The tibetan book of the dead the great liberation 1994 documentary

The tibetan book of the dead remains an essential teaching in the buddhist cultures of the himalayas. The tibetan book of the dead is a twopart series that explores ancient teachings on death and dying. The great liberation was a coproduction between nhk japan, mistral france and fbc canada. The second installment of the series, the great liberation also above. The tibetan book of the great liberation, gatewaytoeternity.

The tibetan book of the great liberation by padma sambhava. Watch tibetan book of the dead the great liberation drcristian cirstocea on dailymotion. It is the bestknown work of nyingma literature, and is known in the west as the tibetan book of the dead. The great liberation 1994 an old lama and his novice monk guide a himalayan villager into the afterlife using readings from the tibetan book of the dead. The tibetan book of the dead or the afterdeath experiences on the bardo plane english translation by lama kazi dawasamdup foreword this book is the first english language translation of the famous tibetan death text, the great liberation upon hearing in the intermediate state. The tibetan book of the dead carl jungs inspiration. The author wrote, i have written the tibetan book of living and dying as the quintessence of the heartadvice of all my masters, to be a new tibetan book of the dead and a tibetan book of life. This way of life had no cheesy special effects and used no obvious actors. The tibetan book of the dead, whose actual title is the great liberation upon hearing in the intermediate state or bardo thodol, is traditionally believed to be the work of the legendary padma sambhava in the 8th century a. The great book of natural liberation through understanding in the between padma sambhava, robert thurman, the dalai lama, karma lingpa on. Leonard cohen narrates film on the tibetan book of the dead.

In this first installment above, the tibetan book of the dead. The actual name in tibetan is bardo todrol chenmo, which means the great liberation through hearing in the between. Leonard cohen narrates film on the tibetan book of the dead, featuring. Oneness sunday, october 10, 2010 buddhism, consciousness 1 comments the tibetan book of the dead is a documentary film in two parts, a way of life and the great liberation. The tibetan book of the dead and neardeath experiences. It was filmed over a fourmonth period on location in the himalayas where the original text still yields an essential influence over peoples views of life and death. It can be guided through the bardos and perhaps find liberation from the eternal cycle or find a good human birth by hearing readings from the bardo thotrol literally, the great liberation through hearing in the bardo. Except tibetan yoga and secret doctrines i have all the other three books. This treatise describes tibets great yogi padma sambhavas powerful transformative teaching on beholding the true nature of.

The great liberation observes an old buddhist lama and a yearold novice monk as. Beautiful documentary on tibet and the tibetan book of the dead narrated by leonard cohen and featuring ram dass and the dalai lama. Narration in the english version is by leonard cohen. The tibetan book of the dead 1994 narrated by leonard. This book was translated into english in the 1920s as the tibetan book of the dead.

I have read the tibetan book of the dead, but i havent. Tibetan book of the dead body, life, time, person, human. Tibetan book of the dead the great liberation video. The great liberation follows an old lama and his novice monk as they guide a himalayan villager into the afterlife using readings from the tibetan book of the dead. The interesting twopart 1994 documentary embedded below explores the history and usage of the tibetan book of the dead and is made even more captivating by the calm, reassuring voice of the great leonard cohen. The great liberation follows an old lama and his novice monk as they guide a himalayan villager into the afterlife using readings from the tibetan book. Narrated by leonard cohen, this twopart series explores ancient teachings on death and dying and boldly visualises the afterlife according to tibetan philosophy. The tibetan book of the great liberation home facebook. The tibetan book of the dead has a mysterious, even ominous sound to it conjuring up thoughts of mystical contact with dead spirits in some sort of secret way. Leonard cohen narrates the history of the tibetan book of. The passage of the soul is visualized with animation blended into actual location shooting 45 min. As i did my third project on the tibetan book of the dead, this documentary offered a real life view into the rituals that i read about.

The tibetan book of the dead series the leonard cohen files. It takes time, effort, and a particular frame of mind, to truly get to grips with the text. While most wont escape the cycle of death and rebirth through death, only the saint attains liberation then, this book of the dead teaches one to attain rebirth on a higher plane so that one will at least be closer to liberation. The great liberation observes an old buddhist lama and a yearold novice monk as they guide a deceased person into the afterlife. The tibetan book of the dead documentary film cosmic. You can take from it what you need, or take all of it, and make of it what you will. I think this might be an interesting introduction to the tibetan book of the dead. The book has reappeared in several englishlanguage versions since then, some based only loosely on the original. A way of life, the dalai lama weighs in with his own views on life and death at 33. Since its first english translation in 1927, the tibetan guide to spiritual and mental liberation called the bardo thodol has been known in the west as the tibetan book of the dead. Before his appearance, the film provides some brief context of his supposed incarnation from the th dalai lama and his rise to governance, then exile. This was the companion piece to the tibetan book of the dead.

The documentary this week has many animation sequences to help illustrate the journey the spirit makes, some are quite effective like the. The interesting twopart 1994 documentary embedded below explores the history and usage of the tibetan book of the dead and is made even more captivating by the calm, reassuring voice of. The tibetan book of the dead remains an essential teaching in. The great book of natural liberation through understanding in the between. Leonard cohen narrates film on the tibetan book of the. The tibetan book of living and dying, written by sogyal rinpoche in 1992, is a presentation of the teachings of tibetan buddhism based on the tibetan book of the dead or bardo thodol. The tibetan book of the dead project gutenberg self.

The tibetan book of the dead remains an essential teaching in the buddhist. This documentary is definitely worth watching and listening to, especially for those who wish to know more about the bardo thodol, and, perhaps more importantly, to think about death consciously again tagged. Tibetan book of the dead the great liberation narrated by leonard cohen hallelujah song lyrics sung by leonard cohen. The tibetan book of the deadthe great liberationpart. The tibetan book of the great liberation or, the method of realizing nirvana through knowing the mind is the last of four books in the tibetan series, where the tibetan book of the dead, is the first book of the series which describes buddhist philosophy, psychology and metaphysics. It is a companion piece to the tibetan book of the dead, a way of life, which i liked better. The tibetan book of the great liberation download free pdf. Death is real, it comes without warning and it cannot be escaped. Shot over a fourmonth period, the film contains footage of the rites and liturgies for a deceased ladakhi elder and includes an interview with the dalai. The tibetan book of the dead a way of life the great. Download the tibetan book of the dead free pdf ebook. The title tibetan book of the dead was coined by the american editor w. Read the tibetan book of the dead the great book of natural liberation through understanding full ebook. Evanswentz in imitation of the egyptian book of the dead.

The short film centers around the too early death of a 40 something young man, returned to his family from a long journey and stricken with an unknown illness. The epitome of the great gurus biography or padmas precepts and the last teachings of phadampa sangay these teachings called the knowing of the mind in its selfidentifying, selfrealizing. The tibetan book of the great liberation or the method of realizing nirvanna through knowing the mind includes. What is the best english translation of the tibetan book. The souls 49day journey towards rebirth is envisioned through actual photography of rarely seen buddhist rituals. There is a 1994 nhknational film board of canada documentary, entitled the tibetan book of the dead and narrated by leonard cohen, about tibetan death practices and the use of the t ibetan book.

Not rated 46min documentary the tibetan book of the dead. The canadian film board, twopart documentary film, the tibetan book of the dead a way of life the great liberation, narrated by leonard cohen explores the actuality behind the. The tibetan book of the dead or the bardo thodol is the english translation of the famous tibetan death text, the great liberation upon hearing in the intermediate state. They should be read in the following order 1the tibetan book of the dead, 2 tibets great yogi milarepa, 3tibetan yoga and secret doctrines and 4the tibetan book of the great liberation. I was surprised to find that his theories were heavily influenced by the tibetan book of the dead. Bardo thodol means liberation by hearing on the after death plane, it was originally written in tibetan and is meant to be a guide. The bardo thodol, liberation through hearing during the intermediate state, is a text from a larger corpus of teachings, the profound dharma of selfliberation through the intention of the peaceful and wrathful ones, revealed by karma lingpa 2686. The tibetan book of the great liberation, which was unknown to the western world until its first publication in 1954, speaks to the quintessence of the supreme path, or mahayana, and fully reveals the yogic method of attaining enlightenment. A way of life documents the history of the tibetan book of the dead, tracing the books acceptance and use in europe and north america. Whilst researching into voglers inspiration i delved a little deeper into the inspirations of carl jung who studied mythology and human psychology. Bardo thodol project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks.