Tibetan Book of the Dead : First Complete Translation by Gyurme Dorje

The Tibetan Book of the Dead presents Tibetan Buddhist teachings on living, dying and the states described as following death. Gyurme Dorje’s translation is edited by Graham Coleman and Thupten Jinpa, with commentaries by the Dalai Lama.

The text includes contemplative practices, guidance for supporting the dying and perspectives on bereavement. Choose this Penguin Classics Deluxe paperback for the edition subtitled First Complete Translation, ISBN 9780143104940. Descriptions of after-death experience are teachings within the Buddhist tradition, not established scientific claims.

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