Publication
Imprint: Ithaca, N.Y. : Snow Lion Publications, c2009. Responsibility: Alejandro Chaoul ; forewords by Yongdzin Lopon Tenzin Namdak and Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche.. OCLC Number: 503708850. Physical: Text : 1 volume : xvi, 116 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. Features: Includes appendixes, bibliography, notes.
Call number
GT-Bon / Chaou
ISBN
1559392924 / 9781559392921
Collections
CSS Library Notes
Traditions and sects: Bon | Bön .
Named Practice: Chod : Chöd : gcod |
Description: The dramatic practice of chöd, 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 chöd practices of the Bön tradition, a tradition that claims pre-Buddhist origins in the mysterious western lands of Zhang-zhung Tazig and Olmolungrig, are still almost entirely unknown.
Table of Contents: Foreword / Yongdzin Lopon Tenzin Namdak
Foreword / Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche
Technical Note
Introduction Enchanted by the Melody
Chod: Offering One's Body
Chod in the Bon Religion
Appendix I Laughter of the Skygoers
Appendix II Secret Mother Tantra Index (dkar chags)
Appendix III Annotated Bibliography of Chod Texts from the Bon Tradition
Selected Bibliography
Notes
Location: COLLECTION: Teachings & Practices -- AREA: Great Traditions -- SECTION: Buddhism-Zen / Filing name:
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FY2012 /
Named Practice: Chod : Chöd : gcod |
Description: The dramatic practice of chöd, 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 chöd practices of the Bön tradition, a tradition that claims pre-Buddhist origins in the mysterious western lands of Zhang-zhung Tazig and Olmolungrig, are still almost entirely unknown.
Table of Contents: Foreword / Yongdzin Lopon Tenzin Namdak
Foreword / Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche
Technical Note
Introduction Enchanted by the Melody
Chod: Offering One's Body
Chod in the Bon Religion
Appendix I Laughter of the Skygoers
Appendix II Secret Mother Tantra Index (dkar chags)
Appendix III Annotated Bibliography of Chod Texts from the Bon Tradition
Selected Bibliography
Notes
Location: COLLECTION: Teachings & Practices -- AREA: Great Traditions -- SECTION: Buddhism-Zen / Filing name:
Topics: In TinyCat -- See "Tags" above for our libraries topic areas. See "Subjects" below for LCSH (Library of Congress Subject Headings) (note you can tour our library via Tags or LCSH, but LCHS are not available for all items in our holdings).
FY2012 /
Physical description
xvi, 116 p.; 23 cm
Description
"The dramatic practice of chöd, 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 chöd practices of the Bön tradition, a tradition that claims pre-Buddhist origins in the mysterious western lands of Zhang-zhung Tazig and Olmolungrig, are still almost entirely unknown."
Language
Original language
English