9781583945551-1583945555-The Tibetan Book of the Dead: Awakening Upon Dying

The Tibetan Book of the Dead: Awakening Upon Dying

ISBN-13: 9781583945551
ISBN-10: 1583945555
Edition: Illustrated
Author: Karma Lingpa, Padmasambhava
Publication date: 2013
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
Format: Paperback 320 pages
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ISBN-13: 9781583945551
ISBN-10: 1583945555
Edition: Illustrated
Author: Karma Lingpa, Padmasambhava
Publication date: 2013
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
Format: Paperback 320 pages

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The Tibetan Book of the Dead: Awakening Upon Dying (ISBN-13: 9781583945551 and ISBN-10: 1583945555), written by authors Karma Lingpa, Padmasambhava, was published by North Atlantic Books in 2013. With an overall rating of 4.0 stars, it's a notable title among other Tibetan Book of the Dead (Other Eastern Religions & Sacred Texts) books. You can easily purchase or rent The Tibetan Book of the Dead: Awakening Upon Dying (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Tibetan Book of the Dead books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.3.

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The Tibetan Book of the Dead: Awakening Upon Dying, with introductory commentary by Dzogchen Buddhist master Chögyal Namkhai Norbu, is a new translation of the ancient text also known as The Great Liberation through Hearing in the Intermediate State. Both a practical guide and intriguing historical, cultural, and spiritual document, this new version incorporates recent discoveries that have allowed for a better translation of previously ambiguous passages.

Revealing a set of instructions designed to facilitate the inner liberation of the dead or dying person, the book provides a guide to navigating the bardo--the interval between death and rebirth. Originally composed by Padmasambhava, an important Indian master of the eighth century, the Tibetan Book of the Dead was concealed in Tibet until it was discovered in the fourteenth century by Karma Lingpa, a famous Tibetan tertön (discoverer of ancient texts). Describing in detail the characteristics and fantastic visions of each stage beyond death, the book includes invocations to be read aloud to the dying person, to help his or her successful journey toward the stage of liberation.

Chögyal Namkhai Norbu's introduction clarifies the texts from the Dzogchen point of view and provides a scholarly summary of the ancient material based on his oral teachings and written works. In addition, material from several of Namkhai Norbu's more recent written works and oral teachers have been added, including an essay on the four intermediate states after death entitled Birth, Life, and Death. A full-color 16-page insert of traditional Tibetan art highlights Tibet's unique aesthetic wisdom.
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