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The tibetan book of the dead audiobook narrated by richard gere 2008. The tibetan book of the dead by padmasambhava goodreads. In this classic scripture of tibetan buddhismtraditionally read aloud to the dying to help them attain liberationdeath and rebirth are seen as a process that. The tibetan book of the dead is a buddhist text written as a guide for those who have passed from this life. Sogyal rinpoche, author of the tibetan book of living and dying one of the great scripts of world civilization. The tibetan book of the dead is a kind of baedeker for the afterlife, and like the best guidebooks its reassuring refrain is dont panic.

A teaching ostensibly for guiding a dying person through the death trip by. I took the liberty of remastering audiobook for personal use. It is one of many mortuary texts of the nyingma sect of tibetan buddhism and is commonly recited to or by a person facing imminent death. Coming attractions for you 2020s most anticipated movies. Thurman translates bar do thos grol as the great book of natural liberation through understanding in the between. Thurman reveals the true spirit of the ancient text in a way that reaches modern minds and this is important, if we were to publish any ancient text as originally written very few would grasp the true meaning.

First complete translation penguin classics deluxe edition kindle edition by coleman, graham, padmasambhava, thupten jinpa, gyurme dorje. I oversattningen publicerad av penguin books 2006, oversatt av gyurme dorje. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the tibetan book of the dead. The tibetan book of the dead was first published in 1927 by oxford university press. Gyurme dorje phd is a leading scholar of the nyingma tradition of tibetan buddhism.

His seven major publications include works on tibetan. Advanced yogis can make trial runs by inducing a deathlike state, but after death the rest of us must try to remember what weve read in the. There are other translations of the tibetan book of the dead, but i like this one by robert thurman, his knowledge of tibetan buddhism being highly regarded. The tibetan book of the dead princeton university press. According to tibetan tradition, the bardo thodol commonly referred to as the tibetan book of the dead was among many treasures hidden by the tao master padmasambhava,tibet 742797, subsequently discovered by a tibetan terton by karma lingpa 2686. The contents of the tibetan book of the dead are examined as we observe an elderly monk and his young student guide the soul of a person, recently deceased, into the afterlife. The tibetan book of the dead and neardeath experiences. They construed the effect of lsd as a stripping away of egodefenses, finding parallels between the stages of death and rebirth in the tibetan book of the dead. While in the bardo between life and death, the consciousness of the. After death, it says, you will be assailed by thunderous. The tibetan book of the dead paperback march 15, 20 by john baldock editor. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. A philosophers guide to the information age, authorhouse. In this article, i want to explore if there is value for you to read this book.