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Mahamudra facts for kids

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Sharaha British Museum
A scroll painting of Saraha, surrounded by other Mahāsiddhas, probably 18th century and now in the British Museum

Mahamudra (Sanskrit: great seal) is an advanced form of meditation in Buddhism. It is practiced by the Kagyu, Gelug and Sakya schools of Tibetan Buddhism.

The Bön and Nyingma schools practice a different advanced form of meditation called Dzogchen.

Images for kids

  • Maitripa

    Maitripa.

  • Bhutanese painted thanka of Milarepa (1052-1135), Late 19th-early 20th Century, Dhodeydrag Gonpa, Thimphu, Bhutan

    Painted thanka of Milarepa (1052-1135), Late 19th-early 20th Century, Dhodeydrag Gonpa, Thimphu, Bhutan

  • Gampopa portrait

    Gampopa (1079–1153), Kagyu founder

  • 4th Panchen Lama

    The 4th Panchen Lama, Lobsang Chökyi Gyaltsen

  • Karmapa9

    Wangchuk Dorje (1556–1603), 9th Karmapa, composed various influential texts on Mahamudra.

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Mahamudra para niños

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