ISBN10: 0713994142, ISBN13: 9780713994148, [publisher: London ; New York : Penguin] Hardcover First Edition Fine copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xlix, 535 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm. Notes; Translated from the Tibetan. Includes bibliographical references (pages 436-442) and index. Translated from the Tibetan. Contents; Introductory commentary / His Holiness the XIVth Dalai Lama -- A brief literary history of the Tibetan Book of the Dead / Gyurme Dorje -- The Tibetan book of the dead -- Appendix 1: Peaceful and wrathful deities and the Tibetan book of the dead -- Appendix 2: Symbolism of the mandala of the peaceful and wrathful deities. Subjects; Intermediate state Buddhism ; Early works to 1800. Death Religious aspects Buddhism ; Early works to 1800. Spiritual life Buddhism ; Early works to 1800. RELIGION / Buddhism / General (see also PHILOSOPHY / Buddhist). PHILOSOPHY / Eastern. PHILOSOPHY / Religious. Death Religious aspects Buddhism. Intermediate state Buddhism. Spiritual life Buddhism. 1 Kg.
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London ; New York : Penguin, Date: 2005. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xlix, 535 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm. Notes; Translated from the Tibetan. Includes bibliographical references (pages 436-442) and index. Translated from the Tibetan. Contents; Introductory commentary / His Holiness the XIVth Dalai Lama -- A brief literary history of the Tibetan Book of the Dead / Gyurme Dorje -- The Tibetan book of the dead -- Appendix 1: Peaceful and wrathful deities and the Tibetan book of the dead -- Appendix 2: Symbolism of the mandala of the peaceful and wrathful deities. Subjects; Intermediate state Buddhism ; Early works to 1800. Death Religious aspects Buddhism ; Early works to 1800. Spiritual life Buddhism ; Early works to 1800. RELIGION / Buddhism / General (see also PHILOSOPHY / Buddhist). PHILOSOPHY / Eastern. PHILOSOPHY / Religious. Death Religious aspects Buddhism. Intermediate state Buddhism. Spiritual life Buddhism. 2005. London ; New York : Penguin ISBN 0713994142 9780713994148 [IE]