How Long to Read Chöd: The Sacred Teachings on Severance

How Long Does it Take to Read Chöd: The Sacred Teachings on Severance?

It takes the average reader 11 hours and 21 minutes to read Chöd: The Sacred Teachings on Severance by Jamgon Kongtrul

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

From the legendary cofounder of Tibet's nineteenth-century nonsectarian movement, an encyclopedic survey of the practice of Chod, or severance, a tantric ritual based on the crucial Mahayana sutras to sever clinging to an ego and thereby achieve realization. The Treasury of Precious Instructions by Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Taye, one of Tibet’s greatest Buddhist masters, is a shining jewel of Tibetan literature, presenting essential teachings from the entire spectrum of practice lineages that existed in Tibet. In its eighteen volumes, Kongtrul brings together some of the most important texts on key topics of Buddhist thought and practice as well as authoring significant new sections of his own. In this, the fourteenth volume, Kongtrul compiles the teachings on Severance, or Chöd. It includes some of the tradition’s earliest source scriptures, such as the “grand poem” of Āryadeva, and numerous texts by the tradition’s renowned founder, Machik Labdrön. Kongtrul also brings together the most significant texts on the rites of initiation, empowerments for practice, and wide-ranging instructions and guides for the support of practitioners. Altogether, this quintessential guide to Severance offers vast resources for scholars and practitioners alike to better understand this unique and remarkable tradition—the way of severing the ego through the profound realization of emptiness and compassion.

How long is Chöd: The Sacred Teachings on Severance?

Chöd: The Sacred Teachings on Severance by Jamgon Kongtrul is 673 pages long, and a total of 170,269 words.

This makes it 227% the length of the average book. It also has 208% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Chöd: The Sacred Teachings on Severance Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 15 hours and 30 minutes to read Chöd: The Sacred Teachings on Severance aloud.

What Reading Level is Chöd: The Sacred Teachings on Severance?

Chöd: The Sacred Teachings on Severance is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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