The Tibetan Book of the Dead for Idiots

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Have you ever wondered what happens when you die? Do angels come? What about the flesh-eating demons of the infinite hell and torture realms? What if you want to reincarnate as a wolf? How does one become a demon? We answer these questions and many more this week by diving into the Tibetan Buddhist manuscript for post-death enlightenment, The Bardo Thodol or “Tibetan Book of the Dead.”

On this week’s episode we discuss:
-The Chikhai Bardo
-The Clear White Light
-The Last Breath
-The Second Showing
-On Being A Ghost
-Last Rites and Personal Experience
-The Effects of Karma
-Tutelary Deities
-Infallible Mind of the Dharma-Kāya
-The Chonyid Bardo
-FIRING MAH LASER
-The Peaceful Deities
-The Bloodrinking Wrathful Deities

In the extended show available at www.patreon.com/TheWholeRabbit we discuss:
-The Sidpa Bardo
-Escaping the Demons
-Avoiding Hell
-Choosing a “Womb Door”
-The Lord of Death
-Tortures in Hell
-Going to Heaven
-Being Reborn Anima, Demon, God or Hungry Ghost
-Tips for Reincarnation

Special Thanks to research assistant Heka Astra for helping with this episode!

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Sources:

Tibetan Book of the Dead:

https://holybooks-lichtenbergpress.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/The-Tibetan-Book-of-the-Dead.pdf

http://donlehmanjr.com/Articles/Book%20of%20the%20Dead.htm

https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Tibetan_Book_of_the_Dead

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