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The Tibetan Book of the Dead
Padma-Sambhava · Tibetan Buddhism · 8th century CE
Translated by Lāma Kazi Dawa-Samdup (1927)
34 chapters
A guide for the dying and deceased through the intermediate states (bardos) between death and rebirth, describing the visions of peaceful and wrathful deities encountered in the after-death experience.
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Contents
- 1Book I: The Obeisances and Introduction
- 2The Primary Clear Light at the Moment of Death
- 3The Secondary Clear Light After Death
- 4The Bardo of the Experiencing of Reality
- 5The Peaceful Deities: The First Day
- 6The Peaceful Deities: The Second Day
- 7The Peaceful Deities: The Third Day
- 8The Peaceful Deities: The Fourth Day
- 9The Peaceful Deities: The Fifth Day
- 10The Peaceful Deities: The Sixth Day
- 11The Seventh Day: The Knowledge-Holding Deities
- 12The Wrathful Deities: Introduction
- 13The Wrathful Deities: The Eighth Day
- 14The Wrathful Deities: The Ninth Day
- 15The Wrathful Deities: The Tenth Day
- 16The Wrathful Deities: The Eleventh Day
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