Title: The Tibetan book of the dead : as popularly known in the West : known in Tibet as the great book of natural liberation through understanding in the between /
Authors: Karma-gliṅ-pa, active 14th century; Padma Sambhava, approximately 717-approximately 762; Thurman, Robert A. F.
Publisher: Bantam Books,
Year: 1994
Subjects: Karma-gliṅ-pa,; Intermediate state Buddhism Early works to 1800.; Death Religious aspects Buddhism Early works to 1800.; Buddhist funeral rites and ceremonies Early works to 1800.; Buddhist funeral rites and ceremonies Early works to 1800.
Abstract: A classic of Buddhist wisdom, this book was composed in the eighth century to prepare souls for the afterworld, it has become influential in the West for its psychological insights into the processes of death and dying, and also of grieving.
Contents: Preparations for the journey -- An outline of Tibetan history -- Tibet: a spiritual civilization -- Tibet's present plight -- Buddhism in summary -- Tibetan ideas about death -- The Tibetan science of death -- What is death? -- The six realms -- The three Buddha bodies -- The body-mind complex -- Stages of death -- The reality of liberation -- The Tibetan art of dying -- Ordinary preparations for death -- Extraordinary preparations -- The natural liberation literature -- The guidebook for the journey: the great book of natural liberation through understanding in the between -- The between prayers -- The prayer of the three body mentor yoga -- The prayer for help from the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas -- The prayer for deliverance from the straits of the between -- The prayer for refuge from all terrors of the between -- The root verses of the six betweens -- The guidebook to the betweens -- The prayer of the reality between -- The mild deity reality between -- The fierce deity reality between -- Orientation to the existence between -- Supplementary translations -- The Dharma practice, natural liberation of the instincts -- The ten branches of accumulating merit -- Enlightening, protecting, and purifying -- Vajrasattva purification -- The actual visualization -- Self-creation -- The mild deity interior mandala -- The scientist deity interior mandala -- The fierce deity interior mandala -- The natural liberation through naked vision, identifying the intelligence -- Glossary.