Lit. “great seal.” One of the three types of mudrā, with aspects as causal and resultant mahāmudrā (see Introduction, UT22084-077-002-77 et seq.).

Awakened state described as the union of wisdom and means.

A very advanced practice that combines wisdom and means.

An important and polyvalent term in esoteric Buddhist literature, it is used here to refer to the form of Vajradhara as a “seal” of ultimate reality that one adopts in one’s meditative practice.