Kangling ( Kang - leg, Ling - flute) is the Tibetan name for a trumpet or horn made out of a human thighbone, used in Himalayan Buddhism for various chöd rituals as well as funerals performed by a chöpa. In Tantric chöd practice, the practitioner, motivated by compassion, plays the kangling as a gesture of fearlessness, to summon hungry spirits and demons so that she or he may satisfy their hunger and thereby relieve their sufferings.
![Chöd (Tibetan: གཅོད, Wylie: gcod lit. 'to sever'[1]), is a spiritual practice found primarily in the Nyingma and Kagyu schools of Tibetan Buddhism (where it is also known as Mahamudra) and Bon (where they are classed as Anuttarayoga Tantras).[2] Also known as "Cutting Through the Ego,",[3] the practices are based on the Prajñāpāramitā or "Perfection of Wisdom" sutras, which expound the "emptiness" concept of Buddhist philosophy. Buddhist Shrine, Buddha, Buddhist Practices, Buddhist Philosophy, Asia, Buddhism](https://i.pinimg.com/236x/1e/f9/95/1ef995b06dbb4a11e59ee6622f9fffe1--buddhist-philosophy-spiritual-practices.jpg)
