📖 Book Overview:
The Tibetan Book of the Dead—or Bardo Thödol—is one of the most important texts in Tibetan Buddhism, offering profound insights into the nature of death, rebirth, and the intermediate state (bardo) between lives. This classic third edition, edited and introduced by W.Y. Evans-Wentz, includes a rich commentary rooted in Theosophical and comparative spiritual traditions, bridging East and West. A spiritual manual for both the dying and the living, it explores the liberation of consciousness through awareness and spiritual practice.
✍️ Editor:
Walter Yeeling Evans-Wentz (1878–1965) was an American anthropologist and mystic best known for introducing Tibetan spiritual texts to the Western world. His editions of The Tibetan Book of the Dead and other Eastern texts played a pivotal role in the Western understanding of Eastern mysticism and consciousness studies.
📚 Genre & Themes:
This book belongs to Tibetan Buddhism, death and dying, Eastern mysticism, and spiritual philosophy. Themes include rebirth, karma, spiritual liberation, and the nature of consciousness after death.