O Livro Tibetano dos Mortos, é uma coleção de fragmentos de textos religiosos que abordam as perspectivas budistas tibetanas sobre a morte e a experiência da morte. Apresenta os estados alucinatórios de transição entre vidas e o processo de renascimento. "Este tratado dos mortos é tão detalhado e tão adaptado às aparentes modificações na condição do morto, que qualquer leitor sério ver-se-á propenso a se perguntar se esses velhos sábios lamas não teria, afinal de contas, apreendido algo da quarta dimensão e levantado o véu deu um dos maiores segredos da vida." Nesta nova edição, totalmente revista e ampliada, com novo projeto gráfico, contamos com um estudo introdutório de Carl G. Jung; Além de um prefácio introdutório escrito pelo Lama Anagarika Govinda e um prefácio de Sir John Woodroffe, uma das maiores autoridades ocidentais em matéria de tantras e budismo tibetano.
Walter Yeeling Evans-Wentz (M.A., Stanford University) was an anthropologist and writer who was a pioneer in the study of Tibetan Buddhism.
As a teenager, he read Madame Blavatsky's Isis Unveiled and The Secret Doctrine and became interested in the teachings of Theosophy. At Stanford he studied with William James and William Butler Yeats. He then studied Celtic mythology and folklore at Jesus College, Oxford (1907); there he adopted the form Evans-Wentz for his name. He traveled extensively, spending time in Mexico, Europe, and the Far East. He spent the years of the First World War in Egypt. He later traveled to Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) and India, reaching Darjeeling in 1919; there he encountered Tibetan religious texts firsthand.
I first read the Tibetan book of the dead much too young, revisiting it with this edition was very enjoyable. I enjoyed the forward thoroughly and the insight was very valuable. This edition is formatted well and allows the reader to fully explore and grasp each section well. I was able to enjoy more this time partially due to maturity, and partly due to the care that was provided when this edition was published.