Four vidyadhara levels

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

  • matured vidyadhara
  • vidyadhara with power over life
  • mahamudra vidyadhara
  • spontaneously accomplished vidyadhara

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.