The Tibetan book of the dead [[electronic resource] ] : or, The after-death experiences on the Bardo plane, according to Lāma Kazi Dawa-Samdup's English rendering / / compiled and edited by W.Y. Evans-Wentz ; with a new foreword and afterword by Donald S. Lopez, Jr
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Karma-gliṅ-pa <14th cent.>
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The Tibetan book of the dead [[electronic resource] ] : or, The after-death experiences on the Bardo plane, according to Lāma Kazi Dawa-Samdup's English rendering / / compiled and edited by W.Y. Evans-Wentz ; with a new foreword and afterword by Donald S. Lopez, Jr
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, : Oxford University Press, c2000 |
| Edizione: | 4th ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (377 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 294.3/423 |
| Soggetto topico: | Death - Religious aspects - Buddhism |
| Buddhist funeral rites and ceremonies - China - Tibet Autonomous Region | |
| Intermediate state - Buddhism | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Altri autori: |
Evans-WentzW. Y <1878-1965.> (Walter Yeeling)
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-256) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; PSYCHOLOGICAL COMMENTARY; INTRODUCTORY FOREWORD; FOREWORD: The Science of Death; INTRODUCTION; BOOK I: THE CHIKHAI BARDO AND THE CHÖNYID BARDO; PART I: THE BARDO OF THE MOMENTS OF DEATH; PART II: THE BARDO OF THE EXPERIENCING OF REALITY; BOOK II: THE SIDPA BARDO; PART I: THE AFTER-DEATH WORLD; PART II: THE PROCESS OF REBIRTH; THE APPENDIX; ADDENDA; INDEX |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The Tibetan book of the dead |
| ISBN: | 1-280-83341-6 |
| 0-19-803051-7 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910454812303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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