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The Tibetan Book of the Dead

First Complete Translation (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

First Complete Translation

First Complete Translation (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

Edited by Graham Coleman and Thupten Jinpa
Translated by Gyurme Dorje
Commentaries by Dalai Lama

Edited by Graham Coleman and Thupten Jinpa
Translated by Gyurme Dorje
Commentaries by Dalai Lama

Edited by Graham Coleman and Thupten Jinpa
Translated by Gyurme Dorje

Edited by Graham Coleman and Thupten Jinpa
Translated by Gyurme Dorje

Edited by Graham Coleman and Thupten Jinpa
Translated by Gyurme Dorje
Commentaries by Dalai Lama

Edited by Graham Coleman and Thupten Jinpa
Translated by Gyurme Dorje
Commentaries by Dalai Lama

Part of Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition

Part of Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition

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Jan 30, 2007 | 592 Pages

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    About The Tibetan Book of the Dead

    The first complete translation of a classic Buddhist text on the journey through living and dying

    Graced with opening words by His Holiness The Dalai Lama, the Penguin Deluxe Edition of The Tibetan Book of the Dead is “immaculately rendered in an English both graceful and precise.” Translated with the close support of leading contemporary masters and hailed as “a tremendous accomplishment,” this book faithfully presents the insights and intentions of the original work. It includes one of the most detailed and compelling descriptions of the after-death state in world literature, practices that can transform our experience of daily life, guidance on helping those who are dying, and an inspirational perspective on coping with bereavement.
     
    For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

    About The Tibetan Book of the Dead

    One of the greatest works created by any culture and overwhelmingly the most significant of all Tibetan Buddhist texts in the West, The Tibetan Book of the Dead has had a number of distinguished translations, but none encompassed the work in its entirety. Now, in one of the year’s most important publishing events, the entire text has not only been made available in English but in a translation of quite remarkable clarity and beauty.

    With an introductory commentary by His Holiness The Dalai Lama, who calls this translation “an extraordinary accomplishment undertaken with great care over many years” this complete edition faithfully presents the insights and intentions of the original work. It includes one of the most detailed and compelling descriptions of the after-death state in world literature, exquisitely written practices that can transform our experience of daily life, guidance on helping those who are dying, and an inspirational perspective on coping with bereavement. Translated with the close support of leading contemporary masters, including HH Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, and learned scholars such as Khamtrul Rinpoche and Zenkar Rinpoche, His Holiness the Dalai Lama says, “I hope that the profound insights contained in this work will be a source of inspiration and support to many interested people around the world.”

    About The Tibetan Book of the Dead

    One of the greatest works created by any culture and overwhelmingly the most significant of all Tibetan Buddhist texts in the West, The Tibetan Book of the Dead has had a number of distinguished translations, but none encompassed the work in its entirety. Now, in one of the year’s most important publishing events, the entire text has not only been made available in English but in a translation of quite remarkable clarity and beauty.

    With an introductory commentary by His Holiness The Dalai Lama, who calls this translation “an extraordinary accomplishment undertaken with great care over many years” this complete edition faithfully presents the insights and intentions of the original work. It includes one of the most detailed and compelling descriptions of the after-death state in world literature, exquisitely written practices that can transform our experience of daily life, guidance on helping those who are dying, and an inspirational perspective on coping with bereavement. Translated with the close support of leading contemporary masters, including HH Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, and learned scholars such as Khamtrul Rinpoche and Zenkar Rinpoche, His Holiness the Dalai Lama says, “I hope that the profound insights contained in this work will be a source of inspiration and support to many interested people around the world.”

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    Product Details

    Category: Religion | Nonfiction Classics | Philosophy

    Paperback | $24.00
    Published by Penguin Classics
    Jan 30, 2007 | 592 Pages | 5-5/8 x 8-7/16 | ISBN 9780143104940

    Category: Religion | Philosophy

    Hardcover | $35.00
    Published by Viking
    Jan 19, 2006 | 592 Pages | 6 x 9 | ISBN 9780670858866

    Category: Religion | Nonfiction Classics | Philosophy

    Ebook | $14.99
    Published by Penguin Classics
    Jan 30, 2007 | 592 Pages | ISBN 9781101462287

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    Praise

    This new translation of The Tibetan Book of the Dead is a tremendous accomplishment. The whole text is a vast source of inspiration. (Francesca Fremantle, Buddhadharma magazine)

    The most celebrated and widely read work of Tibetan literature outside Tibet . . . now in its finest and most complete form in this excellent English translation. (Bryan J. Cuevas, Tricycle)

    Profound and unique, it is one of the great treasures of wisdom in the spiritual heritage of humanity. (Sogyal Rinpoche, author of The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying)

    One of the great scripts of world civilization . . . a voyage inside the profound imagination of a people, immaculately rendered in an English both graceful and precise. (Time Out, London)

    Magnificent . . . beautiful verse meditations. (The Guardian, London)

    I hope that the profound insights contained in this work will be a source of inspiration and support to many interested people around the world. (His Holiness The Dalai Lama)

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