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Author Lopez, Donald S., Jr., 1952-

Title The Tibetan book of the dead : a biography / Donald S. Lopez, Jr
Published Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (x, 173 pages)
Series Lives of great religious books
Lives of great religious books.
Contents America -- India -- Tibet -- The world -- Conclusion
Summary The Tibetan Book of the Dead is the most famous Buddhist text in the West, having sold more than a million copies since it was first published in English in 1927. Carl Jung wrote a commentary on it, Timothy Leary redesigned it as a guidebook for an acid trip, and the Beatles quoted Leary's version in their song "Tomorrow Never Knows." More recently, the book has been adopted by the hospice movement, enshrined by Penguin Classics, and made into an audiobook read by Richard Gere. Yet, as acclaimed writer and scholar of Buddhism Donald Lopez writes, "The Tibetan Book of the Dead is not really Tibetan
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-170) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Karma-gliṅ-pa, active 14th century. Bar do thos grol.
SUBJECT Karma-gliṅ-pa, active 14th century. Bar do thos grol
Bar do thos grol (Karma-gliṅ-pa) fast
Subject Death -- Religious aspects -- Comparative studies
Future life -- Comparative studies
RELIGION -- Buddhism -- General.
RELIGION -- Buddhism -- Tibetan.
Death -- Religious aspects
Future life
Genre/Form Comparative studies
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781400838042
1400838045
1282976389
9781282976382