Liberation Through Hearing
Helping the dying through reading the Bardo Thodol.
Reading the Tibetan Book of the Dead to the dying provides guidance through the bardos. This compassionate service helps beings recognize liberation opportunities after death.
Now is the time to recognize the clear light.
This practice offers profound help at the most critical moment.
Bardo Thodol
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- What Tibetan Buddhism says about grief
The Bardo Thodol is read aloud to the dying and the newly dead to guide them through the bardos and point out chances for liberation. For the mourner this converts helplessness into a task with instructions, set hours, and a text to hold.