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VISION OF GURU RINPOCHE The Tibetan Book of the Dead THE GREAT LIBERATION THROUGH HEARING IN THE BARDO by Guru Rinpoche according to Karma Lingpa Translated with commentary by Francesca Fremantle & Chogyam Trungpa SHAM~HALA Boston & London 1987 Shambhala Publications, Inc. Honicultural Hall 300 Massachusetts Avenue Boston, Massachusetts 02115 Shambhala Publications, Inc. Random Century House 20 Vauxhall Bridge Road London SWlV 2SA <1:>1975 by Francesca Fremantle and ChOgyam Trungpa All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. 987654 Printed in the United States of America Distributed in the United States by Random House, Inc., in Canada by Random Howie of Canada Ltd, and in the United Kingdom by the Random Century Group The Library of Congress catalogues the original edition of this work as follows: Karma-glin-pa, 14th cent. The Tibetan book of the dead : the great liberation through hearing in the Bardo I by Guru Rinpoche according to Karma Lingpa : a new translation with commentary by Francesca Fremantle and Chogyam Trungpa,-Berkeley ; Shambhala, 1975. xx, 119 p. : ill. ; 24 em.-(The Clearlight series) Translation of the author's Bar do thos grot. Bibliography; p. 111-112. Includes index. ISBN 0-87773-074-1 1. Intermediate state - Buddhism. 2. Funeral rites and ceremonies, Buddhist-Tiber. 3. Death (Buddhism) I. Fremantle, Francesca. II. ChOgyam Trungpa, Trungpa Tulku, 1939-1987. Ill. Title. BQ4490.K3713 294.3'423 74-29615 MARC DEDICATED TO His Holiness the XVI Gyalwa Karmapa Rangjung Rigpi Dorje Contents List of lllustrations ix Foreword, by Chogyam Trungpa, Rinpoche xi Introduction, by Francesca Fremantle xiii. Commentary 1 The Great Liberation Through Hearing In The Bardo 33 Inspiration-Prayers 95 Inspiration-Prayer Calling on the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas for Rescue 96 The Main Verses of the Six Bardos 98 Inspiration-Prayer for Deliverance from the Dangerous Pathway of the Bardo 100 The Bardo Prayer which Protects from Fear 103 Pronunciation of Sanskrit Words 106 Glossary of Sanskrit Words 107 Bibliography 111 Index 113 Illustrations VISION OF GURU RINPOCHE THIS thangka was composed and written by Chogyam Trungpa, Rinpoche according to a vision of Guru Rinpoche. Guru Rinpoche is seen on a cloud coming toward the viewer. The position of the vajra in his right hand identifies him as being in the form called Guru Nangsid Zilnon (snang srid zil gnon), "the guru who is the overpower of all apparent phenomena and the whole of existence". The composition of the thangka is unconventional in that all features of landscape are absent and the vision is suspended in the middle of blue sky. Fror1tispiece. SAMANTABHADRA YANTRA THIS yantra is of a sort known in Tibetan as tagdrol, which means "liberated·by wearing''. Wearing is one of the "six liberations" along with hearing, seeing, remembering, touching and tasting. This yantra is placed on the body of a dead person to inspire him in the bardo of dharmata. The central figure Saman tabhadra is the supreme dharmakaya buddha and represents the dharmata. He is surrounded by the mal}<}alas of the peaceful deities, the vidyadharas and the wrathful deities represented by their mantras. In the outermost circle are the mantras of the buddhas of the six realms. Page 32. PERNAGCHEN PERNAGCHEN, "the Black-Gowned One", is the special protector of the Karma Kagyii order of Tibetan Buddhism. The Karma Kagyiis inherited Pemagchen from the family of Karma Pakshi, the second Gyalwa Karmapa, whose father was a tantric priest. Pemagchen, half of whose body is head and half of whose head is mouth, has repeatedly appeared in visions to holders of the Karma Kagyii lineage. His crescent knife destroys the perverters of the teaching. His skull cup holds wealth, both spiritual and material, for practitioners of the teaching. Drawing by Glen Eddy. Page 120.
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