{"product_id":"machig-labdron-and-the-foundations-of-chod-9781559390392","title":"Machig Labdron and the Foundations of Chod","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMachig Labdron and the Foundations of Chod\u003c\/strong\u003e by Edou, Jerome. paperback edition. ISBN: 9781559390392.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMachig Labdron is popularly considered to be both a dakini and a deity, an emanation of Yum Chenmo, or Prajnaparamita, the embodiment of the wisdom of the buddhas. Historically, this Tibetan woman, a contemporary of Milarepa, was an adept and outstanding teacher, a mother, and a founder of a unique transmission lineage known as the Chöd of Mahamudra. This translation of the most famous biography of Machig Labdron, founder of the unique Mahamudra Chöd tradition, is presented together with a comprehensive overview of Chöds historical and doctrinal origins in Indian Buddhism and its subsequent transmission to Tibet.\n\nChöd refers to cutting through the grasping at a self and its attendant emotional afflictions. Most famous for its teaching on transforming the aggregates into an offering of food for demons as a compassionate act of self-sacrifice, Chöd aims to free the mind from all fear and to arouse realization of its true nature, primordially clear bliss and emptiness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Snow Lion","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45256872788021,"sku":"ByrdShop_1559390395","price":34.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781559390392_a46b51cc-e5f4-4704-abae-b2cd79d6ea22.jpg?v=1779963378","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/machig-labdron-and-the-foundations-of-chod-9781559390392","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}