Precious Rosary of Chöd Feasts-English Edition: MaChik's Tradition of Tibetan Chöd (The Tibetan Chöd Practice Texts)

The Precious Rosary is the epitome of the Chöd practice of Buddhist Vajrayana, as practiced in Tibet, Bhutan, Nepal, India and the today throughout the Western world. These living rituals were compiled by the Third Karmapa, Rangjung Dorje, directly from MaChik's original meditative and musical practices written over 1000 years ago. This all-English version of the Rinchen Tsokley Trengwa—the Precious Rosary of Chöd Feasts—is an accurate and poetic translation of this extensive text and accompanies my full Tibetan-transliteration-translation volume of 320 pages. Practitioners will find it a handy book for performing the practice wholly in English, for study and reference, or as a kind of daily prayer book. There is every attempt to convey the original power, prose and rhythm of this remarkable text, balanced with an accurate translation and user-friendly layout. The full-color interior provides color-coded pages and navigation for the ten different sections of the book, which encompasses the whole of Chöd practice. Included are all the feasts, prayers, protector and dakini sections, the Chöd feast or ganachakra, mantra and healing sections and so on. Created for the Western practitioner, these can be done individually, in sequence, or in its entirely based on the needs and understanding of the Chödpa. Read more