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| Genre/Form: | Early works to 1800 |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Karma-gliṅ-pa, 14th cent. Tibetan book of the dead [English title] New York : Viking, 2006 (OCoLC)607737394 Online version: Karma-gliṅ-pa, 14th cent. Tibetan book of the dead [English title] New York : Viking, 2006 (OCoLC)607737403 |
| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Karma-gliṅ-pa; Padma Sambhava; Gyurme Dorje.; Graham Coleman; Thupten Jinpa.; Bstan-ʼdzin-rgya-mtsho, Dalai Lama XIV |
| ISBN: | 0670858862 9780670858866 |
| OCLC Number: | 61684205 |
| Description: | xlix, 535 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Acknowledgements for the Illustrations xii -- Introductory Commentary by His Holiness the XIVth Dalai Lama xiii -- A Brief Literary History of the Tibetan Book of the Dead / Gyurme Dorje xxxvi -- The Tibetan Book of the Dead 1 -- Appendix 1 Peaceful and Wrathful Deities and the Tibetan Book of the Dead 381 -- Appendix 2 Symbolism of the Mandala of the Peaceful and Wrathful Deities 387. |
| Other Titles: | Bar do thos grol. Great liberation by hearing in the intermediate states |
| Responsibility: | composed by Padmasambhava ; revealed by Terton Karma Lingpa ; translated by Gyurme Dorje ; edited by Graham Coleman with Thupten Jinpa ; introductory commentary by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. |
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Abstract:
Contains a translation of the key Buddhist text that follows a Buddhist priest and student as they guide a deceased person into afterlife, chronicling the progress of the soul through death and rebirth in three stages.
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