011 - Buddhism, Chöd, and Cannibalism as Compassion

This week, Jay tells Kayte about the Vajrayana Buddhist practice of chöd, where a person visualizes sacrificing their body for a feast of buddhas and demons. Through this, we explore death, the use of human remains in ritual, and the liberatory potentials of this kind of practice.

 

Jay also talks about this practice a little on the Empty Man episode of Horror Vanguard: https://soundcloud.com/user-317910500/181-the-empty-man-with-jay-from-librarypunk

 

And here's a Buddhist ambient black metal band: https://sadhaka108.bandcamp.com/

 

Sources:

Jigme Lingpa (2006). "The Longchen Nyingthig Chöd Practice: "The Loud Laugh of the Dakini"" (PDF). Zangthal.co.uk.

Stott, David (1989). "Offering the Body: the Practice of gCod in Tibetan Buddhism". Religion. 19 (3): 221–226. 10.1016/0048-721x(89)90021-3.

 

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