The Tibetan book of the dead

as popularly known in the West : known in Tibet as the great book of liberation through understanding in the between

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Karma Lingpa: The Tibetan book of the dead (1998, Quality Paperback Book Club)

278 pages

English language

Published 1998 by Quality Paperback Book Club.

OCLC Number:
40334975

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4 stars (1 review)

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4 stars

It's hard to give a rating for religious scripture, but as for this edition, I found the commentary and the glossary very good additions. The Great Liberation Through Hearing In The Bardo itself is a hefty read and hard to follow in places, but granted, it's not even meant to be studied only once, but to be savoured and understood slowly throughout life. The text is very vivid, containing various descriptions of places, states-of-being and otherworldly beings that one's mind is capable of projecting at the time of death and immediately after. This should be an interesting read to anyone curious about the metaphysics of death or what goes through the mind of someone at the very brink of death.

Subjects

  • Karma-gliṅ-pa, -- 14th cent
  • Intermediate state -- Buddhism -- Early works to 1800
  • Death -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism -- Early works to 1800
  • Funeral rites and ceremonies, Buddhist -- Early works to 1800