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Can I read The Tibetan Book of the Dead on EtoBox?
The Tibetan Book of the Dead by Karma-glin-pa (Karma Lingpa), W. Y. Evans-Wentz (Editor), Lama Kazi Dawa-Samdup (Translator), Summum is a religious work available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Tibetan Book of the Dead about?
This book is the first English language translation of the famous Tibetan death text, The Great Liberation upon Hearing in the Intermediate State. Also known as the Bardo Thodol which means "liberation by hearing on the after death plane" (Bardo: after death plane, Thodol or Thotrol: liberation by hearing), it was originally written in the Tibetan language and is meant to be a guide for those who have died as they transition from their former life to a new destination.
Who reads The Tibetan Book of the Dead?
It is typically read by readers engaging with religious study and devotional practice.
Common subject areas: religion, theology.
- Author
- Karma-glin-pa (Karma Lingpa), W. Y. Evans-Wentz (Editor), Lama Kazi Dawa-Samdup (Translator), Summum
- Publisher
- Summum Press
- Published
- 2010
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780943217062
- Category
- religious
- Subjects
- Religion, Psychology
- Rating
- 4.04 / 5 (1,042 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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