THE TIBETAN BOOK OF THE DEAD

INTRODUCTION A few words to present this volume which includes the creation of T
imothy Leary on The Tibetan Book of the Dead, clearly inspired by the Bard Thodo
l Buddhist. For those who do not know, the Bard Thodol is, so to speak, a kind o
f guide that prepares us for death. Just say that I wish this guide had fallen i
nto my hands when I experienced my first death of the ego, for the first time, i
f you've never heard of it, it's creepy but not devoid of spiritual wealth. I th
ink without a doubt, that a review of this reading before beginning a great jour
ney is, at least, a source of inspiration that will make many patterns over it.
I remember in my first Death of Ego heard reverberating sounds frightening and s
trange voices slowed down (as you will find in this Bardo), and immerse myself i
n a strange dark and cold world. Perhaps if I had read this before you experienc
e another cock sing. Anyway I want to say do not be afraid of a bad trip, much l
ess an Ego Death fledged, because my experience tells me that they are contribut
ing spiritual greatness, reintegration of our being and if you shall enter the t
est superáis in a world that will bring you the greatest experience of your lif
e. Raul del Pino FIRST Bardo Oh, man walking toward you time to find you new lev
els of reality. Your ego and your name are in the game to end. You are putting y
ourself in front of the Clear Light. You are experiencing this reality. In the e
go-free state where all things are like an empty sky without clouds. And the int
ellect is bare and clean as a transplant yet. Currently known by yourself and li
ve in this state. What is called ego-death is coming toward you. Remember: This
is the hour of death and rebirth. Take advantage of this temporary death to obta
in perfect condition. Iluminata. Concentrate on the unity of all living beings.
Maintained on the Clear Light. Use it to reach an understanding and love. If you
can not keep the happiness of enlightenment and if you are sliding within the c
ontact from the outside world. Remember: you can now experience hallucinations,
visions and insights will teach you a lot about yourself and the world. The veil
of routine perception will be changed in your eyes. Remember the unity of all l
iving things. 1
Remember the glory of the clear light. Be guided through your new life ahead. Be
guided by the visions of this experience. If you feel confused, invoked the mem
ory of your friends and your teachers. Try to achieve and retain the experience
of clear light. Remember: The light energy is vital. The endless flame of life.
An undulating and ever-changing swirl of Color can capture your vision. This is
the ceaseless transformation of energy. The life process. Fear not. Surrender to
it. Join. Part of you. You're part of it. Remember also: Beyond the continuous
and flowing electricity of life is the ultimate reality. The Void. Your own know
ledge, noposesión formed in the shape or color, is naturally void .. The. ultim
ate reality. The All goodness. The All peace. La Luz. Resplendent. The movement
is the fire of life from which everything comes. Join. Part of you. Beyond the l
ight of life is the peaceful silence of the Void. The quiet bliss beyond all tra
nsformations. Buddha's smile. Emptiness is not nothingness. lnobstruido, shining
, moving and happy. The Void is beginning and the end itself. Diamond consciousn
ess. The All-Good Buddha. Your own consciousness, shining, void and inseparable
Nopensamiento, novisión, nocolor is empty The intellect shining and full of hap
piness and quiet. This is the state of perfect enlightenment. Your own conscious
ness, shining, void and inseparable from the great body gleaming, has no birth o
r death. It is the immutable light which the Tibetans call Buddha Amitabha. Know
ing the starting noforma. Known this is sufficient. Recognizing the emptiness of
your own consciousness for Buddha domain remains in this survey and you will ma
intain the state of the divine Buddha mind.
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SECOND Bardo Remember: You're going to experience three Bardos. Three states of
loss of self. First the clear light of reality. Fire come hallucinations games f
antastically varied. Later you will find the state of reentry. Again have a self
. Oh, man. It may be that your experience of transcendence of self, leaving your
 old self. But you're not alone. Everyone arrives sometime. You're lucky to have
this experience of rebirth free to offer. Do not cling to that weakness to your
old self.€Even if you attached to your mind, you've lost the power to keep it.
For the fight you can not get anything in this hallucinatory world. Do not clin
g. Do not be weak. Whatever fear or terror that will still not forget these word
s. Enter your meaning in your heart. Go ahead. Right here is the secret life of
knowledge. Remember, O friend: When the body and mind separate, you experience a
quick view of the plain truth, subtle, radiant, brilliant. Vibrant, glorious. F
ear not. This is the radiation of your true nature. Admit it. From the mist of t
his radiation is the natural sound of reality. Reverberating like a thousand thu
nders simultaneously. This is the natural sound of your path. So do not panic. D
o not be terrified. Do not be afraid. For you it is enough to know that these ap
paritions are the ways of your own thinking. If you do not recognize your own wa
ys of thinking. If you forget your homework. The lights will dazzle you. The sou
nds you afraid. The rays will terrify the people around you will confuse you rem
ember the key lessons Oh, man. These realms will not come from somewhere outside
your ego. They come from inside you and shine upon you.
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Nor do the revelations come from anywhere else. Exist from eternity within the f
aculties your own intellect. Recognizes that are of this nature. The key to enli
ghtenment and serenity during the period of ten thousand visions is simply that:
rest, relax. Join him. Strongly agree the wonders of your creativity. Do not be
attached or you're scared. Neither attracted or repelled. Above all, do nothing
about the visions. They exist only within you. THE SOURCE (Eyes closed, externa
l stimuli ignored) Oh, well born, listen carefully: The radiant energy source se
ed from which all living forms come flows out and hits you with a light so brigh
t that you just can look. Do not panic. This is the Source Energy which has been
radiated billions of years. Always manifested in other ways. Accept it. Do not
try to intellectualize. Do not play with it. Merge with it. Let it flow through
you. Get lost with it. Founded in the halo of rainbow light. At the heart of the
spear of energy. Get the domain of the Buddha in the middle kingdom. PHYSICAL S
YMPTOMS O friend, listen carefully. The bodily symptoms you are feeling are not
chemical effect. They indicate that you are fighting against the knowledge of fe
elings which surpass your normal experience. You can not control these universal
energy waves. Let the feelings are based all over you. Become a part of them. A
llow yourself to pulsate with the vibrations around you Relax. Do not fight. You
r symptoms will disappear as soon as all traces of egoconcentrado, trying to dis
appear. Accept them as the message body. Welcome them. Enjoy them.
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THE INTERNAL FLOW archetypal process (Eyes closed, external stimuli ignored, int
ellectual aspects) Oh well born, listen carefully: The flow of life is spinning
through you A demonstration infinite shapes and pure sounds. Dazzlingly bright.
Always changing flows not try to control it with her experience the ancient cosm
ic myths of creation and manifestation Do not try to understand There's a lot mo
re time to this later Merge with Let it flow through you There's no need to act
or think you are teaching is the major lessons of evolution, creation and playba
ck. If you're trying to keep him, you fall into hellish worlds and suffer intole
rable misery created by your own mind. Interpretations play Evita Evita think, t
alk or do Have faith in the power of life Trust your companions on this watery j
ourney Merge in Rainbow Light River In the Heart of the created forms of Buddha
gained control in the United preeminently happy FIRE POWER UNIT INTERNAL (Eyes c
losed, external stimuli ignored, emotional aspects) Oh well born, listen careful
ly: You are flowing outward and into the fluid unity of life The ecstasy of orga
nic fire burns you all cells in the harsh, dry, brittle shell of your ego are wa
shing in the endless sea of her creations flows Feel the pulse of the heart of t
he sun Let the red Buddha Amitabha bar along with you. Do not fear the ecstasy D
o not fight the current Recalls€all the exultant power comes from within Trust
tidal force crawling inside the unit with all living forms Let your heart burst
in love for life Let your warm blood dripping out into the ocean of life Not 're
tied to the static power comes from you. Let it flow Do not try to capture your
old bodily fears. Let your body merge with the heat flow. Let your roots are im
mersed in the warm life body
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Float in the Rainbow Sea Get the domain of Buddha in the kingdom called LOVE exu
ltant. THE STRUCTURE OF THE WAVE VIBRATION OF EXTERNAL FORMS (Eyes open, great i
nterest in the visual external stimulus, intellectual) Oh well born, listen care
fully: At this point you can tell the waveform structure in the world that you s
urroundings. Everything you see dissolves into energy vibrations Stares and you
will notice the electric dance of energy is no longer things or people but only
the direct movement of particles Your conscience now leave your body and placed
in the river wave rhythmic. No need to talk or action Let your brain become a re
ceiving radiation All interpretations are the product of your mind. Take it off
of him. Do not be afraid. Marvel at the natural strength of your own brain, The
wisdom of your own electricity Be still and wait As the three-dimensional world
is destroyed, you panic you can feel attached to the heavy dull world of objects
that are leaving now. At this time, do not be scared of the transparent, radian
t, dazzling wave energy Let your intellect to rest Do not be afraid sticky rays
of light of life the basic structure of matter, the basic form of communication
in wave . It serves quietly and receive the message will now have direct experie
nce of the revelation of the primary forms. Vibratory WAVES OUTDOOR UNIT (Eyes o
pen, great interest in the external stimulus such as lights, or movements, emoti
onal aspects) Oh well born, listen carefully: You are experiencing the unity of
all life forms If you think people made of rubber and lifeless, like plastic dol
ls, do not be afraid This is only an effort of your ego to maintain its separate
identity. Allow yourself to feel the unity of all, mix with the world around yo
u Do not be afraid Enjoy the dance of the dolls, create your own mind Relax and
feel the ecstatic energy of vibrations through you Enjoy the complete unity of m
atter and life's radiant glow is a reflection of your own consciousness is an as
pect of your divine nature not feel attached to your old man
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Do not be alarmed by the new and strange feelings you are having now if you feel
attracted to your being old'll return for another stage of the game existential
Be confident and stay without fear of getting mixed up in the heart of Ratnasam
bhava sacred halo of light in a rainbow release will get the domain endowed with
glory THE CIRCUS OF THE RETINA listens Oh well born: You are now feeling the ma
gical dance of static drawings and kaleidoscopic forms around you exploit all po
ssible ways are alive before your eyes The Circus retina The incessant play of t
he elements Earth, Water, Air, Fire. In form and manifestations, it always chang
es Deslumbrándote with its complexity and variety Relax and enjoy the river Do
not be attached motion to any vision or revelation Leave everything to pass thro
ugh you If you are experience annoying Let me pass as other not fight against th
em all comes from within you This is the great lesson in creativity and brain po
wer Freed from their structures learned. Let the cascade of images and associati
ons take you wherever Meditate calmly on the knowledge that these visions are em
anations of your own conscience. This way you can gain self-knowledge and free.
" MAGIC THEATRE Oh, well born, listen carefully: You are now in the theater magi
c heroes and mythological figures and superhuman demons Demons, goddesses, celes
tial warriors, giants. Angeles, Bodisadvas, Dwarves, Elves crusaders, demons, sa
ints, witches, aliens. Infernal spirits, elves, knights and emperors The DiosLot
o of dance The great old man, divine creature, the dodger, the Shapeshifter, The
adiestramonstruos, the mother goddess, the witch. " The god of the moon, the wa
ndering. The entire theater of divine figures representing the zenith of human w
isdom not be afraid of them
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They are within you Your own creative intelligence is the reigning wizard of the
m recognizes the figures as aspects of yourself All great comedy is about you Do
not feel attached to the figures Remember the lessons can still win the release
VISIONS Oh CHOLERA nobly born, listen carefully: You were unable to maintain th
e perfect Clear Light Bardo or first Acknowledge They are your own thoughts made
visible and audible They are the product of your own mind retreated to the wall
They indicate that you are close to liberation No No harm can be the subjects o
f these hallucinations cum They are your own thoughts are scary-looking old frie
nds Welcome them. Merge with them, return them yourself Lose yourself in them. T
hey are yours Anything very scary and strange that you see remember above all th
at comes from within you. Stay on this knowledge as soon as you recognize it, yo
u'll release If you do not recognize Torture and punishment will continue But th
ese are also radiation of your own intellect are immaterial The vacuum can not h
urt to empty None of the peaceful or wrathful visions Demons blood drinkers , ma
chines, monsters or devils really exist only inside your skull This will dissipa
te your fear. Oh Third Bardo Preliminary Instructions. listen well You're now en
tering the third bardo before while experiencing the peaceful and wrathful visio
ns of the second Bardo You could not recognize Through fear you became unconscio
us now as you regain your consciousness rises
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Like a trout leaping forth out of the water fighting for its original form befor
e your ego has started to operate again Do not try to decipher the weakness thin
g If you're attracted to act and think you want to wander through the world of f
ire And there in pain Relax your restless spirit Oh ... you have been unable to
recognize the archetypal forms of cropping Bardo You have fallen so far now, if
you want to see the truth Your mind must rest without distraction There's nothin
g to do, nothing to think about Fleet to the noobscuro, bright primary, state Va
cuum your intellect in this way you will get release If you are unable to relax
your mind Meditate on your friends think of them with deep love and trust as sob
reobscureciendo the crown of your head This is of great importance not get distr
acted ... Oh, You You can feel the power to perform feats of perceiving and comm
unicate with extrasensory power to change shape, size and number of traverse spa
ce and time instantly These feelings you live naturally without any method of yo
u want Do not try to exercise them not acknowledge it as a sign of you're in the
third Bardo In the period of reentry in the normal world Oh ... If you have not
understood what are currently referred to as a result of your own mental game F
earful visions can come Gusts of wind and icy blasts Humming and clicking of the
machinery of control Simulating laughter You can imagine terror producing comme
nts: 'Guilty', 'stupid' 'inadequate', 'dirty' Such imagined taunts and paranoid
nightmares are the remains of selfish egodominando, juegojugando. The themes are
not your own mental products Remember, you're in the third Bardo
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You're fighting to get into the thick atmosphere of routine game existence, Let
this re-entry be smooth and slow Do not try to use force or will power. Oh ...,
As you are driven here and there by the winds of Karma always footwork Your mind
, having no place to rest or focus is like a feather blown by the wind Or like a
rider on the horse or breath you'll miss incessantly or involuntarily called in
despair for your old ego Your mind runs until you are exhausted and miserable D
o not stop these thoughts you know the rest unchanged state Meditate on the onen
ess of all energy so you will be free of pain, terror and confusion Oh ... You m
ay feel confused and disoriented You can be amazed by your behavior you can watc
h your fellow travelers and friends and realize that they can not understand you
 You can think I'm dead .. What shall I do .. And feel great misery Just like a
fish out of water thrown on red hot coals You may be amazed that you'll never Ve
nues family, relatives,€people who know you as you appear in a dream or through
a glass darkly If you are seeing such experiences will not be thinking of any u
se Do not try to explain this is the natural result of your own mental program S
uch feelings indicate that you the third bardo Trust your guide Trust your colle
agues trust the merciful Buddha
Meditate calmly without distraction. Oh .... You can now feel as if you were opp
ressed and crushed rocks and boulders as O as in a cage or prison Remember: Thes
e are signs that you are trying to force a return to your ego can be a dull, gra
y light. These are signs of the third Bardo Do not struggle to return the re-ent
ry will happen by itself
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Recognition recognizes where you will guide the release Reentry VISIONS Oh ....
You have not understood what is happening So far you've been searching for your
past personality Unable to find it, you can start to feel that you will never be
the same again It will become like a changed person feel saddened by this sente
nce yourself going to try to find your ego, to achieve control, In this way thin
king, here and there you'll be amazed incessantly and absentmindedly Different i
mages of your own future will be seen by you The haunting you see more clearly t
he special art of these teachings is particularly important in this time. Any im
age you see Think about it as coming from Buda This level of existence also exis
ts art Buddha This is a very deep Te. free make your present confusion Meditate
on (name of protective ideal) as much as you watch them as a form produced by a
magician, Then let the image dissolve Starting Up tips Ponte nothing is visible
in a state of clarity and emptiness is found in this Meditate been for a while n
ow once again on your protective ideal again in the Clara Luz Do this alternatel
y Then let your own mind also gradually dissolved Wherever the air enters the co
nsciousness penetrates Wherever 'consciousness penetrates Ecstasy enters the ser
ene quiet rooms in the uncreated state of serenity is currently revival of paran
oia to be avoided will be achieved perfect enlightenment influence FOR ALL OF TH
INKING .... Oh You can now experience momentary joy momentary pain followed by i
ntensive tense and relax As a catapult You will go through sharp mood swings All
determined by karma
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Do not cling to the joys or sorrows angry with the actions of your friends can e
voke anger or shame on you. If you're angry or you'll get depressed a hellish ex
perience does not matter what people do No thought can occur tainted love Think
about them often in this state of the session will be only one second away from
the discovery of the happy change your life ; Remember that every one of your, c
ompanions is Buddha himself Your mind now, without questioning where to focus or
strength, Being light and continuously moving. All you can think thoughts Posit
ive or negative shall exercise great power You are extremely receptive So think
not of selfish things Remember your preparation for the trip shows pure affectio
n and humble faith Through the absence of these words will remember the memory w
ill be followed by recognition and liberation FOR THE TRIAL OF THE VISIONS Oh, i
f you are experiencing a vision of trial and suffering guilt Listen carefully yo
u this because it is the result of your mental game miserable Your Karma Nobody
is doing anything Your mind is creating the So fleet problem in meditation Remem
ber in your ways that you think Remember the teachings of this manual Remember t
he friendly presence of your peers if you do not know how to meditate Concentrat
e on an object or feeling Take it (dad who cares about an object ) Focus on the
reality of that object recognizes the illusory nature of existence and phenomena
This moment is of great importance if you are distracted now it will cost you o
ut of the quagmire of misery Until now the Bardo experiences have come to you an
d you have not recognized you been distracted during this period have experience
d all the fear and terror throughout, always with success here can recognize and
obtain liberation here Your session can be static and revealing If you do not k
now how to meditate, remember (person's ideal) Recalls Remember your teammates t
his manual
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Think of all these fears and terrifying apparitions as belonging to your own ide
al,€as the tests are a divine mercy Remember your guide repeats the names over
and over again but you will not always decay damaged SEXUAL VISIONS Right now yo
u can see visions of couples together You're convinced that an orgy happening ar
ound you wish and expectation takes hold of you that sexual action awaits you Re
member When these visions occur, retention yourself from action or attachment Hu
mbly exercise your faith in the current fleet in the process fervently hoped Med
itation and confidence in the unity of life are the keys If you try to enter you
r old personality because you are attracted or rejected if you want to join the
orgy you are hallucinating reborn animal will experience a level possessive desi
re and jealousy will suffer stupidity and misery If you want to avoid these mise
ries Listen and recognize Rejects feelings of repulsion or attraction Remember t
hat the descending anti-lighting effort is strong in you meditate on the unit wi
th your fellow travelers not Abandon jealousy attraction or repulsion by your se
xual hallucinations will wander in misery a long time Tell yourself these words
to yourself and meditate on it FOUR METHODS OF PREVENTING reentry I. MEDITATION
ON THE BUDDHA Oh .... quietly meditate upon your protective figure, which is lik
e a reflection of the moon on the water is apparent, yet nonexistence as an illu
sion produced by magic if you have no special protective figure meditates on the
Buddha or upon me with this in mind Then quietly meditating, visualizing origin
ating the shape of your ideal protector from the extremities is dissolved withou
t any idea made Meditate on The Clear Light
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Vacuum This is a very profound art by virtue of it rebirth is postponed a bright
er future is secure.
II. MEDITATION ON GOOD GAMES You're wandering now e! Third Bardo As a sign of th
is look at your mirror and you will not see your face normal at this time you ou
ght to do simple resolution in your mind This is very important is how to run a
horse race with the use of kidneys Everything you want to happen
III. MEDITATION ON THE ILLUSION If you're still down Think you've released as fo
llows: The sexual activities, handling of machinery, the simulation of laughter,
scary sounds and sporadic appearances, these phenomena are indeed illusions in
nature however they may appear truly They are unreal and false appearances are l
ike dreams and not permanent, not fixed What advantage is there to abide and be
afraid of them? All are hallucinations of your mind Your mind itself does not ex
ist So why are these? Only by taking these illusions for real something you navi
gate around this confusing as there are all dreams, like clouds echoes As cities
such as mirrors, and relaxed forms as phantasmagoria The moon seen in water are
not real strong one moment sharply Keeping you in this line of thought's belief
that they are real is dissipated, and liberation is achieved
IV. MEDITATION ON THE VACUUM All substances are part of my own consciousness Thi
s awareness is empty, uncreated, not earnings, and meditating, Let the mind rest
in the uncreated state as the rain water on water The mind must be left on thei
r own easy mental posture In its natural condition unchanged clear and vibrant m
aintaining this relaxed, uncreated state of mind
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Rebirth into routine game reality is avoided certain Meditate on this until you'
re certainly free to then pick PERSONALITY Listen: It's almost time to go Make t
he selection of your future personality according to the best teaching Listen we
ll: The signs and level characteristics of existence to come. Appear before you
on warning signs. Acknowledge When you find that you have returned to reality Tr
y to follow the pleasant delightful visions Avoid unpleasant and dark If you ret
urn in panic, a fearful state will follow. If you try to escape the gloomy dark
visions, an unhappy state will follow. If you return in radiance, a happy state
will continue. Your mental state now will affect their subsequent level of being
what you choose. Choose fairly Without attraction or repulsion. Sign in with go
od grace juegoexistencia voluntarily and freely Remember these lessons remains q
uiet Timothy Leary (1920-1996) Pegasus has transported you into Space
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