Text ( visual ) : unmediated The Tibetan book of the dead, as popularly known in the West : known in Tibet as the Great book of natural liberation through understanding in the between / composed by Padma Sambhava ; discovered by Karma Lingpa ; translated by Robert A.F. Thurman. -- New York, N.Y. : Bantam Books , 1994. -- xxii, 278 p., [8] p. of plates : col. ill. ; 21 cm. -- (A Bantam trade paperback). -- Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-278). -- ISBN 0553370901 ; (BA30060209) ; https://ci.nii.ac.jp/ncid/BA30060209 Other Title(s): Bar do thos grol. -- Author Heading(s): Padma Sambhava, ca.ca. 762 ; Karma-gliṅ-pa, 14th cent. ; Thurman, Robert A. F.. -- Classification(s): LCC : BQ4490 ; DC20 : 294.3/423. -- Subject Heading(s): LCSH : Intermediate state -- Buddhism -- Early works to 1800 ; LCSH : Death -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism -- Early works to 1800 ; LCSH : Funeral rites and ceremonies, Buddhist -- Early works to 1800 ; LCSH : Karma-gliṅ-pa, 14th cent. Bar do thos grol