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'''Chö''' [Tib.] ([[wyl.]] ''gcod'') (literally “cutting”) is a practice, based on the [[prajnaparamita]], involving a visualization in which the physical body is offered as food to various guests, including evil forces or dangerous spirits, the purpose of which is to destroy or “cut” the [[four maras]] and especially one’s own ego-clinging. Chö was introduced to Tibet by the Indian master [[Padampa Sangye]] and his Tibetan disciple, the yogini [[ | '''Chö''' [Tib.] ([[wyl.]] ''gcod'') (literally “cutting”) is a practice, based on the [[prajnaparamita]], involving a visualization in which the physical body is offered as food to various guests, including evil forces or dangerous spirits, the purpose of which is to destroy or “cut” the [[four maras]] and especially one’s own ego-clinging. Chö was introduced to Tibet by the Indian master [[Padampa Sangye]] and his Tibetan disciple, the yogini [[Machik Labdrön]]. | ||
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Revision as of 09:25, 29 April 2007
Chö [Tib.] (wyl. gcod) (literally “cutting”) is a practice, based on the prajnaparamita, involving a visualization in which the physical body is offered as food to various guests, including evil forces or dangerous spirits, the purpose of which is to destroy or “cut” the four maras and especially one’s own ego-clinging. Chö was introduced to Tibet by the Indian master Padampa Sangye and his Tibetan disciple, the yogini Machik Labdrön.