Chöd
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Chöd is a ritual practice belonging to the Shee Ché (zhi byed) lingeage of Tibetan Buddhism.
Chöd (literally "cutting through") is practiced as a means to cut through hindrances (eg. karma, ignorance, anger, but in particular dualism and especially the dualism of a sense of self and other) and allows the practitioner to abide in a natural state free from fear.
The founder of the practice of Chöd was Machig Labdrön, the consort of Dampa Sangye.[1]
[edit] Ritual objects
Practitioners of Tantric Chöd frequently use a Kangling (thighbone trumpet) and a Chöd drum, a hand drum similar to, but much larger than, a damaru.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Beyer (1973)
[edit] References
- Allione, Tsultrim (1984/2000). "The Biography of Machig Labdron (1055-1145)." in Women of Wisdom. Pp. 165-220. Snow Lion Publications. ISBN 1559391413
- Allione, Tsultrim (1998). "Feeding the Demons." in Buddhism in America. Brian D. Hotchkiss, ed. Pp. 344-363. Rutland, VT; Boston, MA; Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Co., Inc.
- Benard, Elisabeth Anne (1990). "Ma Chig Lab Dron.” Chos Yang 3:43-51.
- Beyer, Stephen (1973). The Cult of Tara. University of California Press. ISBN 0520036352
- Harding, Sarah (2003). Machik's Complete Explanation: Clarifying the Meaning of Chöd. Snow Lion Publications. ISBN 1559391820
- Kollmar-Paulenz, Karenina (1998). “Ma gcig Lab sgrn ma—The Life of a Tibetan Woman Mystic between Adaptation and Rebellion.” The Tibet Journal 23(2):11-32.
- Orofino, Giacomella (2000). “The Great Wisdom Mother and the Gcod Tradition.” in Tantra in Practice. David Gordon White, ed. Pp. 396-416. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
- Stott, David (1989). “Offering the Body: the Practice of gCod in Tibetan Buddhism.” Religion 19:221-226.
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