Publication
Imprint: San Francisco, California : KDK Publications, 1982. Context: Originally published in 1979 based on oral teachings of Lama Lodo on the Bardo Thodol presented at the Kagyu Droden Kunchab in San Francisco. Originally transcribed by Okanta Leonard, and translated from Tibetan by Dawa Norbu and Janet Gyatso. Edition: Revised edition. Responsibility: Venerable Lama Lodo. OCLC Number: 9066322. Physical: Text : 1 volume : xvii, 74 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm. Features: Includes bibliography, glossary.
Call number
Precepts / Lodo
ISBN
0910165009 / 9780910165006
Original publication date
1979
Collections
CSS Library Notes
Description: Written by Ven. Lama Lodo for western students of the Dharma, This modest but carefully produced book presents the essence of the Tibetan Book of the Dead in a digestible form.
Table of Contents: Introductory note
The chikai bardo
Questions
The chonyi bardo
Questions
The sipai bardo
Tulkus in the sipai bardo
Questions
Appendix Charts:
Chikai bardo : the five elements dissolve
Chikai bardo : the bindus and their paths
Body opening & realm of rebirth
Chonyi bardo : the five Buddha families and their associations
Chonyi bardo : the wrathful deities
Tulkus in the sipai bardo : symbols which appear when a tulku is choosing the focus for his next life.
Tulkus in the sipai bardo : correspondence of visulization in the womb with the tulku's intention.
FY1993 /
Table of Contents: Introductory note
The chikai bardo
Questions
The chonyi bardo
Questions
The sipai bardo
Tulkus in the sipai bardo
Questions
Appendix Charts:
Chikai bardo : the five elements dissolve
Chikai bardo : the bindus and their paths
Body opening & realm of rebirth
Chonyi bardo : the five Buddha families and their associations
Chonyi bardo : the wrathful deities
Tulkus in the sipai bardo : symbols which appear when a tulku is choosing the focus for his next life.
Tulkus in the sipai bardo : correspondence of visulization in the womb with the tulku's intention.
FY1993 /
Physical description
xvii, 74 p.; 21 cm
Description
Bardo Teachings gives readers a precise and vivid description of the way of death and rebirth. It contains a wealth of heretofore untranslated material on the Tibetan presentation of the process of dying, the nature of the intermediate state after death, and the process of taking rebirth. This modest but carefully produced book presents the essence of the Tibetan Book of the Dead in a digestible form.
Language
Original language
English
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