A Very Powerfull Tantric Meditation
Chöd is a ritual practice belonging to the Shee Ché (Tibetan: ཞི་བྱེད།; Wylie: Zhi-byed) lineage of Tibetan Buddhism.

Chöd (literally "cutting through") is practiced as a means to cut through hindrances (eg. karma, ignorance, anger, but in particular dualism and especially the dualism of a sense of self and other) and allows the practitioner to abide in a natural state free from fear.


Sources describe this practice as if the adept is offering the flesh of his body to be cut to pieces and devoured by the gods, demons and wild animals. The ritual reminds the initiation of a shaman though the attributed meaning is different (as stated above). This particular type of meditation is believed to be extremely mentaly challenging and can be dangerous if not handled appropriately.

The founder of the practice of Chöd was Machig Labdrön, the consort of Padampa Sangye.