Machig Labdron (Free Picture Download)

Machig Labdrön is one of Tibet's most famous practitioners who introduced the practice of Chod (cutting off) practice to cut one's attachement a one's body and self. It is said that this practice was one of very few Buddhist practices that orginated in Tibet and actually then went to India. To cut one's ego this practice involves the visualization of one's self and then cutting one's body up and feeding it to demons. 

This is a photo of a Tibetan thangka which shows her dancing with a dharmau in her right hand and a cup of amrita in her left hand.