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Apr 18, 2018 - 02:16 PM
The Tibetan Book of the Dead is the Tibetan Buddhist text that is most well known to the west. It was written by buddhist monk padmasambhava.
The Book of the Dead describes in detail the stages of death from the Tibetan point of view.
It chronicles the experiences and religious experiences a person encounters at various stages while dying, at the moment of death, during the 49-day interval between death and rebirth.
It is said that people who were good in previous lives, get to choose their parents at the precise time the sperm enters the uterus during the rebirth stage.
The title "Tibetan Book of the Dead" was coined by the American editor W.Y. Evans-Wentz in imitation of the Egyptian Book of the Dead.
The actual name in Tibetan is Bardo Todrol Chenmo, which means the Great Liberation Through Hearing in the Between.
The Tibetan word bardo means "between," "gap," or "transition," and refers to the time between death and rebirth.
In Tibet, Nepal, and Mongolia, a lama will often recite the Book of the Dead to a recently deceased person in order to help him understand his experiences and gain enlightenment, or at least a positive rebirth.
The Book of the Dead describes in detail the stages of death from the Tibetan point of view.
It chronicles the experiences and religious experiences a person encounters at various stages while dying, at the moment of death, during the 49-day interval between death and rebirth.
It is said that people who were good in previous lives, get to choose their parents at the precise time the sperm enters the uterus during the rebirth stage.
The title "Tibetan Book of the Dead" was coined by the American editor W.Y. Evans-Wentz in imitation of the Egyptian Book of the Dead.
The actual name in Tibetan is Bardo Todrol Chenmo, which means the Great Liberation Through Hearing in the Between.
The Tibetan word bardo means "between," "gap," or "transition," and refers to the time between death and rebirth.
In Tibet, Nepal, and Mongolia, a lama will often recite the Book of the Dead to a recently deceased person in order to help him understand his experiences and gain enlightenment, or at least a positive rebirth.
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