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The Bardo Thodol (Tibetan: བར་དོ་ཐོས་གྲོལ, Wylie: bar do thos grol, 'Liberation through hearing during the intermediate state'), 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, [1] [note 1] revealed by Karma ...
Jean-Claude van Itallie (May 25, 1936 – September 9, 2021) was a Belgian-born American playwright, performer, and theatre workshop teacher. [1] He is best known for his 1966 anti-Vietnam War play America Hurrah; The Serpent, an ensemble play he wrote with Joseph Chaikin's Open Theatre; his theatrical adaptation of the Tibetan Book of the Dead; and his translations of Anton Chekhov's plays.
The premiere production of The Tibetan Book of the Dead was performed by members of the Houston Grand Opera Studio on May 31, 1996, at the Wortham Theater at Rice University. [3] The conductor was Charles Prince, and the stage director was Marcus Stern. The opera received critical acclaim and secured Gordon's place in the operatic genre.
Togdan Rinpoche has appeared in two documentary films, [3] including Yogis of Tibet [4] and The Tibetan Book of the Dead: A Way of Life. [5] Rinpoche can also be seen in archive footage from 1965 in a Long Life Prayer for Dudjom Rinpoche, Rinpoche's root teacher.
Title Director Cast Genre Notes 2012 "Dolma" A Tibetan Short Film: Jim Sanjay: Children Film: 1997: Seven Years in Tibet: Jean-Jacques Annaud: Drama: Kundun
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The Tibetan Book of the Dead [4] — According to Matthew Kapstein, this is "without doubt the Tibetan work best known in the West and in the three-quarters of a century since its initial translation it has won a secure place for itself in the Religious Studies canon." Tibet's Great Yogi Milarepa [5] Tibetan Yoga and Secret Doctrines [6]