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Machig Labdron & the Foundations of Chod
by Jerome Edou
from Snow Lion Publications
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 
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Wonderful book on chad and Mahamudra 
This is a wonderful book, clearly written and well researched yet able to impart the mystery of Chod. This book taught me more about emptiness than any other book I have read, including the mulamadyamika by
Nagarjuna>Not for beginners but a fabulous book.
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Foundations of Chod 
If you do not know what Chod is, better find other book. I wander why is still difficult to write books about Chod and other Tibetan acknowledgements...
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Proper perspective on the Chöd of Mahamudra 
This is a great book on Chöd. It explains 3 levels of practice with the most famous, the offering of one's body to the demons, as the lowest level and Mahamudra approach as the highest. It provides the context for understanding (i.e. knowledge vs. mere information). It also describes the many varied sources used in this study. Lineages are described in both words and diagrams. It includes not only historical/biographical data but also the hagiographical/miraculous/mythical tradition. The latter is... more info
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Long on psychology, short on superstition 
Loved this book! This book emphasizes the psychological nature of chod practice, and works very hard to disentangle historical fact from mythical or mystical explication. The explanations of the lineage, and the historical context of different chod lineages was very, ahem, elightening. Good book.
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