1055 - 1149? (the source of dates are from [[The Crystal and the Way of Light]] by [[Namkhai Norbu]], [[John Shane]], [[Snow Lion Publications]], 1999.)
Machik Labdron was a female Tibetan philosopher-adept who is best known for her articulation and codification of the philosophy and praxis of Chod. Chod is a practice grounded in the Prajñāpāramitāsūtra directed toward cutting through ego-clinging and erroneous patterns of thinking. It was adopted by various monastic and lay lineages of Tibetan Buddhism and it also has a Bon corollary. ... read more at