Machig Labdron CHD TRADITION ~ praise song Offering the Illusory Body ~ Om Machig Ma La Solwa Deb

Machig Labdron CHÖD TRADITION ~ praise song Offering the Illusory Body ~ Om Machig Ma La Solwa Deb Om Machig  ma la solwa deb Karpo Om gyi jingyi lob Marpo A’a: gyi jingyi lob Ngönpo hung gyi jingyi lob Ku sung thug gyi jing chen phob Ma yum chen go phang tob par shog MACHIG LABDRON AND THE CHÖD TRADITION by Malcolm Smith Widely regarded as an emanation of Prajnaparamita the Great Mother of all the Buddhas, Aryatara, and Kharchen Yeshe Tsogyal, Machig Labdrön rightly takes her place in history beside eleventh and twelfth century Tibetan patriarchs such as Sachen Kunga Nyingpo, Milarepa, Desheg Dampa, Gampopa, and so on. However, she alone is credited with being the mother of an independent stream of Dharma in Tibet inspired by her visions of Tara and other deities. For this reason, Machig Labdrön’s teachings are considered to be unique amongst the eight practice lineages of Tibetan Buddhism. While never forming an independent school, the principles of Mac