The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (540 page)
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Chöd
or gcod
or gcod
(Tib.,
gcod
, ‘cutting’). A
meditation
prominent in
Tibetan
Buddhism, which is traced to the great female
yogin
Machig Labdron (
ma.gcig
lab.sgron) and her teacher Father Dampa Sangye (pha.dam.pasangs.rgyas; equated in one legend with
Bod.-hidharma
). The meditation is normally performed in a charnel ground or known haunted place, where the
yogin
, with the aid of
mantra
, hand-drum and human thigh-bone trumpet,
visualizes
the cutting up of his own body and the offering of it to demons as sacrificial food.
gcod
, ‘cutting’). A
meditation
prominent in
Tibetan
Buddhism, which is traced to the great female
yogin
Machig Labdron (ma.gcig
lab.sgron) and her teacher Father Dampa Sangye (pha.dam.pasangs.rgyas; equated in one legend with
Bod.-hidharma
). The meditation is normally performed in a charnel ground or known haunted place, where the
yogin
, with the aid of
mantra
, hand-drum and human thigh-bone trumpet,
visualizes
the cutting up of his own body and the offering of it to demons as sacrificial food.
Chödrug
:
:
Ch’oe Che-u
(founder of Tonghak)
:
(founder of Tonghak)
:
Chogye
(Buddhist sect)
:
(Buddhist sect)
:
Ch
h
ji
(Japanese temple)
:
hji(Japanese temple)
:
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