Chöd
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Chöd is a spiritual practice found primarily in the Yundrung Bön tradition as well as in the Nyingma and Kagyu schools of Tibetan Buddhism. Also known as "cutting through the ego," the practices are b
Chöd practitioners at Boudhanath stupa
Vajrayogini, an important deity in chöd, with a kartari flaying knife and a kapala "skull cup"
A damaru, a ritual drum
A kangling, a trumpet made out of a human femur
Machig Labdrön
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Machig Labdrön, or "Singular Mother Torch from Lab", was a Tibetan Buddhist nun believed to be a reincarnation of Yeshe Tsogyal, and the renowned 11th-century Tibetan tantric Buddhist master and yogin
Chöd
…demons are one’s own mind, and ruthlessly severing self-centered arrogance through an understanding of the sameness of self and others." According to Machig Labdrön, the main goal of chöd is cutting through ego clinging: What we call devils are not materially existing individuals . . . . A devil means anything which…
Machig Labdrön
Chökyi Drönma