PSYCHOLOGICAL COMMENTARY, by Dr. C. G. Jung
INTRODUCTORY FOREWORD by LāMa Anagarika Govinda
FOREWORD: The Science of Death, by Sir John Woodroffe
I. The Importance of the Bardo Thödol
III. The Esoteric Significance of the Forty—Nine Days of the Bardo
IV. The Esoteric Significance of the Five Elements
VII. The Bardo, or After—Death State
VIII. The Psychology of the Bardo Visions
XII. The Fundamental Teachings Summarized
XIV. The Origin of the Bardo Thödol
XV. The Translating and the Editing
BOOK I
THE CHIKHAI BARDO AND THE CHÖNYID BARDO
The Transference of the Consciousness—Principle
The Practical Application of this Thödol by the Officiant
PART I
THE BARDO OF THE MOMENTS OF DEATH
PART II
THE BARDO OF THE EXPERIENCING OF REALITY
THE DAWNING OF THE PEACEFUL DEITIES, FROM THE FIRST TO THE SEVENTH DAY
THE DAWNING OF THE WRATHFUL DEITIES, FROM THE EIGHTH TO THE FOURTEENTH DAY
THE CONCLUSION, SHOWING THE FUNDAMENTAL IMPORTANCE OF THE BARDO TEACHINGS
THE BARDO BODY: ITS BIRTH AND ITS SUPERNORMAL FACULTIES
CHARACTERISTICS OF EXISTENCE IN THE INTERMEDIATE STATE
THE ALL—DETERMINING INFLUENCE OF THOUGHT
THE DAWNING OF THE LIGHTS OF THE SIX LOKAS
PART II THE PROCESS OF REBIRTH
THE CLOSING OF THE DOOR OF THE WOMB
Method of Preventing Entry into a Womb
The First Method of Closing the Womb—Door
The Second Method of Closing the Womb—Door
The Third Method of Closing the Womb—Door
The Fourth Method of Closing the Womb—Door
The Fifth Method of Closing the Womb—Door
The Premonitory Visions of the Place of Rebirth
The Protection against the Tormenting Furies
THE ALTERNATIVE CHOOSING: SUPERNORMAL BIRTH; OR WOMB—BIRTH
Supernormal Birth by Transference to a Paradise Realm Womb—Birth: the Return to the Human World
I. THE INVOCATION OF THE BUDDHAS AND BODHISATTVAS
II. ‘THE PATH OF GOOD WISHES FOR SAVING FROM THE DANGEROUS NARROW PASSAGE—WAY OF THE BARDO’
III. ‘THE ROOT VERSES OF THE SIX BARDOS’
IV. ‘THE PATH OF GOOD WISHES WHICH PROTECT—ETH FROM FEAR IN THE BARDO’
III. MANTRAS, OR WORDS OF POWER
IV.THE GURU AND SHISHYA (OR CHELA) AND INITIATIONS
VI. NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN BUDDHISM AND CHRISTIANITY