There are 85 known Mahasiddhas and likely many more today in secret

85 Mahasiddhas

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 lists are not all the same, but there are many Mahasiddhas who appear on most lists.

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Mahasiddha is a term for someone who embodies and cultivates the "siddhi of perfection". ... There exist several Tibetan versions of the list of mahasiddhas based on the Vajrasana text. However, these Tibetan texts differ in many cases with ...

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