Machig Labdron 4-08
Machig Labdrön was a great Tibetan yogini who originated several Tibetan lineages of the Indian tantric practice of Chod. She was the consort and main disciple of the the Great Indian Adapt, Padampa Sangye. Chöd is a visionary Buddhist practice of cutting attachment to one’s own ego-centered mind and body. The Chod practitioner works entirely with their own mind, visualizing one's discected body as the offering, and by practicing in lonely and dreaded places--like cemeteries--works to overcome all fear. This is also why Chöd was often used to overcome sickness in order to heal oneself and others. In the Chöd practice, practitioners use a bell, small drum (a Chöd damaru), and a thigh-bone trumpet (kangling).
Machig is white in color with three eyes and wears the six bone ornaments traditional to a practicing yogini. She is depicted in the dance of bliss and "sky-clad," symbolizing the naked awareness of enlightened mind. She holds a damaru in her right hand and bell in her left. In the sky above her are many deities and spiritual masters including Padampa Sangye (lower left), Vajrayogini (lower right) and Shakyamuni Buddha (center).
Canvas Size: 16"x 23" Brocade Size: 27"x 46"
(see paragraph 4 of the thangka catagory page for information on brocade borders)
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