Rainbow Light Body is Bon (Dzogchen)

(Asangoham) The Secret Teachings of the Rainbow Body (a pre-Buddhist Himalayan Bon shamanism idea that fused with Esoteric Vajrayana Tibetan Buddhism)

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Tibetan ecstatic meditation: Mahamudra

The deepest meditation I’ve ever found (and I’ve tried 112)

(SoulArtist) May 14, 2025: After exploring over 100 different meditation techniques across the past seven years — from silent sitting to active movement, from vipassana (insight) to breathwork (pranayama) — I recently discovered a meditation so powerful, it went deeper than anything I’ve ever tried before: the OSHO Mahamudra Meditation™.

Might the Tibetan version be better than Osho's?

In this video, I share my honest experience with this practice, what makes it so different, and why I believe it may be one of the most transformative meditations available today. This is not a technique for the mind; it’s a surrender into something far greater.

The most powerful meditation I’ve found (FULL instructions)

🔗 Learn the technique (official instructions): 👉 osho.com/de/meditation/os... 🎵 Meditation Music (OSHO Mahamudra by Deuter): 👉 shop.osho.com/de/musik-fuer-o... 👉 Or listen on Spotify: "Osho Mahamudra Meditation – Deuter"

🧘‍♂️ What is OSHO Mahamudra Meditation™? “This meditation is a meeting between you and the cosmos, between you and the whole of existence. It helps you to merge, melt, and let-go on the deepest level possible.”

– Osho, from “Tantra: The Supreme Understanding, #6”

The meditation has two stages (approx. 50 minutes) and is supported by specific music that mirrors and deepens the energetic flow of the practice. Instructions (from osho.com):

• First Stage – 30 minutes: Stand with eyes closed and let the body move naturally. Allow spontaneous movements to arise — no control, just witnessing. This is Latihan. The body becomes an expression of pure energy.
• Second Stage – 20 minutes: Kneel, raise both hands to the sky. Feel like a hollow bamboo. Let energy pour into you from above — then bow down and release it into the earth. Repeat at least 7 times.

“If you do this every day, soon, somewhere within three months, one day you will feel you are not there. Just the energy is pulsating with the universe – nobody is there, the ego is completely lost, the doer is not. The universe is there, and you are there, the wave pulsating with the ocean – that is Mahamudra. That is the final orgasm, the most blissful state of consciousness that is possible.”

– Osho

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Saraha, Mahāsiddhas (British Museum)

Mahāmudrā (Sanskrit महामुद्रा, Tibetan ཕྱག་ཆེན་, phyag chen, chag-chen, contraction of Tibetan ཕྱག་རྒྱ་ཆེན་པོ་, phyag rgya chen po, chag-gya chen-po) literally means "great seal" or "great imprint."

It refers to the fact that "all phenomena inevitably are stamped by the fact [that] wisdom and emptiness [are] inseparable" [1]. (That is to say, the "perfection of wisdom" or prajnaparamita is that all things are ultimately impersonal).

Mahāmudrā is a multivalent term of great importance in later Indian Buddhism and Tibetan Buddhism, which "also occurs occasionally in Hindu and East Asian Buddhist esotericism" [2].

The name also refers to a body of teachings representing the culmination of all the practices of the New Translation schools of Tibetan Buddhism that believe it to be the quintessential message of all of their sacred texts.

The practice of Mahāmudrā is also known as the teaching called "Sahaja Yoga" or "Co-emergence Yoga" [3].

In Tibetan Buddhism, particularly the Kagyu school, Sahaja Mahāmudrā is sometimes seen as a different Buddhist vehicle (yana), the "Sahajayana" (Tibetan lhen chig kye pa), also known as the vehicle of self-liberation [4].

Jamgon Kongtrul, a Tibetan nonsectarian (ri-mé) scholar, characterizes mahāmudrā as the path to realizing the "mind as it is" (sems nyid), which also stands at the core of all Kagyu paths. He states, "In general, Mahāmudrā and everything below it are the ‘mind path’" (sems lam).

Mahāmudrā traditionally refers to the quintessence of mind itself and the practice of meditation in relation to a true understanding of it [5].

History

The usage and meaning of the term mahāmudrā evolved over the course of hundreds of years of Indian and Tibetan history and, as a result, the term may refer variously to "a ritual hand-gesture, one of a sequence of 'seals' in Tantric practice, the nature of [ultimate] reality as emptiness [impersonal], a meditation procedure focusing on the nature of Mind, an innate blissful gnosis [knowing] cognizing emptiness nondually, or the supreme attainment of buddhahood at the culmination of the Tantric path" [2].

According to Jamgon Kongtrul, the Indian theoretical sources of the mahāmudrā tradition are Yogacara and tathagatagarbha ("buddha-nature") texts such as the Saṃdhinirmocana Sūtra and the Mahāyānottaratantraśāstra [6].

The actual practice and lineage of mahāmudrā can be traced back to wandering maha-siddhas ("great adepts") during the Indian Pala Dynasty (760-1142), beginning with the 8th century siddha Saraha [7].

Saraha's dohas ("songs" or "poems in rhyming couplets") are the earliest extant mahāmudrā literature and promote some of the unique features of mahāmudrā such as the importance of:

• pointing-out instruction by a guru,
• the non-dual nature of mind, and
• the negation of the conventional means of achieving enlightenment such as calm-and-insight (samatha-vipasyana) meditation, monasticism, rituals, tantric practices, and doctrinal study in favor of more the direct methods of mahāmudrā "non-meditation" and "non-action" [8].

These teachings also became the wellspring for the body of instructions eventually known as the mind teachings of Tibet associated with mahāmudrā of the Kagyu lineages [9].

Later Indian and Tibetan masters such as Padmavajra, Tilopa, and Gampopa incorporated mahāmudrā into tantric, monastic, and traditional meditative frameworks [10]. More: Mahamudra

Osho's Mahamudra Meditation. How to practice. A Tibetan Vajrayana meditation

(The Rebirthing Journey) Feb. 20, 2022: Osho says of this meditation: “If you do this every day, soon, somewhere within three months, one day you will feel you are not there. Just the energy is pulsating with the universe – nobody is there, the ego is completely lost, the doer is not. The universe is there, and you are there, the wave pulsating with the ocean – that is Mahamudra. That is the final orgasm, the most blissful state of consciousness that is possible.” #osho #mahamudra #meditation

• Ashley Wells, Ananda (Dharma Buddhist Meditation) (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly Wiki edit

Mudras? Why did the Buddha use them?

How to do a magical mudra (physical gesture) to achieve anything we want

(Dhieyo) Sept. 21, 2021: What is a mudra? It is a hand or body gesture with intention behind it to produce a result. It can therefore be a kind of magic.

Discover the power of mudra – hand gestures in Buddhist art

(Sotheby's) The Buddha used many mudras, each with a specific and well understood meaning. They often seem to be describing what he was doing while he sat in silence. Others indicated his activities in statues, iconographic depictions of him in his life, such as teaching, dispelling fear, resting in stillness (concentration, samadhi), or offering a blessing.

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(@devidaughter7782) Thank you for the beautiful images and detailed descriptions! One note: it's less pejorative to say "oral tradition cultures" rather than "preliterate" as the latter term implies that all societies will develop written languages. Many rich and wonderful Indigenous cultures around the world have remained oral traditions; this does not imply that they are "less developed" or inferior in any way.  In fact, their wisdom has remained relational, fluid, and alive in contrast to the limitations that have come with written texts. It is important for us to use language that reflects a respectful acknowledgement that rich wisdom traditions occur in both oral and written traditions.

(@owltv6401) May the Triple Gem bless all.

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NAMO DHAMMAY

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How to attract anyone with Three-Eyed Mudra even the gods and goddesses!

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• Dheiyo; Sotheby's; Devraha Gyan; Dhr. Seven and Amber Larson (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Mudras: hand gestures for meditation

Crystal Quintero and Dhr. Seven (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly Wikipedia edit; pinterest.com

Hand and finger positioning can be very helpful in the practice of meditation.

Yoga (bodily poses) and mudras (gestures) are so easy, even kids can do them (pinterest)

 

The Buddha, vajra mudra

What is a mudrā? It is a Sanskrit (मुद्रा) word for "seal," "mark," or "gesture" (Tibetan ཕྱག་རྒྱ་ or chakgya).

It is a symbolic or ritual gesture in Vedic Brahmanism (the ancient tradition inherited and preserved by Hinduism) and Buddhism.

Some mudras involve the entire body, as when the Buddha is sitting in full lotus pose holding one hand close to his heart with fingers signifying absorption (jhana).

Will they help me sit and focus the mind?

But most are performed with the hands and fingers. A mudrā is a spiritual gesture and an energetic seal of authenticity employed in the iconography and spiritual practice of Indian [Dharmic] religions. One hundred and eight mudrās are used in regular Tantric rituals.

 

In yoga, mudrās are used in conjunction with pranayama (yogic breathing exercises), generally while seated in lotus pose, easy pose, or vajra pose to stimulate different parts of the body involved in breathing and to affect the flow of energy/chi/prana in the body. More

Shinzen Young in Los Angeles: "Do nothing"

Shinzen.org; Against the Stream Buddhist Meditation Society; Wisdom Quarterly

Shinzen Young talks about a technique he calls "do nothing." It is like what other traditions call choiceless awareness, just sitting, the great perfection (dzogchen), and mahamudra. Instructions: VIDEO

"Let whatever happens happen. As soon as you're aware of an intention to control your attention -- drop that intention."

World famous Zen master and Western Buddhist teacher Shinzen Young will be leading the weekly Against the Stream Los Angeles meditation and Dharma session Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012 in Hollywood and Monday, Jan. 23 at 7:30-9:00 pm in Santa Monica. Drop-in basis, no registration necessary, open to everyone, by donation, no one turned away.

Wednesday Meditations and Dharma Talks
Against the Stream Los Angeles

Every week at 7:30 pm, Noah Levine and other ATS teachers alternate leading these sessions with occasional special guest teachers. Guided meditation is followed by a Dharma talk.

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