Mahamudra (or Dzogchen) are part of a chain of Indian exercise methods. Endowed with strong ties to local history and religion it is said that within these: One who has a deep inner experience of Mahamudra can adopt varied lifestyles, without it harms your meditation. Mahasiddhas India, as Tilopa and Naropa, had an outdoor activity, ordinary or strange, meditating without interruption. Milarepa, as he chose to abandon any temporal activity to devote himself solely to meditation in solitude. As the Gampopa, his chief disciple, and the first Karmapa, Tüsum Khyenpa, disciple of the latter opted for the monk's life. All despite the diversity of its genres of life, they obtained the release.