Bardo Thodol
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Bardo Thodol, commonly known in English as the Tibetan Book of the Dead, is a key Tibetan Buddhist text that guides consciousness through the stages of death, the afterlife, and rebirth.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Tibetan Book of the Dead | 3 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Tibetan Buddhist text
ⓘ
funerary text ⓘ religious text ⓘ |
| associatedConcept |
karma
ⓘ
nirvana ⓘ non-duality ⓘ samsara ⓘ |
| associatedWithSchool | Nyingma NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| attributedTo | Padmasambhava NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category | Tibetan Buddhist canon (Nyingma)} NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
afterlife
ⓘ
bardo states ⓘ death ⓘ rebirth ⓘ |
| conceptualFocus |
clear light
ⓘ
nature of mind ⓘ peaceful and wrathful deities ⓘ |
| dateOfRevelation | 14th century ⓘ |
| describes |
Chikhai bardo
NERFINISHED
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Chonyid bardo NERFINISHED ⓘ Sidpa bardo ⓘ |
| genre | terma text ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeTransliteration | Bar do thos grol NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEnglishName | Tibetan Book of the Dead NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMeaning | Liberation through hearing in the intermediate state ⓘ |
| hasNotableTranslator |
Chögyam Trungpa
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Francesca Fremantle NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert A. F. Thurman NERFINISHED ⓘ Walter Evans-Wentz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Western interpretations of the afterlife
ⓘ
modern spiritual literature ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
lamas
ⓘ
practitioners preparing for death ⓘ relatives of the deceased ⓘ |
| language | Tibetan ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin | Tibet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose |
to aid the deceased in attaining liberation
ⓘ
to guide consciousness through the process of dying ⓘ to provide instructions for the dying and the dead ⓘ |
| relatedPractice |
meditation on death
ⓘ
phowa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Zhitro cycle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| revealedBy | Karma Lingpa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| script | Tibetan script ⓘ |
| structure | series of instructions recited to the dying or recently deceased ⓘ |
| tradition | Tibetan Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
funerary rituals
ⓘ
guidance at the time of death ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Tibetan Book of the Dead
this entity surface form:
The Tibetan Book of the Dead
this entity surface form:
The Tibetan Book of the Dead