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Publication
Imprint: Ithaca, New York : Snow Lion Publication, 2003. Series: Tsadra Foundation series. Responsibility: Machig Labdrön, translated and edited by Sarah Harding. Physical: Text : 1 volume : 365 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Features: Includes glossary, index, notes.
Call number
GT-B-Tb / Labdr
ISBN
1559391820 / 9781559391825
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CSS Library Notes
Named Person: Machig Labdrön | Machig Labdron | Machik .
Named Practice: Chod : Chöd : gcod |
Named Work: Phung po gzan skyur gyi rnam bshad gcod kyi don gsal byed.
Description: This book is the most famous book of teachings of Machik Labdron, the great female saint and yogini of 11 and 12th century Tibet, now finally translated in its entirely into English.
Table of Contents: Foreword Thrangu Rinpoche p. 9
Acknowledgments p. 11
Preface p. 13
Introduction p. 21
Machik's Complete Explanation: The Translation
1 Training p. 57
Previous Life in India p. 57
Her Birthplace, Parents, and Birth p. 59
Childhood p. 63
Life as a Recitation Chaplain with Lama Drapa p. 65
First Meeting with Dampa Sangye p. 66
Meeting with Sönam Lama p. 67
Empowerment p. 69
Other Masters p. 72
Teachings from Dampa Sangye p. 72
Synopsis p. 75
2 Maturity p. 77
Meeting Töpa Bhadra p. 77
Empowerment from Sönam Lama p. 81
Empowerment from Dampa p. 83
The Red House of Copper Mountain p. 84
Encounter with Tara p. 86
Tönyön Samdrup p. 89
The Inquisition of the Indian Panditas p. 93
Machiks Teachings and Transmissions p. 98
3 The Questions of Tönyön Samdrup p. 103
How Tönyön Perceives Machik p. 106
How She Emanates p. 107
The Five Degenerations p. 107
The Specialness of Chöd p. 109
About Mahamudra p. 114
4 The Questions of Gangpa Muksang p. 117
The Four Devils p. 117
When to Sever Them p. 121
Six Kinds of Gods and Demons p. 123
Evidence of Success at Severance p. 133
5 Tönyön's Questions on Chöd p. 137
Giving Rise to the Resolve for Enlightenment and Gathering the Guests p. 140
Meditating on the Objects of Refuge, Training the Mind in the Four Immeasurables, and Inviting the Field of Accumulation p. 144
Paying Homage with the Eight Branches and Making Offerings p. 153
Separating Body and Mind (powa) and Offering the Mandala p. 156
Supplicating and Bringing Down Blessings p. 162
Offering the Body and Giving It in Charity p. 163
Concluding with the Dedication, Prayers, and Dissolution p. 181
6 The Questions of Gyenema p. 185
Death and Dying p. 185
Divisions of the Body p. 189
Outer and Inner Gods and Demons p. 195
Characteristics of the Body p. 196
The Syllables Ha, Hung, and P'e p. 203
7 The Questions of Chökyi Senge p. 205
The Ten Obligations p. 205
Dress Styles of Chöd p. 207
Identifying Local Spirits p. 212
Size and Quantities in the Chöd Visualizations p. 214
Uprisings, Apparitions, Evidence of Success, and Evidence of Severance p. 217
The Common and Uncommon Evidence of Success p. 221
8 The Question of Jetsun Zilnön p. 231
Outer and Inner Apparitions of Spirits p. 231
General Apparitions p. 247
Special Occurrences p. 250
9 The Questions of Sönam Gyen p. 253
Future Corruption of State Law p. 253
10 More Questions of Sönam Gyen p. 261
Future Deterioration of Religious Ethics p. 261
The Future of Chöd p. 271
Colophon p. 282
The Great Bundle of Precepts on Severance with Commentary
Introduction to Machik's Great Bundle of Precepts p. 285
The Great Bundle of Precepts: The Source Esoteric Instruction on Severance, the Profound Perfection of Wisdom p. 287
The Great Bundle of Precepts on Severance Outline p. 303
Complete Explanation of Severance p. 307
FY2004 /
Named Practice: Chod : Chöd : gcod |
Named Work: Phung po gzan skyur gyi rnam bshad gcod kyi don gsal byed.
Description: This book is the most famous book of teachings of Machik Labdron, the great female saint and yogini of 11 and 12th century Tibet, now finally translated in its entirely into English.
Table of Contents: Foreword Thrangu Rinpoche p. 9
Acknowledgments p. 11
Preface p. 13
Introduction p. 21
Machik's Complete Explanation: The Translation
1 Training p. 57
Previous Life in India p. 57
Her Birthplace, Parents, and Birth p. 59
Childhood p. 63
Life as a Recitation Chaplain with Lama Drapa p. 65
First Meeting with Dampa Sangye p. 66
Meeting with Sönam Lama p. 67
Empowerment p. 69
Other Masters p. 72
Teachings from Dampa Sangye p. 72
Synopsis p. 75
2 Maturity p. 77
Meeting Töpa Bhadra p. 77
Empowerment from Sönam Lama p. 81
Empowerment from Dampa p. 83
The Red House of Copper Mountain p. 84
Encounter with Tara p. 86
Tönyön Samdrup p. 89
The Inquisition of the Indian Panditas p. 93
Machiks Teachings and Transmissions p. 98
3 The Questions of Tönyön Samdrup p. 103
How Tönyön Perceives Machik p. 106
How She Emanates p. 107
The Five Degenerations p. 107
The Specialness of Chöd p. 109
About Mahamudra p. 114
4 The Questions of Gangpa Muksang p. 117
The Four Devils p. 117
When to Sever Them p. 121
Six Kinds of Gods and Demons p. 123
Evidence of Success at Severance p. 133
5 Tönyön's Questions on Chöd p. 137
Giving Rise to the Resolve for Enlightenment and Gathering the Guests p. 140
Meditating on the Objects of Refuge, Training the Mind in the Four Immeasurables, and Inviting the Field of Accumulation p. 144
Paying Homage with the Eight Branches and Making Offerings p. 153
Separating Body and Mind (powa) and Offering the Mandala p. 156
Supplicating and Bringing Down Blessings p. 162
Offering the Body and Giving It in Charity p. 163
Concluding with the Dedication, Prayers, and Dissolution p. 181
6 The Questions of Gyenema p. 185
Death and Dying p. 185
Divisions of the Body p. 189
Outer and Inner Gods and Demons p. 195
Characteristics of the Body p. 196
The Syllables Ha, Hung, and P'e p. 203
7 The Questions of Chökyi Senge p. 205
The Ten Obligations p. 205
Dress Styles of Chöd p. 207
Identifying Local Spirits p. 212
Size and Quantities in the Chöd Visualizations p. 214
Uprisings, Apparitions, Evidence of Success, and Evidence of Severance p. 217
The Common and Uncommon Evidence of Success p. 221
8 The Question of Jetsun Zilnön p. 231
Outer and Inner Apparitions of Spirits p. 231
General Apparitions p. 247
Special Occurrences p. 250
9 The Questions of Sönam Gyen p. 253
Future Corruption of State Law p. 253
10 More Questions of Sönam Gyen p. 261
Future Deterioration of Religious Ethics p. 261
The Future of Chöd p. 271
Colophon p. 282
The Great Bundle of Precepts on Severance with Commentary
Introduction to Machik's Great Bundle of Precepts p. 285
The Great Bundle of Precepts: The Source Esoteric Instruction on Severance, the Profound Perfection of Wisdom p. 287
The Great Bundle of Precepts on Severance Outline p. 303
Complete Explanation of Severance p. 307
FY2004 /
Physical description
365 p.; 24 cm
Description
This book is the most famous book of teachings of Machik Labdron, the great female saint and yogini of 11 and 12th century Tibet, now finally translated in its entirely into English.
Language
Original language
Tibetan
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Profound, poetic, and moving description of the View and practice of Chod from the dakini who transmitted it.