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The hidden history of the Tibetan book of the dead / Bryan J. Cuevas.
Van Pelt Library BQ4490.K373 C83 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cuevas, Bryan J., 1967-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Karma-gling-pa, active 14th century. Bar do thos grol--Criticism, Textual.
- Karma-gling-pa.
- Intermediate state--Buddhism.
- Intermediate state.
- Death--Religious aspects--Buddhism.
- Death.
- Buddhist funeral rites and ceremonies--China--Tibet Autonomous Region.
- Buddhist funeral rites and ceremonies.
- China--Tibet Autonomous Region.
- Karma-glin-pa. Tibetan book of the dead--Criticism, Textual.
- Local Subjects:
- Karma-glin-pa. Tibetan book of the dead--Criticism, Textual.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 328 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.
- Summary:
- In 1927, Oxford University Press published the first western-language translation of a collection of Tibetan funerary texts (the Great Liberation upon Hearing in the Bardo) under the title The Tibetan Book of the Dead. Cuevas offers the first comprehensive historical study of the Great Liberation upon Hearing in the Bardo, grounding it firmly in the context of Tibetan history and culture.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-302) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0195154134
- OCLC:
- 50347871
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