The Tibetan Book of the Dead av Padmasambhava, Karma Lingpa

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<i>The Tibetan Book of the Dead: Awakening Upon Dying</i>, with introductory commentary by Dzogchen Buddhist master Chögyal Namkhai Norbu, is a new translation of the ancient text also known as <i>The Great Liberation through Hearing in the Intermediate State</i>. Both a practical guide and intriguing historical, cultural, and spiritual document, this new version incorporates recent discoveries that have allowed for a better translation of previously ambiguous passages. <br> <br> Revealing a set of instructions designed to facilitate the inner liberation of the dead or dying person, the book provides a guide to navigating the bardo--the interval between death and rebirth. Originally composed by Padmasambhava, an important Indian master of the eighth century, the <i>Tibetan Book of the Dead</i> was concealed in Tibet until it was discovered in the fourteenth century by Karma Lingpa, a famous Tibetan <i>tertön</i> (discoverer of ancient texts). Describing in