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All Chöd Buddhism Hope Pride Self Attachment Supplementary Chapter Tibetan Buddhism Fear Freedom Grasping

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“Oh, noble child, everything is severing the mind. As for the mind, it is severing pride. There is nothing whatsoever that is not included in pride. If one simply understands that it is merely the production of pride, then, for example, one is like a thief in an empty house: by simply recognizing [the situation], grasping is impossible. Having correctly understood, there is no practice with an intentional objective. Because it crushes any hesitations (mi phod), it is explained as Chöd.”

Pride Simile Grasping Tibetan Buddhism Chöd Self Attachment Supplementary Chapter

Book:Making the Old New Again and Again: Legitimation and Innovation in the Tibetan Buddhist Chöd Tradition

Source: Making the Old New Again and Again: Legitimation and Innovation in the Tibetan Buddhist Chöd Tradition

“Without discursive thought it is just dharma practice. Hope together with aim obscures. One does not cut through pride by meditatively cultivating the desire for happiness. If there is hope, even the hope for buddhas, it is a negative force. If there is apprehension, even apprehension about hells, it is a negative force.”

Hope Pride Buddhism Tibetan Buddhism Chöd Self Attachment

Book:Making the Old New Again and Again: Legitimation and Innovation in the Tibetan Buddhist Chöd Tradition

Source: Making the Old New Again and Again: Legitimation and Innovation in the Tibetan Buddhist Chöd Tradition

“If there is destruction of hope, there is freedom from gods [lha]; if there is destruction of fear, there is freedom from spirits ['dre, demons].”

Hope Fear Freedom Buddhism Liberation Chöd Supplementary Chapter

Book:Making the Old New Again and Again: Legitimation and Innovation in the Tibetan Buddhist Chöd Tradition

Source: Making the Old New Again and Again: Legitimation and Innovation in the Tibetan Buddhist Chöd Tradition