Chod Practice in the Bon Tradition (Paperback)

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.

General

Imprint:	Snow Lion Publications
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	August 2009
First published:	August 2009
Authors:	Alejandro Chaoul
Foreword by:	Yongdzin Lopon Tenzi Namdak • Tenzin Wangyal
Dimensions:	227 x 152 x 10mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	116
ISBN-13:	978-1-55939-292-1
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Non-Christian religions > Religions of Indic & Oriental origin > Oriental religions > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Non-Christian religions > Religions of Indic & Oriental origin > Oriental religions > General
LSN:	1-55939-292-4
Barcode:	9781559392921

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