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Loading... The Tibetan Book of the Dead (original 1927; edition 1975)by W. Y. Evans-Wentz, C. G. Jung (Contributor), Lama Anagarika Govinda (Foreword), John Woodroffe (Foreword)
Work InformationTibetan Book of the Dead: Or, The After-Death Experiences on the Bardo Plane, according to Lama Kazi Dawa-Samdup's English Rendering by W. Y. Evans-Wentz (1927)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. 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. no reviews | add a review
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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 traditio No library descriptions found. |
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My case is one example. I became familiar with the book when I first picked up a copy of The Psychedelic Experience back in the late 60s. It is the version that not only influenced those experiments but served as an introduction to Eastern thought for me. It is also the version that Jung referenced in his work. So having this copy for these purposes make perfect sense.
If you want to sidestep Evans-Wentz' theosophy influence and get a better, more comprehensive translation as part of studying Buddhism, I would recommend a different translation. This Ixia Press edition is a wonderful copy of Evans-Wentz version and I would highly recommend it for those who want or need this version.
Reviewed from a copy made available by the publisher via NetGalley. ( )