Machig Labdrön

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Machig Labdrön (Tibetan: མ་གཅིག་ལབ་སྒྲོན་; Wylie: Ma-gcig Lab-sgron) (1055 - 1149^[1]) was the founder of the Tibetan Buddhist practice of Chöd. She came from a Bönpo family and, according to Chogyal Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche, developed Chöd by combining native Tibetan Bönpo shamanism with the Dzogchen teachings.

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1. ^ Norbu (1986)

[edit] References

• Allione, Tsultrim. "The Biography of Machig Labdron (1055-1145)," in Women of Wisdom. Snow Lion Publications. ISBN 1559391413
• Edou, Jérôme. Machic Labdrön and the Foundations of Chöd. ISBN 1559390395
• Harding, Sarah. Machik's Complete Explanation: Clarifying the Meaning of Chöd. Snow Lion Publications. ISBN 1559391820
• Norbu, Namkhai (1986). The Crystal and the Way of Light. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. ISBN 0140290848

[edit] External links

• Yogini Macik Labdron and the Formation of Chod Sect - Section 2 of China Tibetology article: "Nuns of the unique Joyul (gcod-yul) Sect of Tibetan Buddhism"