Chöd

proper noun

A spiritual practice primarily found in Tibetan Buddhism.

OriginTibetan གཅོད →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A spiritual practice primarily found in Tibetan Buddhism.

Origin

  1. Tibetanགཅོད“to sever”
  2. EnglishChöd

Borrowed from Tibetan གཅོད (gcod, “to sever”), short for གཅོད་སྒྲུབ་ཐབས (gcod sgrub thabs), equivalent to Sanskrit छेद साधना (cheda sādhanā); both literally "cutting practice".

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 施身法
  • 施身法spiritual practice
Polish czod
  • czodspiritual practice
Russian чод
  • чод (čod)spiritual practice
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