Chöd

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Chöd

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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".

proper noun

A spiritual practice primarily found in Tibetan Buddhism.

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name spiritual practice

中文	施身法
Русский	чод čod

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"Chöd." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ch%C3%B6d. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Chöd. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ch%C3%B6d

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"Chöd." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ch%C3%B6d.

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@misc{cho_d_2026,
  title = {Chöd},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ch%C3%B6d},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}