Тибетская книга мертвых

Tibetskaya kniga mertvykh byla napisana velikim uchitelem Padmasambkhavoy v VII ili IX veke dlya indiyskikh i tibetskikh buddistov. On skryl knigu do bolee pozdnikh vremen, i v XIV veke ona byla naydena izvestnym iskatelem knizhnykh sokrovishch Karma Lingpoy. Kniga opisyvaet opyt Promezhutka (tib. bardo), obychno otnosyashchiysya k sostoyaniyu mezhdu smertyu i novym pererozhdeniem, soglasno ozhidaniyam posvyashchennykh v osobuyu ezotericheskuyu mandalu (svyashchennaya vselennaya) sta milostivykh i groznykh buddiyskikh bozhestv. Eta kniga drevneyshiy traktat, posvyashchennyy perekhodu v inoy mir, kotoryy uchit prinimat smert kak dannost, izbavlyaya ot strakha i pomogaya sokhranit sobstvennoe dostoinstvo i prisutstvie dukha do samogo kontsa.