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Author Karma-gliṅ-pa, active 14th century.

Title Meditations on living, dying, and loss : ancient knowledge for a modern world from the first complete translation of the Tibetan Book of the dead / introductory commentary by His Holiness the Dalai Lama ; selected and introduced by Graham Coleman ; translated by Gyurme Dorje ; edited by Graham Coleman with Thupten Jinpa.

Publication Info. New York : Viking, 2009.
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Location Call No. Status
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  227 KAR    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  294.3423 KARMA-GLIN-PA    Check Shelf
Edition First American edition.
Description xxxiv, 188 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Summary This distillation of the acclaimed English translation of a revered Tibetan classic--"The Tibetan Book of the Dead"--collects the most beautifully written passages, ones that draw out the central perspectives most relevant to modern experience.
Contents Song of impermanence -- Imprisoned by the ego : a lament -- Living, dreaming, meditating, and dying -- Uncovering the nature of mind -- Wisdoms, elements, and subtle energies -- Body and mind dissolving -- Entering the horizon of light -- Transforming bereavement -- In the mirror of guidance.
Language Translated from the Tibetan.
Subject Intermediate state -- Buddhism -- Early works to 1800.
Death -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism -- Early works to 1800.
Spiritual life -- Buddhism -- Early works to 1800.
Added Author Padma Sambhava, approximately 717-approximately 762.
Coleman, Graham.
Gyurme Dorje.
Thupten Jinpa.
Added Title Bar do thos grol. English. Selections
ISBN 9780670021284
0670021288
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