Post by donq on Aug 14, 2017 7:28:44 GMT
Hand Mudras - 24 before meditation, 8 after meditation
8 offerings mudras
Laughing baby: Mudra
I believe you've heard about hand mudras, right?
"A mudra is a symbolic or ritual gesture in Hinduism and Buddhism. While some mudras involve the entire body, most are performed with the hands and fingers."
The first time I saw someone doing hand mudras was around 35 years ago. I was watching one of my spiritual teachers doing it (that time there was no internet here yet). He learned it when he was in India. I practiced it later and could do it for years but had forgot about it for a very long time ago. Then I saw it again in the movie (Little Buddha 1993). A Tibetan monk did a beautiful hand mudras. Recently I searched on youtube hoping to find some hand mudras that I already forgot. Unfortunately, the world has really changed a lot.
I posted the links of some (very short) videos here in case you might be interested. Anyway, I also came across the viedo called, "Laughing baby: Mudra" (the last one above). Though I knew that it was just a joke but I could not stop staring the little girl's hands. She somehow really was doing hand mudras!
