The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (540 page)

 
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(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.

 
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Chödrug
:

see
NARO CHOS DRUG
.

 
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Ch’oe Che-u
(founder of Tonghak)
:

see
KOREAN RELIGION
.

 
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Chogye
(Buddhist sect)
:

see
BUDDHISM IN KOREA
.

 
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Ch
h
ji
(Japanese temple)
: