Chod Practice In The Bon Tradition: Tracing The Origins Of Chod (gcod) In The Bon Tradition, A Dialogic Approach Cutting Through Sectarian Boundaries

Book Summary


This book is the first to trace the history of Chod practice in Tibet's indigenous Bon tradition. Chod (cutting through) is a meditative practice in which the practitioner imagines offering his or her body in sacrifice through elaborate contemplative visualization. Although a meditative practice, Chod is not done sitting comfortably on a cushion in a shrine room, but instead is often practiced in terrifying places like cemeteries or charnal grounds. The feelings of fear that result are used by the Chod practitioner to cut through his or her own ego. Chod contains elements of early shamanism, of sutric and tantric teachings also found in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism, and of the Tibetan highest school of Dzogchen.

Book Details


Book Name Chod Practice In The Bon Tradition: Tracing The Origins Of Chod (gcod) In The Bon Tradition, A Dialogic Approach Cutting Through Sectarian Boundaries
Author Alejandro Chaoul, Yongdzin Lopon Tenzin Namdak, Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche
Publisher Snow Lion Publications (Aug 2009)
ISBN 9781559392921
Pages 116
Language English
Price 690
 
 

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