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The Tibetan Book of the Dead (Hardcover)

by Stephen Hodge (Author) "THIS GREAT Liberation through Hearing is the technique by which average people following a spiritual discipline may be liberated while in the transitional phases of..." (more)
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  • Hardcover: 144 pages
  • Publisher: Thorsons; New Ed edition (17 May 1999)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0722537549
  • ISBN-13: 978-0722537541
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 139,872 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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First full colour illustrated edition of this ancient, much loved, sacred text. The Tibetan Book Of The Dead is a reference manual for the soul. Newly translated and for the first time in clear language for the modern-day reader, the Book Of The Dead brings us a profound message -- that we can learn from the reality of death and dying to help us make more of life and living. Comforting words of wisdom are complimented in this unique colour edition by stunning photographic images of the Tibetan landscape and people. Tibetan Book Of The Dead has been a classic Buddhist religious text for centuries but the Western world has only recently discovered this very special book. Already it has become influential here for it's guidance for right living, for it's psychological insights into the process of dying and for its benefits to those who are grieving.
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5.0 out of 5 stars figurative description of the process of dying, 8 Jun 2001
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This review is from: The Illustrated Tibetan Book of the Dead: A New Reference Manual for the Soul (Paperback)
This book describes the various phases that one passes through during the death experience. It prepares one for facing the subtleties of mind and the inner process at the time of death. This translation is accompanied with a beautiful set of commentaries and illustrations that bring this text alive to the Western reader, who is unfamiliar with Eastern thought.
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3.0 out of 5 stars "Abridged and Simplified" and with nice photos, 25 Oct 2007
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This review is from: The Illustrated Tibetan Book of the Dead: A New Reference Manual for the Soul (Paperback)
This is a well-packaged presentation: the paperback is bound well, thick paper is used, the photos are lovely and plentiful, there's ample commentary which is interspersed conveniently with the text.

By the translators' intent, it is "abridged and simplified", aiming to reach an audience unfamiliar with [Tibetan] Buddhism and perhaps not up to the weight of the full texts.

What may be the problem with this approach is that the resulting text seems literal. Literalism doesn't seem an appropriate simplification as it may filter out the symbolic value of the text. In the introduction the translators' do point out the the teachings of The Book apply as much to the living (in the quest of enlightenment) as to the dead, but that reminder may get lost within the subsequent details. The translators' also speak of gods to pray to and the need for masters, which, along with the literal approach, might lead the reader to think that Tibetan Buddhism is essentially a fundamentalism.

Closely related to the Tibetan Book of the Dead is another text which has been translated by John Reynold as "Self-Liberation Through Seeing with Naked Awareness". That book, arguably quite advanced, presents a profound teaching (Dzogchen) that can in no way be mistaken for, or simplified into, a fundamentalism
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