The esoteric of Vajrayana Buddhism and the sacred mudra practices.

What's Mudra in Vajrayana Buddhism? Mudras are hand and body movements incorporated into the practice of meditation, exemplifying the combination of the physical and the spiritual in Vajrayana Buddhist practice. 

The rites and rituals of Vajrayana Buddhism are used as aids to spirituality, with the goal of assisting others as they seek enlightenment. 

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Mudra (Sanskrit: mudra; Tibetan: chakgya), which literally means a 'seal', is most commonly used in the context of Vajrayana practice and in iconography to refer to ritual hand gestures, which, together with mantras, are intended to enhance samadhi.

Mudras are a set of hand gestures and finger positions that serve as symbols in Buddhist art, representing the Buddha's various roles and states of mind. Mudras were first seen in statues from Gandhara.

What is mudra practice?

Performing mudra is said to stimulate the flow of prana (life force or energy) throughout the body, to quieten the mind by focusing it on the simple touch of our hands or fingers, and to intensify the power of our practice. 

What is the mudra technique? 

Mudra is a gesture or position, usually of the hands, that locks and guides energy flow and reflexes to the brain. They can also be extended to include eye positions, body postures, and breathing techniques. By curling, crossing, stretching, and touching the fingers and hands, we can communicate.

Such mudra gestures can represent particular deities, aspects of enlightenment, or offering substances.

It is common to speak of mantra, mudra, and samadhi as a triad, wherein mantra corresponds to enlightened speech, mudra to enlightened body, and samadhi to enlightened mind. 

In fact, the word mudra can refer to the deity's form as a whole or to their insignia. The teachings also refer to four kinds of mudra. 

Mudra is, together with the mantra, the tenth of the ten topics of tantra described in the teachings connected with the Guhyagarbha Tantra.

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