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The Bardo Thodol (Tibetan: བར་དོ་ཐོས་གྲོལ, Wylie: bar do thos grol, 'Liberation through hearing during the intermediate state'), commonly known in the West as The Tibetan Book of the Dead, is a terma text from a larger corpus of teachings, the Profound Dharma of Self-Liberation through the Intention of the Peaceful ...
Bardo Thödol, in Tibetan Buddhism, a funerary text that is recited to ease the consciousness of a recently deceased person through death and assist it into a favourable rebirth.
The Bardo Thodol, Liberation Through Hearing in the Intermediate State is commonly known as The Tibetan Book of the Dead. It is among the most famous works of Buddhist literature. The writing is best known as a guide through the intermediate state (or bardo) between death and rebirth.
In Tibetan Buddhism, bardo is the central theme of the Bardo Thodol (literally Liberation Through Hearing During the Intermediate State), the Tibetan Book of the Dead, a text intended to both guide the recently deceased person through the death bardo to gain a better rebirth and also to help their loved ones with the grieving process.
The book, known as Bardo Thodol, treats death as a transformative process – a premise that the modern spiritual seeker can apply in everyday Buddhist practice. In the foreword to Robert Thurman’s excellent translation, the Dalai Lama described the Bardo Thodol this way:
The Tibetan Book of the Dead, or the ‘Bardo Thodol‘, guides one through the metaphorical labyrinth of the afterlife. Throughout this journey, one will encounter various deities and demons, and understanding their symbolism is crucial to unlocking the profundity of this spiritual manifesto.
The Tibetan Book of the Dead is the English translation of the Tibetan texts known as bar-do thos-grol (Bardo Thodol) – “Liberation Through Hearing During the Intermediate State” – and serves as a guide...
What Is The Bardo Thodol? The Bardo Thodol was originally written in the Tibetan language and is widely known by its Western title as. The Tibetan Book of the Dead, which was coined by Dr. Walter Y. Evans-Wentz. Bardo Thodol means, “ liberation by hearing on the after death plane."
Bardo Thodol (T. bar do thos grol བར་དོ་ཐོས་གྲོལ; English: Liberation Through Hearing in the Bardo) is a Tibetan text that describes, and is intended to guide one through, the experiences that the consciousness goes through during the dying process and in the interval between death and the next rebirth.
The Bardo Thodol (bar do thos grol, 'Liberation through hearing during the intermediate state'), commonly known in the West as The Tibetan Book of the Dead, is a terma text from a larger corpus of teachings, the Profound Dharma of Self-Liberation through the Intention of the Peaceful and Wrathful Ones, revealed by Karma Lingpa (1326–1386).