བར་དོ་ཐོས་གྲོལ
aka bar do thos grol; Bardo Thodol
Tibetan Book of the Dead
Yearwritten c. 9th century, discovered in the 1300s.
CountryTibet
GenreReligious Scripture / Arcana / Sacred & Occult Texts
buddhism
east asia
The Bardo Thodol, commonly known in the West as The Tibetan Book of the Dead, is a terma text from a larger corpus of teachings, the Profound Dharma of Self-Liberation through the Intention of the Peaceful and Wrathful Ones, revealed by Karma Lingpa (1326–1386). It is the best-known work of Nyingma literature. In 1927, the text was one of the first examples of both Tibetan and Vajrayana literature to be translated into a European language and arguably continues to this day to be the best known.— Wikipedia
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