The Tibetan book of the dead : or, The after-death experiences on the Bardo plane, according to L ma Kazi Dawa-Samdup's English rendering / W.Y. Evans-Wentz

Karma-gli -pa (active 14th century). Evans-Wentz, W. Y. (Walter Yeeling) (1878-1965)

ISBN 10: 0192813021 / ISBN 13: 9780192813022

Published by London ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1960

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Fine paperback copy. Pages tanned as with age. Particularly well-preserved; tight, bright and clean. Physical description; 249 pp., illustrations, plates, group portrait, 23 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Translation of: Bardo thödol. Subjects; Karma-gli -pa active 14th century. Bar do thos grol. Intermediate state Buddhism. Buddhist funeral rites and ceremonies. China Tibet Autonomous Region. Death Religious aspects. Lamaism. Buddhist literature. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 385995

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Tibetan book of the dead : or, The ...

Publisher: London ; New York : Oxford University Press

Publication Date: 1960

Binding: Soft cover

Edition: 1st paperback edition.

About this title

Synopsis:

The Tibetan Book of the Dead - the Bardo Th "odol - is unique among the sacred books of the world as a contribution to the science of death and of existence after death, and of rebirth. It is used in Tibet as a breviary, and is read or recited on the occasion of death, but it was originally conceived to serve as a guide not only for the dying and dead, but also for the living. This book is intended for anthropologists, comparative theologians, and philosophers of religion.

Review:

Dr. Evans-Wentz, who literally sat at the feet of a Tibetan lama for years in order to acquire his wisdom...not only displays a deeply sympathetic interest in those esoteric doctrines so characteristic of the genius of the East, but likewise possesses the rare faculty of making them more or less intelligible to the layman. (Anthropology (on the previous edition))