The Tibetan Book of the Dead
gilded pocket edition
$27.99
- Hardcover
128 pages
- Release Date
1 January 2026
Summary
The Tibetan Book of the Dead: A Gilded Guide to the Afterlife
This handsome hardback edition presents the classic Buddhist text, The Tibetan Book of the Dead, featuring silver cover embossing and gilded page-edges.
Said to have its origins in the ‘treasure texts’ that were supposedly hidden away by Padmasambhava, the Lotus Guru, in Tibet in the 8th century, The Tibetan Book of the Dead was traditionally read aloud to the dying or recently d…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781398851122 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1398851124 |
| Series: | Arcturus Ornate Classics |
| Author: | Padmasambhava, John Baldock, Lama Kazi Dawa-Samdup |
| Publisher: | Arcturus Publishing Ltd |
| Imprint: | Arcturus |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 128 |
| Release Date: | 1 January 2026 |
| Weight: | 196g |
| Dimensions: | 165mm x 105mm x 14mm |
About The Author
Padmasambhava
According to Tibetan tradition, the Tibetan Book of the Dead was composed in the 8th century by Padmasambhava, written down by his primary student, Yeshe Tsogyal, buried in the Gampo hills in central Tibet and subsequently discovered by a Tibetan terton, Karma Lingpa, in the 14th century
John Baldock studied art history at the École du Louvre, Paris. His encounter with sacred art led to an exploration of the world’s major religious and spiritual traditions. After a period of teaching art and art history in schools in England, during which he continued his spiritual studies, he left teaching to pursue a career as a writer. His books include The Essence of Sufism, The Essence of Rumi and an anthology of Zen wisdom.
Lama Kazi Dawa-Samsup (1868-1922) is now best known as one of the first translators of important works of Tibetan Buddhism into the English language and a pioneer central to the transmission of Buddhism in the West.
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