Chöd, a powerful Tibetan Buddhist practice, means "to cut." It focuses on cutting through the ego, dualistic thinking, and the illusions binding us to samsara—the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth.
The heart of Chöd is confronting and transforming our deepest fears and attachments. By visualizing the offering of one's body, practitioners cultivate deep compassion and detachment, recognizing the emptiness of all phenomena. This leads to a direct experience of emptiness, revealing that all things lack inherent existence.
Chöd is a way to practice generosity, generate merit, and benefit all sentient beings.
May all sentient beings benefit.
Through our chanting, we remind ourselves and all who have gathered that the true nature of mind is none other than the heart of Samantabhadra.
In its primordial purity, this mind knows no distinction between demons and gods, high and low.
Within us all, without exception, lies the same seed of Buddhahood. 🪷✨