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Dharma friends who attended the Chod practice by Ani Konchok Yingchuk, Ani Choenyi Paldon, and Ani Konchok Palmo from Drikung Kagyu Samtenling Nunnery received their generous blessings on 26 May 2024 at DTDL.
Chöd is a profound spiritual practice rooted in Tibetan Buddhism. The term "Chöd" means "to cut" and signifies cutting through the ego, dualistic thinking, and the illusions that bind us to samsara (the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth).
The practice of Chöd involves visualizations, ritual, and chanting. Practitioners visualize offering their own bodies as a feast to demons and deities, symbolizing the ultimate act of generosity and the cutting away of attachment to the self. This offering is not a physical act but a deep mental and spiritual practice aimed at transcending the ego and dissolving the illusion of a solid, permanent self.
The core aim of Chöd is to confront and transform one's deepest fears and attachments. By visualizing the offering of one's body, practitioners develop profound compassion and detachment, recognizing the emptiness of all phenomena. This leads to a direct experience of emptiness, a fundamental concept in Buddhism that all things lack inherent existence.
Chöd is a unique and transformative practice that combines elements of meditation, visualization, and ritual to cultivate wisdom, compassion, and the realization of emptiness. It is both a path of inner purification and a means to generate merit and benefit all sentient beings.
May all sentient beings benefit.
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