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The Tibetan Book of the Dead is one of the texts that, according to legend, Padma-Sambhava was compelled to hide during his visit to Tibet in the late 8th century. The guru hid his books in stones, lakes, and pillars because the Tibetans of that day and age were somehow unprepared for their teachings. Now, in the form of the ever-popular Tibetan Book of the Dead, these teachings are constantly being discovered and rediscovered by Western readers of many different backgrounds--a phenomenon which began in 1927 with Oxford's first edition of Dr. Evans-Wentz's landmark volume. While it is traditio
| Title |
The Tibetan book of the dead or, The after-death experiences on the Bardo plane, according to L�ama Kazi Dawa-Samdup's English rendering / compiled and edited by W.T. Evans-Wentz with a new foreword and afterword by Donald S. Lopez, jr. [electronic resource] |
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| Additional Titles |
After-death experiences on the Bardo plane, according to L�ama Kazi Dawa-Samdup's English rendering |
| Edition |
Fourth edition. |
| Publisher |
New York : Oxford University Press |
| Creation Date |
2023 |
| Notes |
Previously issued in print: 2000. Includes bibliographical references (pages[255]-256) and index. English |
| Content |
CONTENTS ILLUSTRATIONS PSYCHOLOGICAL COMMENTARY INTRODUCTORY FOREWORD FOREWORD: The Science of Death INTRODUCTION BOOK I: THE CHIKHAI BARDO AND THE CHÖNYID BARDO PART I: THE BARDO OF THE MOMENTS OF DEATH PART II: THE BARDO OF THE EXPERIENCING OF REALITY BOOK II: THE SIDPA BARDO PART I: THE AFTER-DEATH WORLD PART II: THE PROCESS OF REBIRTH THE APPENDIX ADDENDA INDEX |
| Series |
Oxford scholarship online |
| Extent |
1 online resource (lxxxiv, 264 pages) : illustrations |
| Language |
English |
| National Library system number |
997010718977205171 |
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