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Copyright © 1960, 2000 by W. Y. Evans—Wentz

First published by Oxford University Press, London, 1927

Second Edition, 1949

Third Edition, 1957

First issued as an Oxford University Press paperback, 1960

New Foreword and Afterword copyright © 2000 by
Donald S. Lopez, Jr.

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Library of Congress Cataloging—in—Publication Data

Karma—glin—pa, 14th cent.

[Bar do thos grol. English]

The Tibetan book of the dead; or, The after—death experiences on the Bardo plane, according to LāMa Kazi Dawa—Samdup’s English rendering / compiled and edited by W.Y. Evans—Wentz; with a new foreword and afterword by Donald S. Lopez, Jr.

p. cm.

Includes Index.
ISBN 0—19—513311—0 —ISBN 0—19—513312—9 (pbk.)

1. Intermediate state—Buddhism—Early works to 1800. 2. Death—Religious aspects—Buddhism—Early works to 1800. 3. Funeral rites and ceremonies, Buddhist—China—Tibet—Early works to 1800. I. Title.

BQ4490.K3713 2000
294.3’423—dc21

00—022529

13 5 7 9 8 6 4 2

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on acid free paper