Liberation Through Hearing
The Art of Dying
Published on 1. August 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
112 pages
978-1-941610-08-4 (ISBN)
Description
Liberation through Hearing, or more fully, The Great Liberation through Hearing in the Intermediate States, has become widely known by its descriptive nickname used in the West, The Tibetan Book of the Dead. These secret teachings are attributed to the 8th century Indian Buddhist Master Padma Sambhava.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Kentucky
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
55 black and white illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 213 mm
Width: 216 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight
318 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-941610-08-4 (9781941610084)
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Persons
Tze-si Huang is a professional writer and translator. He was born in Chungking, the youngest of 10 children. After facing and overcoming trials of both survival and becoming educated, he eventually immigrated to the USA. He attended New York University and Columbia University for post graduate studies. Demi is an award-winning illustrator of numerous books for children. Her books include The Empty Pot, Nightingale, The Emperor's New Clothes, and Gandhi, which was named the New York Times Best Illustrated Book and received the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Award.
Content
- THE INVOCATION PRAYER FOR ASSISTANCE AND PROTECTION
- INTRODUCTION
- I - Life and Death
- II - Bardo
- III - The Process of Deat
- PREPARATION FOR THE CEREMONY
- APPLICATION: THE FIRST STAGE - PRELIMINARY
- Ritual (Ceremony)
- THE SECOND STAGE - REALITY
- PHASE I
- The First Day
- The Second Day
- The Third Day
- The Fourth Day
- The Fifth Day
- The Sixth Day
- The Seventh Day
- PHASE II
- The Eighth Day
- The Ninth Day
- The Tenth Day
- The Eleventh Day
- The Twelfth Day
- The Thirteenth Day
- The Fourteenth Day
- THE THIRD STAGE - BECOMING
- The Natural State of Mind
- The State of Non-Attachment
- Staying Calm in the Face of Terrors
- Judgment
- Abide in the Natural Primordial State
- Closing the Womb Doors
- Abandon Negative Passions
- Beseech Blessings and Guidance from Your Guru and Lord of Compassion
- Abandon Attachments, Hatreds, and Revulsions
- Meditate on the Illusion of All Images
- Meditate on The Clear Light
- Choosing a Womb
- Images of the Four Continents and Five Realms
- Amitabha Buddha's Pure Land or Auspicious Human Birth
- CONCLUSION
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INTRODUCTION
- I - Life and Death
- II - Bardo
- III - The Process of Deat
- PREPARATION FOR THE CEREMONY
- APPLICATION: THE FIRST STAGE - PRELIMINARY
- Ritual (Ceremony)
- THE SECOND STAGE - REALITY
- PHASE I
- The First Day
- The Second Day
- The Third Day
- The Fourth Day
- The Fifth Day
- The Sixth Day
- The Seventh Day
- PHASE II
- The Eighth Day
- The Ninth Day
- The Tenth Day
- The Eleventh Day
- The Twelfth Day
- The Thirteenth Day
- The Fourteenth Day
- THE THIRD STAGE - BECOMING
- The Natural State of Mind
- The State of Non-Attachment
- Staying Calm in the Face of Terrors
- Judgment
- Abide in the Natural Primordial State
- Closing the Womb Doors
- Abandon Negative Passions
- Beseech Blessings and Guidance from Your Guru and Lord of Compassion
- Abandon Attachments, Hatreds, and Revulsions
- Meditate on the Illusion of All Images
- Meditate on The Clear Light
- Choosing a Womb
- Images of the Four Continents and Five Realms
- Amitabha Buddha's Pure Land or Auspicious Human Birth
- CONCLUSION
- BIBLIOGRAPHY