Mahasiddha (Sanskrit: mahāsiddha "great adept; Tibetan: གྲུབ་ཐོབ་ཆེན་པོ, Wylie: grub thob chen po, THL: druptop chenpo) is a term for someone who embodies and cultivates the " siddhi of perfection". A siddha is an individual who, through the practice of sādhanā, attains the realization of siddhis, psychic and spiritual abilities and powers.

mahasiddha, in the Tantric, or esoteric, traditions of India and Tibet, a person who, by the practice of meditative disciplines, has attained siddha (miraculous powers); a great magician.

Mahasiddha (Skt. mahāsiddha; T. grub thob chen po གྲུབ་ཐོབ་ཆེན་པོ; C. dasheng 大聖), or "great adept," is an epithet for a highly realized tantric practitioner.

Oct 1, 2012 · By reading their stories, we know that through effort and practice of the Buddha’s teachings, we too can gain liberation. The lives of these 84 mahasiddhas have a similar pattern… the siddha-to-be experiences some sort of preliminary discontent or a life-crisis leading to the appearance of the guru.

A mahasiddha is a bodhisattva, someone who can enter nirvana whenever they want, but instead choose to stay in samsara to help others. In both Hindu and Tibetan Buddhist traditions there are 85 Mahasiddhas.

The eighty-four mahasiddhas helped bring about the growth and success of the Tantric tradition, particularly during the Pala dynasty. The supernatural stories of the mahasiddha helped establish many Buddhist lineages and traditions.

Dec 21, 2023 · Mahasiddha is the name given to a yogi who cultivates and embodies the “siddhi of perfection” through their sadhana practice of yoga and tantra. This was said to give them psychic and spiritual powers and magical abilities.

Mahasiddha (Tibetan: གྲུབ་ཐོབ་ཆེན་པོ, Wylie: grub thob chen po; or Tibetan: ཏུལ་ཤུག, Wylie: tul shug; Sanskrit Devanagari: महासिद्ध; IAST: mahāsiddha, maha meaning "great" and siddha meaning "adept") is a term for someone who embodies and cultivates the "siddhi of perfection."

A mahasiddha is a tantric practitioner who embodies the state of perfection. Mahasiddha means 'great accomplishment ', a yogin who has brought his sadhana or practice to its completion and achieved realization.

Mahasiddha (Sanskrit) (Tibetan: ): great (maha) accomplished one (siddha), or great [spiritually] accomplished one, also known as Indian adepts. They are the principal Indian teachers of Hindu and Buddhist Tantra.