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Tables of Contents for The Tibetan Book of the Dead
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Illustrations
xxvii
 
Psychological Commentary
xxxv
 
Dr. C. G. Jung
Introductory Foreword
liii
 
Lama Anagarika Govinda
Foreword: The Science of Death
lxv
 
Sir John Woodroffe
Introduction
1
1
The Importance of the Bardo Thodol
1
1
The Symbolism
2
4
The Esoteric Significance of the Forty: Nine Days of the Bardo
6
2
The Esoteric Significance of the Five Elements
8
2
The Wisdom Teachings
10
8
The Death Ceremonies
18
10
The Bardo, or After-Death State
28
3
The Psychology of the Bardo Visions
31
4
The Judgement
35
4
The Rebirth Doctrine
39
22
The Cosmography
61
5
The Fundamental Teachings Summarized
66
2
The Manuscript
68
5
The Origin of the Bardo Thodol
73
5
The Translating and the Editing
78
7
BOOK I THE CHIKHAI BARDO AND THE CHONYID BARDO
The Obeisances
85
1
The Introduction
85
4
The Transference of the Consciousness-Principle
85
2
The Reading of this Thodol
87
1
The Practical Application of this Thodol by the Officiant
88
1
PART I THE BARDO OF THE MOMENTS OF DEATH
Instructions on the Symptoms of Death, or the First Stage of the Chikhai Bardo: The Primary Clear Light seen at the Moment of Death
89
8
Instructions Concerning the Second Stage of the Chikhai Bardo: The Secondary Clear Light seen Immediately After Death
97
4
PART II THE BARDO OF THE EXPERIENCING OF REALITY
Introductory Instructions Concerning the Experiencing of Reality During the Third Stage of the Bardo, Called the Chonyid Bardo, When the Karmic Apparitions Appear
101
3
The Dawning of the Peaceful Deities, from the First to the Seventh Day
104
27
The First Day
105
3
The Second Day
108
2
The Third Day
110
2
The Fourth Day
112
3
The Fifth Day
115
3
The Sixth Day
118
8
The Seventh Day
126
5
The Dawning of the Wrathful, Deities, from the Eighth to the Fourteenth Day
131
20
Introduction
131
5
The Eighth Day
136
2
The Ninth Day
138
1
The Tenth Day
138
1
The Eleventh Day
139
1
The Twelfth Day
140
1
The Thirteenth Day
141
2
The Fourteenth Day
143
8
The Conclusion, Showing the Fundamental Importance of the Bardo Teachings
151
4
BOOK II THE SIDPA BARDO
The Obeisances
155
1
Introductory Verses
155
1
PART I THE AFTER-DEATH WORLD
The Bardo Body: Its Birth and Its Super-Normal Faculties
155
5
Characteristics of Existence in the Inter-Mediate State
160
5
The Judgement
165
4
The All-Determining Influence of Thought
169
4
The Dawning of the Light of the Six Lokas
173
2
PART II THE PROCESS OF REBIRTH
The Closing of the Door of the Womb
175
8
Method of Preventing Entry into a Womb
176
1
The First Method of Closing the Womb-Door
176
1
The Second Method of Closing the Womb-Door
177
1
The Third Method of Closing the Womb-Door
178
2
The Fourth Method of Closing the Womb-Door
180
1
The Fifth Method of Closing the Womb-Door
181
2
The Choosing of the Womb-Door
183
5
The Premonitory Visions of the Place of Rebirth
183
2
The Protection against the Tormenting Furies
185
3
The Alternative Choosing: Supernormal Birth; Or Womb-Birth
188
5
Supernormal Birth by Transference to a Paradise Realm
189
1
Womb-Birth: the Return to the Human World
190
3
The General Conclusion
193
48
THE APPENDIX
I. The Invocation of the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas
197
2
II. `The Path of Good Wishes for Saving From The Dangerous Narrow Passage-Way of The Bardo'
199
3
III. `The Root Verses of the Six Bardos'
202
3
IV. `The Path of Good Wishes Which Protecteth from Fear in The Bardo'
205
4
V. The Colophon
209
2
ADDENDA
I. Yoga
211
2
II. Tantricism
213
7
III. Mantras, or Words of Power
220
2
IV. The Guru and Shishya (Or Chela) and Initiations
222
2
V. Reality
224
8
V. Northern and Southern Buddhism and Christianity
232
6
VII. The Medieval Christian Judgement
238
3
Index
241