Book details

  • Genre:religion
  • Sub-genre:Buddhism / General
  • Language:English
  • Pages:132
  • eBook ISBN:9780943217123

The Tibetan Book of the Dead

By Karma-glin-pa (Karma Lingpa)

Overview

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.
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Description

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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