PHURPA ~ CHOD ~ (album) Tantric Bönpo Dzogchen Chod 'Cutting' Ritual

Chöd
by PHURPA

PHURPA ~ CHOD ~ (album) Tantric Bönpo Dzogchen Chod 'Cutting' Ritual

Tibetan “chöd” roughly means “being cut off”. That is also the title of the new piece of work of shamans from Moscow. Phurpa returns with a completely new material, without doubt, the best in their discography. It perfectly shows the strength of their music based on the “rgyud-skad” singing, meditation and the use of traditional instruments, often made of human bones.

Chöd is the practice of sacrificing the body. To actively participate in meditation we invite not only enlightened beings, but also the residents of the six realms of existence, including the essence of hell and all the spiritual “filth” there is, all possible demons. They just have to be the main beneficiaries of the sacrifice made, and the body of the meditator becomes their food. Traditionally, this practice was carried out in desolate and lonely places, and often even frightening – in the fields of cremation and burial grounds near the dismembered corpses and wild animals preying on them. The practitioners of chöd were called crazy yogis.

Over a 90-minute monolith in two scenes. The musical trans introducing listeners into the state of meditation.

Tibetan “chöd” roughly means “being cut off”. That is also the title of the new piece of work of shamans from Moscow. Phurpa returns with a completely new material, without doubt, the best in their discography. It perfectly shows the strength of their music based on the “rgyud-skad” singing, meditation and the use of traditional instruments, often made of human bones.

Chöd is the practice of sacrificing the body. To actively participate in meditation we invite not only enlightened beings, but also the residents of the six realms of existence, including the essence of hell and all the spiritual “filth” there is, all possible demons. They just have to be the main beneficiaries of the sacrifice made, and the body of the meditator becomes their food. Traditionally, this practice was carried out in desolate and lonely places, and often even frightening – in the fields of cremation and burial grounds near the dismembered corpses and wild animals preying on them. The practitioners of chöd were called crazy yogis.

Over a 90-minute monolith in two scenes. The musical trans introducing listeners into the state of meditation.

The Tibetan word chö (Tib. gcod) literally means “to cut, to stop, to destroy”. At its most fundamental, the practice of
chöd is used to cut attachment and ignorance, thus developing the mind-stream and establishing confidence in the view.

This practice involves visualizing giving away the thing that we cling to most: our very own body.

We openly give to the 4 Guests:

the Enlightened Beings
the protectors
the 8 classes of gods
the demons
all beings of the 6 realms of existence.

However, the emphasis is upon giving to those who want to disturb or harm us because of karmic debts incurred through lifetimes of causing harm to others. In this way, we remove current or future obstacles and develop our qualities of compassion and generosity.

For those who have mastered the practice of Chöd and obtained the power of the practice, they have the ability to remove illness for others, subdue harmful spirits, and can see with clairvoyant knowledge.

There are many Yungdrung Bön chöd practices and traditions. Chöd Practice in general, these can be classified as either:

Peaceful
Enriching
Powerful or wrathful practices.

The Khadro Sang Chöd, or The Secret Chöd of the Khandro is part of the powerful classification of chöd practices.

The 5 lineage khandro of The Secret Chöd of the Khandro are:

Khandro Chema Ötso
Khandro Kalpa Zangmo
Khadro Tukjé Kündrol
Khadro Öden Barma
Khandro Sipa’i Gyalmo.

Through devotion, diligence in our practice, and the blessings of the khadro, we can obtain the external, internal and secret benefits of chöd practice such as:

removing obstacles
illness and danger
cutting the emotional affliction of attachment
gaining an absolute confidence in the vast and open view.

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For the benefit of numberless sentient beings.