RELIGST 2M03 Lecture Notes - Bardo Thodol, Leonard Cohen, Bardo
16 Apr 2014
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Film notes: tibetan book of the dead, the great liberation (nfb, 1994, 45 min. narrated by leonard cohen. When you are born you cry, but the whole world is overjoyed. When you die the world cries, but you may find the great liberation. Documentary film follows a tibetan buddhist lama (senior monk) named pema choden, and a. 13 year old novice monk as they attend the dying and death of a 42-yr old man in ladakh. Our greatest fear is death and we make every effort to ignore it. We are like bees buzzing and searching with nowhere to rest. Bardo thodol read aloud to guide a dying person, for 49 days . It is particularly hard to let go of attachments to the world when one dies at a younger (than usual) age. One must help the dying person"s mind to become clear.
