Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright; Table of Contents; Foreword; Book I; Book II; Appendix; For continued study ...;This book is a guide and funerary text that describes the experiences the consciousness has after death, during the interval between death, and the next rebirth.
The Tibetan Book of the Dead
โ Scribed by Karma-glin-pa (Karma Lingpa)
- Publisher
- Summum
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780943217062
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โฆ Synopsis
This book is the first English language translation of the famous Tibetan death text, The Great Liberation upon Hearing in the Intermediate State. Also known as the Bardo Thodol which means "liberation by hearing on the after death plane" (Bardo: after death plane, Thodol or Thotrol: liberation by hearing), it was originally written in the Tibetan language and is meant to be a guide for those who have died as they transition from their former life to a new destination.
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This book is the first English language translation of the famous Tibetan death text, The Great Liberation upon Hearing in the Intermediate State. Also known as the Bardo Thodol which means "liberation by hearing on the after death plane" (Bardo: after death plane, Thodol or Thotrol: liberation by h
The most prominent expert on Tibetan Buddhism in the West offers a translation of this essential book of Tibetan philosophy that captures the true spirit and poetry of the original work--a profound book that reveals the nature of the mind and its manifestations and offers pure enlightenment. \*\*
### Amazon.com Review Imagine that as you leave your body at death, you hear the voice of a loved one whispering in your ear explanations of everything you see in the world beyond. Unlike other translations of _Bar do thos grol_ (or _The Tibetan Book of the Dead_), Robert Thurman's takes literally
This book is the first English language translation of the famous Tibetan death text, The Great Liberation upon Hearing in the Intermediate State. Also known as the Bardo Thodol which means "liberation by hearing on the after death plane" (Bardo: after death plane, Thodol or Thotrol: liberation by h
### Review The most celebrated and widely read work of Tibetan literature outside Tibet . . . now in its finest and most complete form in this excellent English translation. (Bryan J. Cuevas, *Tricycle*) Profound and unique, it is one of the great treasures of wisdom in the spiritual heritage of h