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"The Tibetan Book of the Dead" Quotes
"The Tibetan Book of the Dead" is a spiritual guidebook that details Buddhist teachings on the process of dying, the afterlife, and the path to enlightenment.
Quotes
O nobly-born, the time hath now come for thee to seek the Path.
Remember the clear light, the pure clear white light from which everything in the Universe comes, to which everything in the Universe returns.
If thou knowest this, thou art one with the Buddha.
O child of Buddha nature, listen carefully and without distraction.
At this moment, your mind is by nature pure emptiness and the pure clear light; and the nature of the mind is inseparable luminosity and emptiness.
Do not be afraid of the brilliant, luminous, awe-inspiring and radiant forms of the deities.
Recognize them as the radiances of thine own intellect.
Let not thy mind be distracted.
Remember the teachings; remember the instructions.
Now, when the bardo of dying dawns upon me, I will abandon all grasping, yearning, and attachment.