LEADER 02427nam 22004093 450 001 9910154843403321 005 20230808200623.0 035 $a(CKB)3710000000964679 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6059298 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6059298 035 $a(OCoLC)965545748 035 $a(BIP)54167732 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000964679 100 $a20210901d2016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 12$aA Guided Tour of Hell $eA Graphic Memoir 210 1$aBoston :$cShambhala,$d2016. 210 4$dİ2016. 215 $a1 online resource (110 pages) 311 08$a1-61180-142-7 311 08$a0-8348-4047-2 330 $aTake a trip through the realms of hell with a man whose temporary visitor's pass gave him a horrifying--and enlightening--preview of its torments. This true account of Sam Bercholz's near-death experience has more in common with Dante's Inferno than it does with any of the popular feel-good stories of what happens when we die. In the aftermath of heart surgery, Sam, a longtime Buddhist practitioner and teacher, is surprised to find himself in the lowest realms of karmic rebirth, where he is sent to gain insight into human suffering. Under the guidance of a luminous being, Sam's encounters with a series of hell-beings trapped in repetitious rounds of misery and delusion reveal to him how an individual's own habits of fiery hatred and icy disdain, of grasping desire and nihilistic ennui, are the source of horrific agonies that pound consciousness for seemingly endless cycles of time. Comforted by the compassion of a winged goddess and sustained by the kindness of his Buddhist teachers, Sam eventually emerges from his ordeal with renewed faith that even the worst hell contains the seed of wakefulness. His story is offered, along with the modernist illustrations of a master of Tibetan sacred arts, in order to share what can be learned about awakening from our own self-created hells and helping others to find relief and liberation from theirs. 676 $a294.3423 676 $a294.3423 700 $aBercholz$b Samuel$01244818 701 $aThaye$b Pema Namdol$01244819 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910154843403321 996 $aA Guided Tour of Hell$92887541 997 $aUNINA