Description
| Product ID: | 9781559390392 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Machig Labdron and the Foundations of Chod |
| Authors: | Author: Jerome Edou |
| Page Count: | 256 |
| Subjects: | Tibetan Buddhism, Tibetan Buddhism, Mind, body, spirit: thought and practice, Mind, Body, Spirit: thought & practice |
| Description: | Machig Labdron is popularly considered to be both a dakini and a deity, an emanation of Yum Chenmo, or Prajnaparamita, the embodiment of the wisdom of the buddhas. Historically, this Tibetan woman, a contemporary of Milarepa, was an adept and outstanding teacher, a mother, and a founder of a unique transmission lineage known as the Chöd of Mahamudra. This translation of the most famous biography of Machig Labdron, founder of the unique Mahamudra Chöd tradition, is presented together with a comprehensive overview of Chöd''s historical and doctrinal origins in Indian Buddhism and its subsequent transmission to Tibet. Chöd refers to cutting through the grasping at a self and its attendant emotional afflictions. Most famous for its teaching on transforming the aggregates into an offering of food for demons as a compassionate act of self-sacrifice, Chöd aims to free the mind from all fear and to arouse realization of its true nature, primordially clear bliss and emptiness. |
| Imprint Name: | Snow Lion Publications |
| Publisher Name: | Shambhala Publications Inc |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 1995-01-01 |