Bardo thodol means liberation by hearing on the after death plane, it was originally written in tibetan and is meant to be a guide for those who have died as they. The tibetan book of the dead or the afterdeath experiences on the bardo plane english translation by lama kazi dawasamdup foreword this book is the first english language translation of the famous tibetan death text, the great liberation upon hearing in the intermediate state. It takes time, effort, and a particular frame of mind, to truly get to grips with the text. Oct 21, 2005 the tibetan book of the dead translated by gyurme dorje, edited by graham coleman with thupten jinpa 496pp, penguin classics. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the tibetan book of the dead. Liberation in the intermediate state through hearingalso called tibetan book of the dead, in tibetan buddhism, a funerary text that is recited to ease the consciousness of a recently deceased person through death and assist it into a favourable rebirth. Evanswentz, was published in 1927 by oxford university press. Graced with opening words by his holiness the dalai lama, the penguin deluxe edition of the tibetan book of the dead is immaculately rendered in an english both graceful and precise. But now, for the fourth time in this life i was given the chance to read bardo thodol the tibetan book of the dead. The first complete translation of a classic buddhist text on the journey through living and dying graced with opening words by his holiness the dalai lama, the penguin deluxe edition of the tibetan book of the dead is immaculately rendered in an english both graceful and precise. The first english translation of the tibetan buddhist text the bardo thodol, by american folklorist and religious scholar w. Tibetan book of the dead first complete translation 9780140455298 by coleman, graham.
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