Chod Practice In The Bon Tradition

A study of Chod, the method used by Tibetan Buddhists to face and dissolve fears, worries, and attachments, from the point of view of Bon, the most shamanistic of the Tibetan spiritual traditions. Chod is used in Tibet today to treat mental and physical illness and as a path to awareness.

Alejandro Chaoul received a Ph.D. focusing on Tibetan religions from Rice University and has been teaching Tibetan meditation and mind-body techniques under the auspices of the Ligmincha Institute in various parts of the United States, Mexico, and Poland since 1995. He is now an Assistant Professor at the John P. McGovern, M.D. Center for Health, Humanities, and the Human Spirit in the University of Texas Medical School at Houston, with an adjunct position at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, where he researches the use of Tibetan mind-body techniques for cancer patients.