vidyadhara level of mahamudra

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Vidyadhara level of mahamudra (phyag chen rig 'dzin). [RY]

  • Third of the four vidyadhara levels. [RY]
  • Mahamudra form of the yidam deity (yi dam lha'i phyag chen kyi lus). The attainment, chiefly through Mahayoga Tantra, of the illusory wisdom body on the vidyadhara level of mahamudra which corresponds to the path of cultivation. It is a divine form of a deity endowed with the complete major and minor marks and through which the yogi is able to benefit beings in an extent that is equal to the sambhogakaya. [RY]
  • Supreme vidyadhara level of mahamudra (phyag rgya chen po mchog gi rig 'dzin). 1) Supreme enlightenment. 2) The third of the four vidyadhara levels. See 'vidyadhara level of mahamudra.' [RY]
  • Unified stage of the path of training (slob pa'i zung 'jug). A high level of accomplishment. Same as the vidyadhara level of mahamudra. [RY]
  • Vidyadhara level of mahamudra (phyag rgya chen po'i rig 'dzin). The third of the four vidyadhara levels. The stage of the path of cultivation; the practitioner emerges from the luminosity of the path of seeing in the form of the wisdom body of unified state of the 'path of training.' [RY]