上師=Guru; 中陰身=中有=intervalic Existence=Antara-Bhava=Bardo; 喇嘛=Lama; 菩薩=Bodhisattva; 轉世=輪迴=Samsara=Rebirth=Reincarnation; 藏傳佛教=西藏佛教=Tibetan Buddhism; 西藏生死書=Tibetan Book of the Dead
摘要
1927. The after death experiences on the Bardo plane, according to Lama Kazi Dawa-Samdup's English rendering. This book is meant to teach the reader the art of living life so that death is a fulfillment and not the end. It is a book about rebirth from death; how the soul travels through life, then from one life to another, that there really is no true death. This volume give sage advice on how to learn from mistakes in previous lives and how to make one's destiny perfect.
目次
ILLUSTRATIONS PSYCHOLOGICAL COMMENTARY,by Dr.C.G.Jung INTRODUCTORY FOREWORD by Lama Anagarika Govinda FOREWORD:The Science of Death,by Sir Jogh Woodroffe INTRODUCTION 1.The Importance of the Bardo Thodol 2.The Symbolosm 3.The Esoteric Significance of the Forty-Nine Days of the Bardo 4.The Esoteric Significance of the Five Elements 5.The Wisdom Teachings 6.The Death Ceremonies 7.The Bardo,or After-Death State 8.The Psychology of the Bardo Visions 9.The Judgement 10.The Rebirth Doetrine 11.The Cosmography 12.The Fundamental Teachings Summarized 13.The Manuscript 14.The Origin of the Bardo Thodol 15.The Translating and the Editing BOOK 1 THE CHIKHAI BARDO AND THE CHONYID BARDO THE OBEISANCES THE INTRODUCTION The Transference of the Consciousness-Principle The Reading of this Thodol The Practical Application of this Thodol by the Officiant PART 1 THE BARDO OF THE MOMENTS OF DEATH INSTRUCTIONS ON THE SYMPTOMS OF DEATH,OR THE FIRST STAGE OF THE CHIKHAI BARDO:THE PRIMARY CLEAR LIGHT SEEN AT THE MOMENT OF DEATH INSTRUCTIONS CONCERNING THE SECOND STAGE OF THE CHIKHAI BARDO:THE SECONDARY CLEAT LIGHT SEEN IMMEDIATELY AFTER DEATH PART 2 THE BARDO OF THE EXPERIENCING OF REALITY INTRODUCTORY INSTRUCTIONS CONCERNING THE EXPERIENCING OF REALITY DURING THE THIRD STAGE OF THE BARDO,CALLED THE CHONYID BARDO,WHEN THE KARMIC APPARITIONS APPEAR THE DAWNING OF THE PEACEFUL DEITIES,FROM THE FIRST TO THE SEVENTH DAY The First Day The Second Day The Third Day The Fourth Day The Fifth Day The Sixth Day The Seventh day THE DAWNING OF THE WRATHFUL,DEITIES,FROM THE EIGHTH TO THE FOURTEENTH DAY Introduction The Eighth Day The Ninth Day The Tenth Day The Eleventh Day The Twelfth Day The Thirteenth Day The Fourteenth Day THE CONCLUSION,SHOWING THE FUNDAMENTAL IMPORTANCE OF THE BARDO TEACHINGS BOOK 2 THE SIDPA BARDO THE OBEISANCES INTRODUCTORY VERSES PART 1 THE AFTER-DEATH WORLD THE BARDO BODY:ITS BIRTH AND ITS SUPERNORMAL FACULTIES CHARACTERISTICS OF EXISTENCE IN THE INTERMEDIATE STATE THEJUDGEMENT THE ALL-DETERMINING INFLUENCE OF THOUGHT THE DAWNING OF THE LIGHTS OF THE SIX LOKAS PART 2 THE PROCESS OF REBIRTH THE CLOSING OF THE DOOR OF THE WOMB Method of Preventing Entry into a Womb The First Method of Closing the Womb-Door The Second Method of Closing the Womb-Door The Third Method of Closing the Womb-Door The Fourth Method of Closing the Womb-Door The Fifth Method of Closing the Womb-Door THE CHOOSING OF THE WOMB-DOOR The Premonitory Visions of the Place of Rebirth The Protection against the Tormenting Furies THE ALTERNATIVE CHOOSING:SUPERNORMAL BIRTH;OR WOMB-BIRTH Supernormal Birth by Transference to a Paradise Realm Womb-Birth:the Return to the Human World THE GENERAL CONCLUSION THE APPENDIX 1 THE INVOCATION OF THE BUDDHAS AND BODHISATTVAS 2 'THE PATH OF GOOD WISHES FOR SAVING FROM THE DANGEROUS NARROW PASSAGE-WAY OF THE BARDO' 3 'THE ROOT VERSES OF THE SIX BARDOS' 4 'THE PATH OF GOOD WISHES WHICH PROTECTETH FROM FEAR IN THE BARDO' 5 THE COLOPHON ADDENDA 1 YOGA 2 TANTRICISM 3 MANTRAS,OR WORDS OF POWER 4 THE GURU AND SHISHYA(OR CHELA) AND INITIATIONS 5 REALITY 6 NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN BUDDHISM AND CHRISTIANITY 7 THE MEDIEVAL CHRISTIAN JUDGEMENT INDEX
