The Tibetan book of the dead

The Tibetan book of the dead

DVD - 2009

Documentary containing remarkable footage of the rites and liturgies surrounding and following the death of a Ladakhi elder. The Dalai Lama explains his own feelings about death, while other scenes within a palliative care hospice in San Francisco depict the use of the texts to counsel dying patients.

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Subjects
Karma-gliṅ-pa, > 14th cent. > Bar do thos grol.
Buddhism > India > Ladākh.
Intermediate state > Buddhism.
Lamaism > Sacred books.
Death > Religious aspects > Buddhism.
Buddhist funeral rites and ceremonies > China > Tibet.
Ladākh (India) > Religious life and customs.
Published
[place of publication not identified] : Alive Mind Cinema .
New York, NY : Lorger HT Digital c2009
Language
English
Corporate Author
National Film Board of Canada
Corporate Author
National Film Board of Canada (-)
Other Authors
Karma-gliṅ-pa, 14th cent (-), Yukari Hayashi, 1964-, Hiroaki Mota, Barrie Angus McLean, Shinichi Nakazawa, Douglas Penick, Leonard Cohen, 1934-2016
Edition
Full screen
Physical Description
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 in
Audience
MPAA rating: not rated.
Production Credits
Animation director Ishu Patel; camera, Hideo Saito, Shuji Kawashita ; editors, Mitsuknori Morimoto, Judith Merritt, David Verrall ; music, Toshiyuki Honda.
ISBN
9780982253601
  • Part 1: A way of life
  • Part 2: The great liberation.

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