The hidden history of The Tibetan book of the dead /
[Book]
Bryan J. Cuevas
New York :
Oxford University Press,
2003
xi, 328 pages :
illustrations, maps ;
25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-302) and index
Introduction: The sage of The Tibetan Book of the Dead -- I: Death and the dead. Beginnings: Funeral ritual in ancient Tibet -- Transitions: The Buddhist intermediate state -- From death to disposal -- II: Prophecy, concealment, revelation. Prophecies of the Lotus Guru -- A tale of fathers and sons -- The gampodar treasures -- The third generation -- III: Traditions in transformation. Traditions in Eastern Tibet -- Traditions in central and southern Tibet -- IV: Text and consolidation. Rikzin Nyima Drakpa, sorcerer from Kham -- Conclusion: Manuscripts and printed texts
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Karma-gliṅ-pa,14th cent., Bar do thos grol
Karma-gliṅ-pa,14th cent., Bar do thos grol-- Criticism, Textual
Death-- Religious aspects-- Buddhism
Funeral rites and ceremonies, Buddhist-- China-- Tibet