Description: Further DetailsTitle: The Tibetan Book of the DeadCondition: NewSubtitle: Or the After-Death Experiences on the Bardo Plane, according to Lama Kazi Dawa-Samdup's English RenderingAuthor: Donald S. LopezContributor: W. Y. Evans-Wentz (Edited by), Donald S. Lopez (Foreword by)Format: PaperbackISBN-10: 0195133129EAN: 9780195133127ISBN: 9780195133127Publisher: Oxford University Press IncGenre: Philosophy & SpiritualityRelease Date: 02/11/2000Description: The Tibetan Book of the Dead is one of the texts that, according to legend, Padma-Sambhava was compelled to hide during his visit to Tibet in the late 8th century. The guru hid his books in stones, lakes, and pillars because the Tibetans of that day and age were somehow unprepared for their teachings. Now, in the form of the ever-popular Tibetan Book of the Dead, these teachings are constantly being discovered and rediscovered by Western readers of many different backgrounds--a phenomenon which began in 1927 with Oxford's first edition of Dr. Evans-Wentz's landmark volume. While it is traditionally used as a mortuary text, to be read or recited in the presence of a dead or dying person, this book--which relates the whole experience of death and rebirth in three intermediate states of being--was originally understood as a guide not only for the dead but also for the living. As a contribution to the science of death and dying--not to mention the belief in life after death, or the belief in rebirth--The Tibetan Book of the Dead is unique among the sacred texts of the world, for its socio-cultural influence in this regard is without comparison. This fourth edition features a new foreword, afterword, and suggested further reading list by Donald S. Lopez, author of Prisoners of Shangri-La: Tibetan Buddhism and the West. Lopez traces the whole history of the late Evans-Wentz's three earlier editions of this book, fully considering the work of contributors to previous editions (C. G. Jung among them), the sections that were added by Evans-Wentz along the way, the questions surrounding the book's translation, and finally the volume's profound importance in engendering both popular and academic interest in the religion and culture of Tibet. Another key theme that Lopez addresses is the changing nature of this book's audience--from the prewar theosophists to the beat poets to the hippies to contemporary exponents of the hospice movement--and what these audiences have found (or sought) in its very old pages.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 203mmItem Length: 135mmItem Width: 20mmItem Weight: 514gRelease Year: 2000 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: The Tibetan Book of the Dead
Title: The Tibetan Book of the Dead
Subtitle: Or the After-Death Experiences on the Bardo Plane, according to L
Contributor: Donald S. Lopez (Foreword by)
ISBN-10: 0195133129
EAN: 9780195133127
ISBN: 9780195133127
Release Date: 02/11/2000
Release Year: 2000
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Book Title: Tibetan Book of the Dead : Or the after-Death Experiences on the Bardo Plane, According to lāma Kazi Dawa-Samdup's English Rendering
Item Length: 5.1in
Item Height: 0.8in
Item Width: 7.8in
Author: w. Y. Evans-Wentz
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Features: Revised
Topic: Buddhism / Tibetan, Death & Dying, Death, Grief, Bereavement, Eschatology, Buddhism / Sacred Writings
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication Year: 2000
Genre: Family & Relationships, Religion, Social Science
Item Weight: 14.1 Oz
Number of Pages: 354 Pages