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The Tibetan book of the dead / NHK of Japan, Mistral Film of France, and National Film Board of Canada ; written by Shinichi Nakazawa and Douglas Penick ; directed by Hiroaki Mori, Yukari Hayashi and Barrie Angus McLean ; produced by Atsunori Kawamura and David Verrall.
LIBRA VHS/PAL BQ4490 .T53 1994 Tape 1-2
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Karma-gling-pa, active 14th century. Bar do thos grol.
- Karma-gling-pa.
- Buddhism.
- Ladākh (India)--Religious life and customs.
- Ladākh (India).
- Buddhism--India--Ladākh.
- India--Ladākh.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 2 videocassettes (45 min. each) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
- 1/2 in.
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Monica, CA : Direct Cinema Limited, [1994]
- System Details:
- VHS - PAL
- analog
- magnetic
- VHS
- Summary:
- "A text unique to the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, the Book of the Dead is an essential teaching that is read aloud to dying persons as they pass from this life to the next. This ground-breaking new film documents the history of the Book of the Dead and explores its traditional application in Ladakh, northern India, as well as its use in hospices in Europe and North America. Filmed on location over a four-month period, the film uses remarkable footge of the rites and liturgies performed for a recently deceased Ladakhi elder."--Container.
- Contents:
- Part I. A way of life
- Part II. The great liberation.
- Participant:
- Narration, Leonard Cohen.
- Credits:
- Camera, Hideo Saito ; editors, Masaharu Yoshioka, Judith Merritt, David Verrall ; music, Toshiyuki Honda.
- Notes:
- "Includes an interview with the Dalai Lama, who shares his views on the book's meaning and importance."--Container.
- ISBN:
- 1559745452
- 1559745479
- OCLC:
- 34887512
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