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Luminous Emptiness: A Guide to the Tibetan Book of the Dead

Posted in Book of the Dead (Tibetan), Buddhism, Sacred Texts, Vajrayana / Tibetan, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on April 20, 2008 | 2 Comments »

In 1975, Shambhala published The Tibetan Book of the Dead, whose actual name is less catchy: The Great Liberation through Hearing during the Immediate State. (This misnomer originated with W.Y. Evans-Wentz’s initial English translation in 1927, piggy-backing on The Egyptian Book of the Dead’s popularity at that time.) The 1975 version of Padmasambhava’s original [...]

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Secret Doctrines of the Tibetan Book of Dead

Posted in Book of the Dead (Tibetan), Buddhism, Sacred Texts, Vajrayana / Tibetan, tagged , on March 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

The Tibetan Books of the Dead are a diverse collection of Buddhist scriptures that yield valuable insight into the psychology of death and dying and suggest the importance of meditative practice and knowledge as tools for self-understanding. This in-depth study of this rich body of Buddhist literature details the Tibetan Buddhist belief in the bardos, [...]

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The Tibetan Book of the Dead

Posted in Book of the Dead (Tibetan), Sacred Texts, tagged , , on March 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

In this classic scripture of Tibetan Buddhism—traditionally read aloud to the dying to help them attain liberation—death and rebirth are seen as a process that provides an opportunity to recognize the true nature of mind. This unabridged translation of The Tibetan Book of the Dead emphasizes the practical advice that the book offers to [...]

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