Chod practice in the Bon tradition : tracing the origins of chod (gcod) in the Bon tradition, a diologic approach cutting through sectarian boundaries

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. The dramatic practice of chd, in which the yogin visualizes giving his or her own sacrificed body to the gods and demons as a way to cut the attachment to self and ordinary reality, offers an intense and direct confrontation with the central issues of the spiritual path. The chd practices of the Bn tradition, a tradition that claims pre-Buddhist origins in the mysterious western lands of Zhang-zhung Tazig and Olmolungrig, are still almost entirely unknown. Alejandro Chaoul ; Forewords By Yongdzin Lopon Tenzin Namdak And Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. C:\Users\user\Desktop\chod\chod22.txt......Page 1 Local Disk......Page 0 Chod Practice in the Bon Tradition......Page 2