The Tibetan Book of the Dead
first complete translation
$40.01
- Paperback
592 pages
- Release Date
4 January 2009
Summary
Unveiling the Mysteries: The Tibetan Book of the Dead - A Complete Translation
One of the greatest works created by any culture and one of the most influential of all Tibetan Buddhist texts in the West.
This Classics edition presents the most graceful English translation of this masterpiece of world literature, prepared with the participation of the Dalai Lama and eminent contemporary masters of this tradition appointed by the Dalai Lama.
The Tibetan Book of the Dead…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140455267 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0140455264 |
| Author: | Graham Coleman, Thupten Jinpa, Dalai Lama |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 592 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 4 January 2009 |
| Weight: | 406g |
| Dimensions: | 199mm x 129mm x 25mm |
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One of the great treasures of wisdom in the spiritual heritage of humanity
Offers the wisdom of the Tibetan ancients to a jaded modern world Sunday Telegraph One of the great scripts of civilization . a voyage inside the profound imagination of a people Time Out I can’t imagine anybody aware of his or her own temporal humanity not wanting to find out what this book says . this version is by far the most complete and comprehensive to date Independent on Sunday Magnificent . beautiful verse meditations Guardian This is an event. A new and comprehensive translation of one of the seminal works of Tibetan Buddhism Richard Gere One of the great treasures of wisdom in the spiritual heritage of humanity – Sogyal Rinpoche, author of The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying
About The Author
Graham Coleman
Commentary by His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
Thupten Jinpa is the senior translator to the Dalai Lama and President of the Institute of Tibetan Classics.
Graham Coleman is founder of the Orient Foundation for Arts and Culture, a major Tibetan cultural conservancy organization, and writer-director of the acclaimed feature documentary Tibet- A Buddhist Trilogy.
Gyurme Dorje is a leading scholar of the Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, from which the Tibetan Book of the Dead literature derives.
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