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==Alternative meaning==
==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''). 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. ISBN-13: 978-1-55939-284-6
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''). 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. ISBN-13: 978-1-55939-284-6


==Alternative Translations==
==Alternative Translations==

Revision as of 13:48, 13 July 2014

Four mudras (Skt. catumudrā; 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:

  1. the great mudra (Skt. mahāmudrā; Wyl. phyag rgya chen po) (see mahamudra)
  2. the dharma mudra (Skt. dharmamudrā; Wyl. chos kyi phyag rgya)
  3. the samaya mudra (Skt. samayamudrā; Wyl. dam tshig gi phyag rgya)
  4. the activity mudra (Skt. karmamudrā; Wyl. las kyi phyag rgya)

Or alternatively:

  1. the dharma mudra (Skt. dharmamudrā; Wyl. chos kyi phyag rgya)
  2. the great mudra (Skt. mahāmudrā; Wyl. phyag rgya chen po)
  3. the primordial wisdom mudra (Skt. jñanamudrā; Wyl. ye shes phyag rgya)
  4. 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). 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. ISBN-13: 978-1-55939-284-6

Alternative Translations

Four seals - Elio Guarisco and Ingrid McLeod of the Kalu Rinpoché Translation Group

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