Machig Labdron and the Foundations of Chod

Jerome Edou

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Snow Lion Publications
15 February 2013

Tibetan Buddhism; Mind, Body, Spirit: thought & practice

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 Ch d of Mahamudra. This translation of the most famous biography of Machig Labdron, founder of the unique Mahamudra Ch d tradition, is presented together with a comprehensive overview of Ch d's historical and doctrinal origins in Indian Buddhism and its subsequent transmission to Tibet.

Ch d 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, Ch d aims to free the mind from all fear and to arouse realization of its true nature, primordially clear bliss and emptiness.

By: Jerome Edou
Imprint: Snow Lion Publications
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 357g
ISBN: 9781559390392
ISBN 10: 1559390395
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 15 February 2013
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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.

Reviews for Machig Labdron and the Foundations of Chod

Provides some wonderful material on the Chod lineage, Machig Labdron's biography, and the origins of Mahamudra Chod . . . .With its publication we come a little bit closer to feeling the spirit and incisive wisdom of this great yogini. Tsultrim Allione, author of Women of Wisdom Consider reading this book as a spiritual investment. Dr. Elizabeth Benard, author of Chinnamasta: The Aweful Buddhist and Hindu Tantric Goddess