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'''Four vidyadhara levels''' (Tib. ''rig 'dzin rnam pa bzhi'')
'''Four vidyadhara levels''' (Tib. ''rig 'dzin rnam pa bzhi'')


*matured vidyadhara
#matured vidyadhara (Tib. ''namin rigdzin''; ''rnam smin rig 'dzin'')
*vidyadhara with power over life
#vidyadhara with power over life (Tib. ''tsewang rigdzin''; ''tshe dbang rig 'dzin'')
*mahamudra vidyadhara
#mahamudra vidyadhara (Tib. ''chakchen rigdzin''; ''phyag chen rig 'dzin'')
*spontaneously accomplished vidyadhara
#spontaneously accomplished vidyadhara (Tib. ''lhundrup rigdzin''; ''lhun grub rig 'dzin'')


According to [[Khenpo Ngakchung]]:
According to [[Khenpo Ngakchung]]:

Revision as of 07:45, 25 August 2007

Four vidyadhara levels (Tib. rig 'dzin rnam pa bzhi)

  1. matured vidyadhara (Tib. namin rigdzin; rnam smin rig 'dzin)
  2. vidyadhara with power over life (Tib. tsewang rigdzin; tshe dbang rig 'dzin)
  3. mahamudra vidyadhara (Tib. chakchen rigdzin; phyag chen rig 'dzin)
  4. spontaneously accomplished vidyadhara (Tib. lhundrup rigdzin; lhun grub rig 'dzin)

According to Khenpo Ngakchung:

  • Those who have the ability to purify the ordinary body with the fire of concentration and transform it into a subtle body acquire the power of immortal life and are called vidyadharas with power over life.
  • Those who have not been able to purify their bodies but whose minds have ripened into the deity’s body are known as matured vidyadharas.
  • Those who are on the second to the ninth bhumis are mahamudra vidyadharas.
  • Then, at the end of the path, at the moment buddhahood is reached, they are spontaneously accomplished vidyadharas.