The Tibetan Book of the Dead, Gyurme Dorje
The Tibetan Book of the Dead, Gyurme Dorje
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The Tibetan Book of the Dead
First Complete Translation

Author: Gyurme Dorje, Graham Coleman, Thupten Jinpa

Narrator: Gyetrul Jigme Rinpoche, Graham Coleman, Thupten Jinpa

Unabridged: 13 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 03/07/2023

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included

Synopsis

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."

* This audiobook edition includes a downloadable PDF with appendices and a glossary of key terms.

About The Author

Gyurme Dorje, Ph.D., is a leading scholar of the Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. Thupten Jinpa, Ph.D., is the senior translator to His Holiness The Dalai Lama and president of the Institute of Tibetan Classics.

Reviews

Goodreads review by John on October 07, 2012

It was a hard slugging away at the heightened language but well worth my persistence. Many of the thoughts about life and death have stayed with me since I read it the first time 65 years ago. Valuable insights now that I'm 80 and death is looking for me. I intend on reading a modern translated vers......more

Goodreads review by Ebblibs on August 09, 2012

Important deluxe edition of a new translation of the full version. This book is not a toy, so it's predictable that a lot of readers will get little or nothing out it, especially if they are looking for entertainment/amusement or a highspeed broadband route to 'enlightenment'. It is a bit like a per......more

Goodreads review by Thierry on August 16, 2013

I'm one of those delinquent Buddhists who does not formally practice his faith. I started reading this 30 years ago and recently, after a health scare, picked it up again. Life, it is said, is a terminal disease. You always die from it. There are no overwhelming revelations here, just a wonderfully c......more

Goodreads review by Cassandra Kay on October 27, 2010

I am doing a personal comparative study of this and the Egyptian book of the dead simultaneously. After the first two read throughs of this work I was extremely glad for the notes and appendixes provided for the study. I adore Tibetan Buddhism as a religion and culture and can relate very well to th......more

Goodreads review by Simon on December 15, 2018

The life of a book is always subjective; the death of ego in reading, objective. "Is" is always/mostly Maybe. My first near death experience came via a broken neck while diving into a desert reservoir in Grandview, ID, (Black Sands Beach) August '91 instantaneously paralyzing me from neck down, felt......more

Quotes

"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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