{"product_id":"9780834841017","title":"Machig Labdron and the Foundations of Chod","description":"Machig Labdron is popularly considered to be both a dakini and a deity, an emanation of Yum Chenmo, or Prajnaparamita, the embodiment of the wisdom of the buddhas. Historically, this Tibetan woman, a contemporary of Milarepa, was an adept and outstanding teacher, a mother, and a founder of a unique transmission lineage known as the Chöd of Mahamudra. This translation of the most famous biography of Machig Labdron, founder of the unique Mahamudra Chöd tradition, is presented together with a comprehensive overview of Chöd's historical and doctrinal origins in Indian Buddhism and its subsequent transmission to Tibet.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChöd refers to cutting through the grasping at a self and its attendant emotional afflictions. Most famous for its teaching on transforming the aggregates into an offering of food for demons as a compassionate act of self-sacrifice, Chöd aims to free the mind from all fear and to arouse realization of its true nature, primordially clear bliss and emptiness.","brand":"Shambhala Publications, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47084625690864,"sku":"9780834841017","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780834841017_p0.jpg?v=1763815309","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780834841017","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}