Machig Labdron and the Foundations of ChodMachig 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. |
Contents
THE CHÖD TRADITION | 15 |
The Heart Sutra | 26 |
The Chöd of Machig | 39 |
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according appear Aryadeva Avalokitesvara ba'i bdud Biography of Machig bodhisattva body brgyud Buddha Buddhist Cakrasamvara chen mo Chöd practice Chöd tradition Chödpa chos commentaries Concise Life Story consciousness dakini Dampa Sangyé dbang deity Dharamsala Dharma dharmakaya disciples Dorjé empowerments emptiness Exposition of Transforming four Gates of Space gcig gcod kyi gcod yul gods and demons Grand Exposition Grand Poem guru Gyalwa Döndrup Gyatso Highest Yoga Tantra India instructions Jamgön Kongtrul Karmapa lineage Machig Labdrön Mahamudra mahasiddhas Mahāyāna mandala Marvelous meaning meditation Milarepa mkha monastic Mother Namkha ngag nondual oral pa'i Padmasambhava path Perfection of Wisdom phenomena phyag Prajñā Prajñāpāramitā Profound realization rgya Rinpoché rnam bshad rnam thar Sönam Lama spiritual spyod Sutra Tantra Tără teachings texts Thönyön Samdrup Tibet Tibetan tion Transforming the Aggregates translated Transmission History tshogs Tsöndrü Sengé ultimate Vajrayana yidam Yoga yogi yogin Yum Chenmo