Bardo Thödrol: Liberation through Listening to the Teachings on Death and Intermediate State
- Date: Every Friday from 18 September 2015 to 25 December 2015
- Time: :8:00pm to 9:30pm
- Venue: Maha Tare Buddhist Centre
- Teacher: Geshe Lama Konchok
- Language: Geshela will speak in Tibetan with English translation
For Buddhists, having a clear understanding of the impermanent nature of our existence and remaining mindful of the inevitable death helps set our spiritual and worldly priorities in life. It helps one reconcile with what is unavoidable and reminds us that feigning ignorance of our imminent death is not the ideal solution. Based on the teachings on the cycle of death, intermediate state, and rebirth taught by the Buddha Shakyamuni more than 2500 years ago, great masters have helped people live and die peacefully and without fear and regrets. One such tradition of teachings stem from Guru Padmasambhava, who was instrumental in the propagation of Buddhism in Tibet during the 9th century. His “Liberation through Listening on Death and Intermediate State”, more popularly known as “the Tibetan Book of the Dead” in the West, has served as a comprehensive manual for living and dying. Guru Padmasambhava’s text, hidden during his life and unearthed by Terton Karma Lingpa in the 14th century, will guide us through the different levels of psycho-physical and experiential changes one undergoes in the stages of dying, intermediate state, and rebirth. Geshe Lama Konchok will teach the text, which is much revered in Tibetan Buddhist community and recited on deathbeds. The text aims to provide a Buddhist notion of the after-life world and what one can do to ensure a better rebirth and, finally, liberation from sufferings of death itself.
Teachings will be based on Terton Karma Lingpa’s Bar do thos grol (Lit. liberation through Listening [to the Teachings on Death and Intermediate State]).
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