Machig Labdron and the Foundations of Chod 1st edition by Jerome Edou ISBN 1559390395 9781559390392

1. The Second Propagation of Buddhism in Tibet
2. Machig Labdrön
3. The Chöd Tradition
4. Chod as Viewed by the West

PART ONE: THE CHÖD TRADITION
I. The Grand Poem on the Perfection of Wisdom by Aryadeva the Brahmin
II. The Prajnaparamita
1. The Heart Sutra
2. The Mother of the Buddhas
3. The Indian Tradition
4. Dampa Sangyé and the Tibetan Tradition

III. The Chöd of Machig
1. The Practice of the Bodhisattvas
2. The Chöd of Mahamudra
3. Union of Consciousness and Space
4. Transforming the Aggregates into an Offering of Food

IV. Gods and Demons
1. The Mad Saints
2. Cutting through Gods and Demons
3. The Four Demons of Chöd
4. The Level of Final Accomplishment

V. Transmission
1. The Three Chöd Traditions of Machig
The Sutra Tradition
The Tantra Tradition
The Combined Sutra and Tantra Tradition
2. Machig’s Lineage Descendants

VI. Biographies of Machig
1. The Marvelous and the Imaginary
2. The Dakini of Primordial Wisdom
3. The Tradition of The Grand Exposition
4. Comparative Study of the Tibetan Sources

PART TWO: THE MARVELOUS LIFE OF MACHIG LABDRÖN, A Translation of Chapters I and II of An Exposition of Transforming the Aggregates into an Offering of Food, Illuminating the Meaning of Chöd

VII. Machig’s Previous Life, Her Birth and Early Years
1. The Previous Life
2. The Birth of Machig
3. Labdrön
4. Dampa Sangyé
5. The Initiation

VIII. Her Achievements
1. The Meeting with Thöpa Bhadra
2. The Return to Latö
3. Zangri, the Copper Mountain
4. Arya Tara
5. Machig’s Children
6. The Indian Acaryas