| Machik's Complete Explanation: Clarifying the Meaning of Chod, a Complete Explanation of Casting Out the Body as Food Contributor(s): Harding, Sarah (Author) |
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ISBN: 1559394145 ISBN-13: 9781559394147 Publisher: Snow Lion Publications OUR PRICE: $31.46 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Buddhism - Tibetan - Religion | Meditations |
| Dewey: 294.344 |
| LCCN: 2012042819 |
| Series: Tsadra Foundation |
| Physical Information: 1.4" H x 6.2" W x 9.1" (1.50 lbs) 416 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Buddhist |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Fear, anger, and negativity are states that each of us have to contend with. Machik's Complete Explanation, the most famous book of the teachings of Machik Lapdr n, the great female saint and yogini of eleventh- to twelfth-century Tibet, addresses these issues in a practical, direct way. Machik developed a system, the Mahamudra Ch d, that takes the Buddha's teachings as a basis and applies them to the immediate experiences of negative mind states and malignant forces. Her unique feminine approach is to invoke and nurture the very demons that we fear and hate, transforming those reactive emotions into love. It is the tantric version of developing compassion and fearlessness, a radical method of cutting through ego-fixation. This expanded edition includes Machik Lapdr n's earliest known teaching, the original source text for the tradition, The Great Bundle of Precepts on Severance (Ch d). This pithy set of instructions reveals that the teachings of the perfection of wisdom are the true inspiration for Ch d. It is beautifully clarified in a short commentary by Rangjung Dorje, the Third Karmapa. |