahayana]], and [[tantrayana]], see pages 216-218 of ''The [[Gelug]]/[[Kagyu]] Tradition of [[Mahamudra]]'' by the [[Dalai Lama]], Alexander Berzin. Published by Snow Lion Publications. ISBN 1-55939-072-7 | *For an explanation of the four mudras with respect to each of the [[three yanas|three vehicles]] – [[hinayana]], the [[mahayana]], and [[tantrayana]], see pages 216-218 of ''The [[Gelug]]/[[Kagyu]] Tradition of [[Mahamudra]]'' by the [[Dalai Lama]], Alexander Berzin. Published by Snow Lion Publications. ISBN 1-55939-072-7 | ||
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*{{LH|tibetan-masters/dola-jigme-kalzang/elucidating-hidden-meaning-four-mudras|''Elucidating the Hidden Meaning: A Commentary on the Meaning of the Four Mudrās'' by Dola Jigme Kalzang}} | |||
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Latest revision as of 19:21, 17 January 2019
Four mudras (Skt. catumudrā; Tib. ཕྱག་རྒྱ་བཞི་, chakgya shyi, Wyl. phyag rgya bzhi) — in the yoga tantra and inner tantras, there are four types of mudra which 'seal' the enlightened body, speech, mind and activity of the deity. The four mudras are:
- the great mudra (Skt. mahāmudrā; Wyl. phyag rgya chen po) (see mahamudra)
- the dharma mudra (Skt. dharmamudrā; Wyl. chos kyi phyag rgya)
- the samaya mudra (Skt. samayamudrā; Wyl. dam tshig gi phyag rgya)
- the activity mudra (Skt. karmamudrā; Wyl. las kyi phyag rgya)
Or alternatively:
- the dharma mudra (Skt. dharmamudrā; Wyl. chos kyi phyag rgya)
- the great mudra (Skt. mahāmudrā; Wyl. phyag rgya chen po)
- the primordial wisdom mudra (Skt. jñanamudrā; Wyl. ye shes phyag rgya)
- the activity mudra (Skt. karmamudrā; Wyl. las kyi phyag rgya)
Alternative Meaning
Depending on the context, the four mudras or gestures (phyag rgya bzhi) are to unite with the four syllables dza, hum, bam, and ho, which stand for the four actions of summoning (’gug), binding (bching), fettering (sdom), and pleasing (mnyes) or intoxicating (myos).[1]
Alternative Translations
- Four seals - Elio Guarisco and Ingrid McLeod of the Kalu Rinpoché Translation Group
References
- ↑ Clarification by Tulku Thondup Rinpoche in Note 29 in The Treasury of Knowledge : Book Eight, Part Four: Esoteric Instructions : a detailed presentation of the process of meditation in Vajrayana; by Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Taye. Translated and annotated by Sarah Harding. Kalu Rinpoché Translation Group under the direction of Bokar Rinpoche. Published by Snow Lion Publications.
Further Reading
- Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Tayé, The Treasury of Knowledge: Book Six, Part Four: Systems of Buddhist Tantra; translated by Elio Guarisco and Ingrid McLeod. Kalu Rinpoché Translation Group under the direction of Bokar Rinpoché. Published by Snow Lion Publications. ISBN 1-55939-210-X
- For an explanation of the four mudras with respect to each of the three vehicles – hinayana, the mahayana, and tantrayana, see pages 216-218 of The Gelug/Kagyu Tradition of Mahamudra by the Dalai Lama, Alexander Berzin. Published by Snow Lion Publications. ISBN 1-55939-072-7
