Description
This drum is carefully selected for its sound, balance, and workmanship quality. The the drum shell is made finished wood and the heads are made of firm leather; the beaters are tightly knitted cotton. The case is embroidered with a golden dharma wheel on either side. The case flab is decorated with brocade and closes conveniently with Velcro. There is a long and sturdy carrying strap.
Chod Drum ‘Damaru’: Tib. གཅོད་ཌར་ chod-dar, the ‘chod drum’ or ‘chod damaru’ is a ritual implement used in the practice of chod (Tib. གཅོད་). Chod practices are designed to cut through the belief in self – the root of all ignorance and deluded perceptions – by the meditation of offering one’s own body. Chod was introduced into Tibet by the Indian siddha Padampa Sangyay and his principal disciple, Machig Labdrön. The chod drum is a double-sided pellet drum made of wood and typically measures between seven and sixteen inches in diameter. It is held in the right hand and is paired with a bell in the left hand.
“From beginningless time, I have cherished and held this illusory body as self, although there is no self. Today I cast it out in the manner of a great gift”
-From ‘The Feasts of Chod’ text
