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'''Four vidyadhara levels''' (Tib. ''rig 'dzin rnam pa bzhi'') - the four levels of a [[vidyadhara]].
'''Four vidyadhara levels''' (Tib. རིག་འཛིན་རྣམ་པ་བཞི་, ''rigdzin nampa shyi'', [[Wyl.]] ''rig 'dzin rnam pa bzhi'') the four levels of a [[vidyadhara]] which are specific to the [[Dzogchen]] or [[Nyingma]] tradition.


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


According to [[Khenpo Ngakchung]]:
==Related to the [[Five Paths]]==
According to [[Longchenpa]]:
*the '''matured vidyadhara''' is on the paths of [[path of accumulation|accumulation]] and [[path of joining|joining]], which are known collectively as the stage of aspiring conduct;
*the '''vidyadhara with power over life''' has reached the [[path of seeing]];
*the '''mahamudra vidyadhara''' is on the [[path of meditation]] and
*the '''spontaneously accomplished vidyadhara''' is on the [[path of no-more-learning]].


*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.
[[Khenpo Ngakchung]] states:
*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 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 [[bhumi]]s are '''mahamudra vidyadharas'''.
*Those who are on the second to the ninth [[bhumi]]s are '''mahamudra vidyadharas'''.
*Then, at the end of the path, at the moment [[buddhahood]] is reached, they are '''spontaneously accomplished vidyadharas'''.
*Then, at the end of the path, at the moment [[buddhahood]] is reached, they are '''spontaneously accomplished vidyadharas'''.


==Further Reading==
*[[Jikmé Lingpa]] and [[Patrul Rinpoche|Patrul Chökyi Wangpo]], ''Deity, Mantra and Wisdom'' (Ithaca: Snow Lion, 2006), 'B. The Results of the Path Linked with the Four Knowledge Holders', pages 56-67—provides an outline of the way the results of the path, structured around the [[four stages of approach and accomplishment]], are linked with the four vidyadhara levels.
*[[Tulku Thondup]], ''Enlightened Journey'' (Boston: Shambhala, 1995), pages 218-221.
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Latest revision as of 02:07, 2 March 2018

Four vidyadhara levels (Tib. རིག་འཛིན་རྣམ་པ་བཞི་, rigdzin nampa shyi, Wyl. rig 'dzin rnam pa bzhi) — the four levels of a vidyadhara which are specific to the Dzogchen or Nyingma tradition.

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

Related to the Five Paths

According to Longchenpa:

Khenpo Ngakchung states:

  • 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.

Further Reading