Ma gcig lab sgron

མ་གཅིག་ལབ་སྒྲོན་

Machik Labdrön(1055 - 1149) 

Born in:

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e'i gang ba (labs phyi)/ gye'i labs (khe'u gang)

Tibetan date of birth:

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Year of the Female Wood Sheep, Template:OrdNum sexagenary cycle.

Machik Labdron was a female Tibetan philosopher-adept who is best known for her articulation and codification of the philosophy and praxis of Chod. Chod is a practice grounded in the Prajñāpāramitāsūtra directed toward cutting through ego-clinging and erroneous patterns of thinking. It was adopted by various monastic and lay lineages of Tibetan Buddhism and it also has a Bon corollary.

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