A gift to the MRU library by the family of "Small but Mighty" Dr. Debra Joanne Jensen. It is an honour to share Debra's book collection with the Mount Royal University community. Dedicated in loving memory of her beautiful soul..O how glorious and resplendent,Fragile body, shalt thou be.
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Introduction : gambling with the lord of death --; 1. The moment of truth --; 2. Pure delusion : the natural Bardo of this life --; 3. Waking the dreamer : the Bardo of dream --; 4. Mastering the mind : the Bardo of meditation --; 5. Evaporating reality : the painful Bardo of dying --; 6. Egoless journey : the luminous Bardo of dharmata --; 7. To be or not to be : the karmic Bardo of becoming --; App. I. The sutra on wisdom for the time of death Tibetan --; App. II. Vajra songs of realization --; App. III. Two poems by Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche --; App. IV. Looking back : the purpose of Ngondro --; App. V. The stages of dissolution --; App. VI. The hundred peaceful and wrathful deities.