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Machik Labdron [IW]
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== Machik Labdron / Machig Labdrön / Machig Labdron ==


Machik Labdrön. The great female master who set down the [[Chö]] ([[gcod]]) practice. Disciple and consort of the Indian master [[dam pa sang rgyas]] [RY]
Machik Labdron: disciple of [[Phadama Sangye]] and founder of Chö. [IW]


Machig Labdrön. (1031-1129). The great female master who set down the Chö practice, cutting through ego-clinging. Disciple and consort of the Indian master [[pha dam pa sangs rgyas|Phadampa Sangye]]. Machig Labdrön means 'Only Mother Lamp of Dharma.' [RY]
The great female master who established the system of [[Chod]] ([[gcod]]) in Tibet, a system of practices based on [[Prajnaparamita]]. Consort and disciple of the Indian masters [[Phadampa Sangye]] ([[pha dam pa sangs rgyas]]) and [[Thöpa Bhadra]] ([[thod pa bha dra]]). Thöpa Bhadra was the father of her two sons and four daughters.


Machik Labdron [disciple of [[Phadama Sangye]] and founder of Chö) [IW]
''Machig Labdrön''. (1031-1129). The great female master who set down the [[Chö]] practice, cutting through [[ego-clinging]]. [[Disciple]] and [[consort]] of the Indian master [[Phadampa Sangye]]. Machig Labdrön means 'Only Mother Lamp of Dharma.' [[epk]]
 
==Alternate Names==
*[[ma gcig lab kyi sgron ma]]
*Machik Labdron  
*Machig Labdrön
*Machig Labdron
 
==Publications==
*[[Machik's Complete Explanation: Clarifying the Meaning of Chod]] ([[Tsadra Foundation]]); Machik Labdron; Snow Lion Publications, 2003; ISBN 1559391820
 
==Links==
* * [http://www.tibetinfor.com.cn/english/zt/TibetologyMagazine/..%5CTibetologyMagazine/200312005728151304.htm#2 Yogini Macik Labdron and the Formation of Chod Sect] - Section 2 of China Tibetology article: ''"Nuns of the unique Joyul (gcod-yul) Sect of Tibetan Buddhism"''
 
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Revision as of 04:24, 19 November 2006

Machik Labdron / Machig Labdrön / Machig Labdron

Machik Labdron: disciple of Phadama Sangye and founder of Chö. [IW]

The great female master who established the system of Chod (gcod) in Tibet, a system of practices based on Prajnaparamita. Consort and disciple of the Indian masters Phadampa Sangye (pha dam pa sangs rgyas) and Thöpa Bhadra (thod pa bha dra). Thöpa Bhadra was the father of her two sons and four daughters.

Machig Labdrön. (1031-1129). The great female master who set down the Chö practice, cutting through ego-clinging. Disciple and consort of the Indian master Phadampa Sangye. Machig Labdrön means 'Only Mother Lamp of Dharma.' epk

Alternate Names

Publications

Links