A distillation of the acclaimed English translation of a revered Tibetan classic.

 The Tibetan Book of the Dead is the most significant of all Tibetan Buddhist writings in the West and one of the most inspirational and compelling texts in world literature.
In Meditations on Living, Dying and Loss, Graham Coleman, the editor of Viking’s acclaimed unabridged translation of The Tibetan Book of the Dead, collects the most beautifully written passages, ones that draw out the central perspectives most relevant to modern experience: What is death? How can we help those who are dying? And how can we come to terms with bereavement? New to this edition are Coleman’s introduction and his brilliant and incisive essays, which preface each chapter and provide the seeker entrée to these ancient insights. With introductory commentary by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and a highly praised translation by Gyurme Dorje, this succinct but authoritative volume will convey the profundity of the original to those hungry for a better understanding of this life and the next.

Graham Coleman is the president of the Orient Foundation (UK), a major cultural conservancy organization. Writer/director of the acclaimed feature documentary Tibet: A Buddhist Trilogy and editor of the Handbook of Tibetan Culture, he has been editing Tibetan Buddhist poetry and prose texts in cooperation with various distinguished Tibetan masters and translators since the mid-1970's. Thupten Jinpa, Ph.D., is the senior translator to His Holiness the Dalai Lama and president of the Institute of Tibetan classics. His works include the translation of twelve books by the Dalai Lama, including the New York Times bestseller Ethics for the New Millennium and The Universe in a Single Atom, the Dalai lama's perspective on the meeting of Buddhism and modern science. Gyurme Dorje, Ph.D., is a leading scholar of the Nyingma tradition of Tiabetan Buddhism. His seven major publications include works on Tibetan lexicography, medicine, divination, and pilgrimage guides to Tibet and Bhutan as well as the translations of HH Dudjom Rinpoche's The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism.

	Contents: Meditations on Living, Dying, and Loss - The Essential Tibetan Book of the Dead
	Acknowledgments	ix
	Editor's Introduction	xiii
	Introductory Commentary by His Holiness the XIVth Dalai Lama: Exploring the Notion of Continuity of Consciousness	xxv
	LIVING
	Song of Impermanence	3
	Imprisoned by the Ego: A Lament	11
	Living, Dreaming, Meditating, and Dying	21
	Uncovering the Nature of Mind	31
	Wisdoms, Elements, and Subtle Energies	53
	DYING
	Body and Mind Dissolving	69
	Entering the Horizon of Light	83
	LOSS
	Transforming Bereavement in the Mirror of Guidance	99
	Glossary of Key Terms	147
	Notes	187