Meditations on Living, Dying, and Loss The Essential Tibetan Book of the Dead
by Coleman, Graham; Coleman, Graham; Lama, Dalai; Dorje, Gyurme; Jinpa, ThuptenFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2010-11-30
Publisher(s): Penguin Books
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Summary
Selections from Penguin's authoritative first complete translation of The Tibetan Book of the Dead One of the most inspiration and compelling works in world literature; The Tibetan Book of the Deadpresents a visionary exploration of both the after-death state and the inner workings of our perceptual states during life. Meditations on Living, Dying, and Lossoffers selected extracts from this influential text, focusing on perspectives and insights that are the most relevant to our modern experience of life, death, and loss. Each chapter is prefaced by the editor of the acclaimed unabridged translation, Graham Coleman. Here, in his accessible and moving essays, he illuminates the text's secrets, revealing the immense creativity that deepening out insight into the relationship between living and dying can bring.
Author Biography
Graham Coleman is president of the Orient Foundation, a major Tibetan cultural conservancy organization in the UK.
Gyurme Dorje, Ph.D., is a leading scholar of the Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism.
Thupten Jinpa, Ph.D., is the senior translator to His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
Gyurme Dorje, Ph.D., is a leading scholar of the Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism.
Thupten Jinpa, Ph.D., is the senior translator to His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgments | p. ix |
| Editor's Introduction | p. xiii |
| Introductory Commentary by His Holiness the XIVth Exploring the Notion of Continuity of Consciousness | p. xxv |
| Living | |
| Song of Impermanence | p. 3 |
| Imprisoned by the Ego: A Lament | p. 11 |
| Living, Dreaming, Meditating, and Dying | p. 21 |
| Uncovering the Nature of Mind | p. 31 |
| Wisdoms, Elements, and Subtle Energies | p. 53 |
| Dying | |
| Body and Mind Dissolving | p. 69 |
| Entering the Horizon of Light | p. 83 |
| Loss | |
| Transforming Bereavement in the Mirror of Guidance | p. 99 |
| Glossary of Key Terms | p. 147 |
| Notes | p. 187 |
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