mahāmudrā (English spelling) mahamudra

Japanese: mahāmudrā(英語表記)mahamudra
mahāmudrā (English spelling) mahamudra

...The Vajrasekhara Sutra places the symbolically expressed world of Buddha as a real entity outside of the human world, and based on the logic of yoga (mystical unity) that "the symbolized and the symbol itself are one and the same," it aims to attain Buddhahood in this very body by performing the three mysterious incantations, namely, imitating the movements of the various deities with one's own physical movements (Katsuma mudra), reciting their mantras out loud (Dharma mudra), and contemplating in one's mind the images that symbolize them (Sammaya mudra), thereby realizing pure esoteric Buddhism. Tantric Buddhism recognizes the feminine principle of that world as the Prajnaparamita (Buddha Mother, i.e. the wisdom that gives rise to enlightenment), equates it with a living woman (Mahayana), and aims to realize the androgynous true existence (enlightenment) by sexually practicing yoga (union) with it. It is usually disliked as a Left-Handed Esoteric Buddhism, but its essence can be seen as a return to the origins of Indian spirituality.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "mahāmudrā" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…《金剛頂経》はシンボリスティックに表現された仏の世界を人間の世界の外側に実在的に措定し,〈象徴されるものと象徴それ自体は同一である〉というその瑜伽(ヨーガ。神秘的合一)の論理に基づいて,三密加持,すなわち,自己の身体的動作によって諸尊の動作を模し(羯摩(かつま)印),口にそれらの真言を誦し(法印),意にそれらを象徴する形象(三昧耶形(さんまやぎよう))を観想し(三昧耶印),かくて自己を実在界(仏の世界)の一個の象徴(大印,マハームドラーmahāmudrā)と化することによって即身成仏をはかるもので,純然たる密教を実現している。 タントラ仏教はかの世界の女性原理を般若波羅蜜(仏母,すなわち悟りを生む智恵)として認識し,それを生身の女性(大印)と同置し,それと性的に瑜伽(合一)することによって中性的真実在の現成(悟り)を期するもので,通常は左道密教として嫌悪されるが,その本質はインド的精神性の原点への復帰現象とみなしうる面をもつ。…

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