The Tibetan Book of the Dead

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/The_Tibetan_Book_of_the_Dead

GPTKB entity

Statements (56)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:religion Buddhist scripture
gptkbp:author	gptkb:Padmasambhava
gptkbp:category	gptkb:Buddhism gptkb:Tibetan Buddhist scripture Death customs
gptkbp:compiledBy	gptkb:Karma_Lingpa
gptkbp:contains	prayers ritual instructions descriptions of the bardo states
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin	gptkb:Tibet
gptkbp:date	14th century
gptkbp:depicts	bardo (intermediate state)
gptkbp:firstPublished	1927
gptkbp:genre	spiritual guide
gptkbp:hasPart	gptkb:Great_Liberation_by_Hearing gptkb:Peaceful_and_Wrathful_Deities Instructions for the Dying
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	The Tibetan Book of the Dead
gptkbp:influenced	gptkb:spirituality psychology
gptkbp:influencedBy	tradition Indian Buddhist tantras
gptkbp:languageOfWork	gptkb:Tibetan
gptkbp:mediaType	gptkb:book gptkb:manuscript
gptkbp:originalTitle	gptkb:Bardo_Thodol
gptkbp:publisherOfFirstEnglishEdition	gptkb:Oxford_University_Press
gptkbp:purpose	guide for the dead and dying
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Bardo_Thodol Tibetan Buddhism funerary practices
gptkbp:religion	Tibetan Buddhism
gptkbp:significance	influential in Western spirituality major work in Vajrayana Buddhism
gptkbp:subject	afterlife death rebirth
gptkbp:teaches	liberation through hearing preparation for death recognition of the nature of mind
gptkbp:translatedInto	gptkb:Chögyam_Trungpa gptkb:The_Psychedelic_Experience gptkb:The_Tibetan_Book_of_Living_and_Dying gptkb:W._Y._Evans-Wentz gptkb:Francesca_Fremantle
gptkbp:usedIn	funeral rites meditation practices
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Ricky_Ian_Gordon gptkb:Evans-Wentz_translation gptkb:Guru_Yoga gptkb:Tummo gptkb:W._Y._Evans-Wentz gptkb:Francesca_Fremantle gptkb:Nyingma_school_of_Tibetan_Buddhism
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