Chöd: the sacred teachings on severance
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Main Author: Blo-gros-mthav-yas 1813-1899 (Author, Compiler)
Other Authors: Harding, Sarah 1951- (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boulder Snow Lion 2016
Edition:First edition
Series:The treasury of precious instructions volume 14
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Item Description:From the legendary cofounder of Tibet's nineteenth-century nonsectarian movement, an encyclopedic survey of the practice of Chod, or severance, a tantric ritual based on the crucial Mahayana sutras to sever clinging to an ego and thereby achieve realization. The Treasury of Precious Instructions by Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye, one of Tibet's greatest Buddhist masters, is a shining jewel of Tibetan literature, presenting essential teachings from the entire spectrum of practice lineages that existed in Tibet. In its eighteen volumes, Kongtrul brings together some of the most important texts on key topics of Buddhist thought and practice as well as authoring significant new sections of his own. In this, the fourteenth volume, Kongtrul compiles the teachings on Severance, or Chod. It includes some of the tradition's earliest source scriptures, such as the 'grand poem' of Aryadeva, and numerous texts by the tradition's renowned founder, Machik Labdron. Kongtrul also brings together the mo
Physical Description:xxii, 646 Seiten Illustration 24 cm
ISBN:9781611803723

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