Cutting through Fear: The Chöd Meditation Practice of Tibet

In this lecture sponsored with the Institute for Spirituality and Health, Alejandro Chaoul, author of Chöd in the Bon Tradition, will discuss the history of this practice, in which the practitioner imagines offering his or her body as a banquet for all beings.

Friday, October 10
7:30 - 9 pm
$15 ($10 Jung Center members)

Encounter the challenging and fascinating Tibetan meditation practice of Chöd in this lecture with scholar Alejandro Chaoul. Practiced in scary places such as cemeteries and charnel grounds, Chöd is intended to evoke fear, which is then used by the Chöpa (Chöd practitioner) to cut through their attachments and emotional ties. Chöd incorporates elements of early shamanism as well as sutric and Tantric traditions and the highest school of Tibetan Buddhism, Dzogchen. Through lecture and images, we will explore the history of Chöd and discuss the practices, which include elaborate contemplative visualizations.

Alejandro Chaoul, PhD, has been a student of Tibetan Buddhism since 1989 and has studied with His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche, and Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche, among others. He teaches internationally for the Ligmincha Institute. He is currently an assistant professor at the John P. McGovern Center for Health, Humanities, and the Human Spirit at U.T. School of Medicine Houston. He also is a Mind/Body Intervention Specialist at The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, where he is involved in research using Tibetan mind-body techniques with cancer patients.

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