Machig Labdron & the Foundations of Chod

Edou, Jerome/ Decleer, Hubert

ISBN 10: 1559390395 / ISBN 13: 9781559390392

Editore: Snow Lion Pubns, 1995

236 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.75 inches. In Stock. Codice articolo zk1559390395

Riassunto:

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.

Informazioni sull?autore: Jerome Edou has been studying with Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche since 1976. He has been an interpreter for various lamas for more than ten years and is an author and translator of works on Tibet and Tibetan Buddhism. He currently lives in Kathmandu.

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Titolo: Machig Labdron & the Foundations of Chod
Casa editrice: Snow Lion Pubns
Data di pubblicazione: 1995
Legatura: Paperback
Condizione: Brand New