...the Chöd teachings attributed to
Machik Labdrön both rely and innovate on Buddhist representations of mental functionings of a human being, including the onto-epistemological trope of the Universal Base Consciousness [
Älaya-vijñÄna] and the psycho-ethical trope of Negative Forces as Düd [
bdud,
mÄra, demon]. By drawing on and revising these traditional models, Chöd is able to develop effective techniques for "cutting through mind.