The most graceful English translation of this masterpiece of world literature
- prepared with the participation of the Dalai Lama & eminent contemporary masters of this tradition appointed by the Dalai Lama One of the greatest works created by any culture & one of the most influential of all Tibetan Buddhist texts in the West The Tibetan Book of the Dead has had a number of distinguished translations but strangely all of these have been partial abridgements Now the entire text has not only been made available in English but in a translation of quite remarkable clarity & beauty A comprehensive guide to living & dying The Tibetan Book of the Dead contains exquisitely written guidance & practices related to transforming our experience in daily life on the processes of dying & the after-death state & on how to help those who are dying As originally intended this is as much a work for the living as it is for those who wish to think beyond a mere conventional lifetime to a vastly greater & grander cycle' Extraordinary this work will be a source of inspiration & support to many' His Holiness the Dalai Lama About the authors Commentary by His Holiness the Dalai Lama Thupten Jinpa is the senior translator to the Dalai Lama & President of the Institute of Tibetan Classics Graham Coleman is founder of the Orient Foundation for Arts & Culture a major Tibetan cultural conservancy organization & writer-director of the acclaimed feature documentary Tibet A Buddhist Trilogy Gyurme Dorje is a leading scholar of the Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism from which the Tibetan Book of the Dead literature derives