{"product_id":"book-steps-to-the-great-perfection-copy","title":"BOOK| CHOD - The Sacred Teachings on Severance","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"product-subtitle\"\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eThe Treasury of Precious Instructions\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e by Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Taye, one of Tibet’s greatest Buddhist masters, is a shining jewel of Tibetan literature, presenting essential teachings from the entire spectrum of practice lineages that existed in Tibet. In its eighteen volumes, Kongtrul brings together some of the most important texts on key topics of Buddhist thought and practice as well as authoring significant new sections of his own.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn this, the fourteenth volume, Kongtrul compiles the teachings on Severance, or Chöd. It includes some of the tradition’s earliest source scriptures, such as the “grand poem” of Āryadeva, and numerous texts by the tradition’s renowned founder, Machik Lapdrön. Kongtrul also brings together the most significant texts on the rites of initiation, empowerments for practice, and wide-ranging instructions and guides for the support of practitioners. Altogether, this quintessential guide to Severance offers vast resources for scholars and practitioners alike to better understand this unique and remarkable tradition—the way of severing the ego through the profound realization of emptiness and compassion.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-subtitle\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-subtitle\"\u003eEssential Teachings of the Eight Practice Lineages of Tibet, Volume 14 (The Treasury of Precious Instructions)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eBy \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.shambhala.com\/catalog\/category\/view\/s\/jamgon-kongtrul-lodro-taye\/id\/764\/\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eJamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eTranslated by \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.shambhala.com\/catalog\/category\/view\/s\/sarah-harding\/id\/927\/\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eSarah Harding\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eContributions by Rangjung Dorje\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eContributions by \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.shambhala.com\/catalog\/category\/view\/s\/taranatha\/id\/1199\/\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eTaranatha\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eContributions by \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.shambhala.com\/catalog\/category\/view\/s\/karma-chagme\/id\/480\/\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eKarma Chagme\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eContributions by The Fourteenth Karmapa, Thekchok Dorje\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eForeword by The Seventeenth Karmapa\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tara Mandala Dakini Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46674232213723,"sku":null,"price":36.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0524\/6232\/1845\/files\/chod_1.png?v=1744059346","url":"https:\/\/dakinistore.taramandala.org\/en-ca\/products\/book-steps-to-the-great-perfection-copy","provider":"Tara Mandala Dakini Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}