The Tibetan book of the dead [English title], the great liberation by hearing in the intermediate states [Tibetan title], 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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The Tibetan book of the dead [English title], the great liberation by hearing in the intermediate states [Tibetan title], 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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eng
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 436-442) and index
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non fiction
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The Tibetan book of the dead [English title]
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bibliography
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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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the great liberation by hearing in the intermediate states [Tibetan title]
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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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Introductory commentary / His Holiness the XIVth Dalai Lama -- A brief literary history of the Tibetan Book of the Dead / Gyurme Dorje -- The Tibetan book of the dead -- Appendix 1: Peaceful and wrathful deities and the Tibetan book of the dead -- Appendix 2: Symbolism of the mandala of the peaceful and wrathful deities
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