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If you like our channel you can become an INSIDER member. Just JOIN on YouTube and you'll be able to enjoy exclusive benefits such as early access to our audiobooks only for INSIDER subscribers. Join by clicking the JOIN or JOIN button found in our channel header and follow the instructions. Being an INSIDER member will also earn you the EYE OF HORUS badge that will appear next to your name in comments and chats. We also accept and appreciate altruistic donations with Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/AMAaudiolibros We also accept and appreciate altruistic donations with Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/AMAaudiolibros Merchandising: https://teespring.com/stores/amaaudio... [00:00:00] Titles [00:00:30] Introduction [00:14:32] Prologue [00:20:31] Chikhai Bardo (First stage) [00:32:48] Chikhai Bardo (Second stage) [00:38:23] Chönyid Bardo (The Experience of Reality and Karmic Appearances) [00:44:22] Chönyid Bardo (Encounter with the Peaceful Deities) [01:36:45] Chönyid Bardo (Encounter with the Deities [02:14:39] Final Words of the First Part [02:29:02] Sidpa Bardo (First Stage) [03:09:19] Sidpa Bardo (Second Stage) [03:28:09] The Importance of Reading This Thödol [03:47:40] Final Words The Bardo thodol, better known in the West as “The Tibetan Book of the Dead”, is an instruction guide for the dying and the dead that, according to the belief of Tibetan Tantric Buddhism, allows one to achieve enlightenment during the immediate period after death and for a few days more, in order to avoid being reborn and entering samsara again, since death is considered to last 49 days and after that a rebirth occurs in the cycle of reincarnation. Thus, the text gives some recommendations to take into account during that 'intermediate period' known by the Tibetan name of bardo.