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by Graham Coleman (Editor), Thupten Jinpa (Editor), Gyurme Dorje (Translator),

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The first complete translation of a classic Buddhist text on the journey through living and dying

Graced with opening words by His Holiness The Dalai Lama, the Penguin Deluxe Edition of The Tibetan Book of the Dead is "immaculately rendered in an English both graceful and precise." Translated with the close support of leading contemporary masters and hailed as “a tremendous accomplishment,” this book faithfully presents the insights and intentions of the original work. It includes one of the most detailed and compelling descriptions of the after-death state in world literature, practices that can transform our experience of daily life, guidance on helping those who are dying, and an inspirational perspective on coping with bereavement.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

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This new translation of The Tibetan Book of the Dead is a tremendous accomplishment. The whole text is a vast source of inspiration. (Francesca Fremantle, Buddhadharma magazine)

The most celebrated and widely read work of Tibetan literature outside Tibet . . . now in its finest and most complete form in this excellent English translation. (Bryan J. Cuevas, Tricycle)

Profound and unique, it is one of the great treasures of wisdom in the spiritual heritage of humanity. (Sogyal Rinpoche, author of The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying)

One of the great scripts of world civilization . . . a voyage inside the profound imagination of a people, immaculately rendered in an English both graceful and precise. (Time Out, London)

Magnificent . . . beautiful verse meditations. (The Guardian, London)

I hope that the profound insights contained in this work will be a source of inspiration and support to many interested people around the world. (His Holiness The Dalai Lama)

About the Author

Gyurme Dorje (PhD) is a leading scholar of the Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. His seven major publications include works on Tibetan lexicography, medicine, divination and pilgrimage guides to Tibet and Bhutan, as well as translations of HH Dudjom Rinpoche's The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism.

Graham Coleman is President of the Orient Foundation (UK), a major Tibetan cultural conservancy organization. Writer/director of the acclaimed feature documentary Tibet: A Buddhist Trilogy and editor of the Handbook of Tibetan Culture, he has been editing Tibetan Buddhist poetry and prose texts in cooperation with various distinguished translators since the mid-1970s.

Thupten Jinpa (Phd) is the senior translator to His Holiness the Dalai Lama and President of the Institute of Tibetan Classics. His works include the translation of twelve books by the Dalai Lama, such as the New York Times bestseller Ethics for a New Millennium and The Universe in a Single Atom, the Dalai Lama's perspective on the meeting of Buddhism and modern science.

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Paperback: 535 pages
Publisher: Penguin Classics; Deluxe edition (January 30, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0143104942
ISBN-13: 978-0143104940
Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.7 x 1.6 inches
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Science of Mind and Liberation through Hearing

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I have the incomplete, first translation of this work; I jumped at the chance to get the first complete translation. Let me state this for the sake of clarity: in terms to profundity, this book is, in my opinion, unparalleled.
We, here in the west, assume that we are among the most advanced nation(s) on the planet; that materialism, capitalism, even religious thought - are the acme of civilization. Then there's this book.
I have been a voracious reader all my life, and have been exposed to thousands of pages of literature from countless brilliant minds; my advice to those of my ilk: read this book and be amazed at the complexity of it. Read the foreword by the Dalai Lama; you will come away shaking your head. The philosophy expressed by His Holiness is akin to one perfect thought honoring a process of liberation of the soul.
And this: you would be in error to classify this book as religious; Buddhism? Buddhism is Science of Mind.

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I highly recommend this book if you seek answers about life and the journey after death. I am thankful for this must needed book in the West.

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Best and clearest translation I have read

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Best and clearest translation I have read. An excellent text with annotations and a glossary for anyone who wants to actually practice these teachings.

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Well beyond what I expected from the description.. ...

September 3, 2017

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Well beyond what I expected from the description.. This is the Original Full Tibetan Book of The Dead.. A True Treasure for any library

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Can you show me the way?

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The Tibetan philosophy is great practice for anyone, but can make for heavy reading. Prepare yourself for a journey with this book.

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excellent..let me know if ever in dvd or audio..letr me know if there's a book for the right to die..is there such thing..the right to die,not suicidle,just spiritual..\tu/

September 5, 2013

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The Book of the Dead is an amazing read, but it does require thought on the part of the reader. I already have been studying consciousness, life after death, ect. and as I read this book I took time to "think thru" many aspects of what is said in this book. It is definitely a book than I will return to time after time. I would recommend this book to person's interested in what happens to our Soul upon death/after death.

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Fascinating topic, but there are some definite oddities in the translation. "The tractor beam of infinite compassion" being the one I (and my friends who were studying the book with me) found most amusing and memorable.

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As a Tibetan Buddhist this is an excellent guide to preparing for death

As a Tibetan Buddhist this is an excellent guide to preparing for death. The Bardo is our best chance for enlightenment.

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Hard to understand as the book has many eastern references that you need to already be familiar with.

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Great translation of the Tibetan book of the

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Book looks wonderful.

Thanks for sending so quickly. Book looks wonderful.

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Good translation and color photo pages are lovely

Good translation and color photo pages are lovely. It was well liked as a gift and will absorb the reader.

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Not what I expected... more a collection of very short Maxims and poems... buy deepak books instead...

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