This meditation has a rather ominous sounding title and it might be considered wrong to feed a demon. Why would anyone want to make something bad even bigger and stronger?
For the answer, we look to Lama Tsultrim Allione, an author, internationally known Buddhist teacher, and the founder and resident lama of Tara Mandala Retreat Center. She is the author of Women of Wisdom and national bestseller, Feeding Your Demons: Ancient Wisdom for Resolving Inner Conflict, which is now translated into seventeen languages, and Wisdom Rising: Journey into the Mandala of the Empowered Feminine, May 2018
She bridges this ancient Eastern practice of meditation with today's Western psyche and explains that if we fight our demons, they only grow stronger. But if we feed them, nurture them, we can free ourselves fr
om the battle. Through the clearly articulated practice outlined in FEEDING YOUR DEMONS, we can learn to overcome any obstacle and achieve freedom and inner peace.
Chöd (Tibetan: གཅོད, Wylie: gcod lit. 'to sever'), is a spiritual practice found primarily in the Nyingma and Kagyu schools of Tibetan Buddhism (where it is classed as Anuttarayoga Tantra). Also known as "Cutting Through the Ego,", the practices are based on the Prajñāpāramitā or "Perfection of Wisdom" sutras, which expound the "emptiness" concept of Buddhist philosophy.
According to Mahayana Buddhists, emptiness is the ultimate wisdom of understanding that all things lack inherent existence.
Chöd combines prajñāpāramitā philosophy with specific meditation methods and tantric ritual.
The chöd practitioner seeks to tap the power of fear through activities such as rituals set in graveyards, and visualisation of offering their bodies in a tantric feast in order to put their understanding of emptiness to the ultimate test.
Below is an interview is with, author and international teacher, founder and spiritual director of Tara Mandala, Lama Tsultrim who was selected by an esteemed committee of Buddhist scholars and practitioners to receive the International Outstanding Women in Buddhism Award given in Bangkok, Thailand.
For more from Lama Tsultrim checkout her book 'Feeding Your Demons' and her online course 'The Mandala of the Enlightened Feminine.'
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