chöd
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16 sectionsContents
- Definition
- Key elements
- Indian antecedents
- Practitioners as 'mad saints'
- Iconography
- Ritual objects
- Origins
- Transmission to Tibet
- Third Karmapa: systematizer of chöd
- In the West
- See also
- References
- Citations
- Works cited
- Further reading
- External links
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Chöd ( lit. 'to sever') is a spiritual practice found primarily in the Yundrung Bön tradition as well as in the Nyingma and Kagyu schools of Tibetan Buddhism (where it is classed as Anuttarayoga Tantra in Kagyu and Anuyoga in Nyingma). Also known as "cutting through the ego," the practices are based on the Prajñāpāramitā or "Perfection of Wisdom" sutras, which expound the "emptiness" concept of Buddhist philosophy.