Lama Tashi Gyaltsen Chöd Cham

The Tibetan practice of Chöd, literally translated as 'cutting' is an unusual meditative practice. Instead of being done sitting quietly and comfortably on a cushion inside a shrine room, this meditation is purposely performed in frightening places, such as cemeteries and charnel grounds. In this setting the chöpa (chöd practitioner) utilizes singing, dancing, and playing special bone instruments, to cut through fear and the misunderstood relationship with his/her own 'self' (a concept that has been discussed for centuries in the Tibetan religious and philosophical traditions).

this event portrayed a unique ritual dance in which Lama Tashi 'played" with demons and spirits of the four directions, and then 'transform' the relationship through offerings, including the visualization of one's own body—representing the ego or self-- as a banquet to an assembly of demons, spirits, sentient beings, and enlightened beings.

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• Bon
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• Chöd
• Cham
• Buddhism

[YesheGyatso]

nice..