TY - BOOK ID - 77877085 TI - The Tibetan book of the dead; : or, The after-death experiences on the Bardo plane, according to Là„ma Kazi Dawa-Samdup's English rendering PY - 2023 SN - 1280833416 0198030517 9780198030515 9780195133127 0195133129 0195133110 0195133129 9780195133110 0199839514 019774172X 9780199839513 PB - New York : Oxford University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Death KW - Buddhist funeral rites and ceremonies KW - Intermediate state KW - Eschatology KW - Future life KW - Heaven KW - Hell KW - Purgatory KW - Soul KW - Funeral rites and ceremonies, Buddhist KW - Funeral rites and ceremonies, Lamaist KW - Buddhism KW - Funeral rites and ceremonies KW - Dying KW - End of life KW - Life KW - Terminal care KW - Terminally ill KW - Thanatology KW - Religious aspects KW - Rituals KW - Philosophy UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77877085 AB - The Tibetan Book of the Dead is one of the texts that, according to legend, Padma-Sambhava was compelled to hide during his visit to Tibet in the late 8th century. The guru hid his books in stones, lakes, and pillars because the Tibetans of that day and age were somehow unprepared for their teachings. Now, in the form of the ever-popular Tibetan Book of the Dead, these teachings are constantly being discovered and rediscovered by Western readers of many different backgrounds--a phenomenon which began in 1927 with Oxford's first edition of Dr. Evans-Wentz's landmark volume. While it is traditio ER -