The Tibetan Book of the Dead: A Way of Life
1994 · 46 MIN · IMDB 7.4 · 283 VOTES · DIR. Barrie McLean, Yukari Hayashi, Hiroaki Mori
Overview
Narrated by Leonard Cohen, this two-part series explores ancient teachings on death and dying and boldly visualises the afterlife according to Tibetan philosophy. Tibetan Buddhists believe that after a person dies, they enter a state of "bardo" for 49 days until a rebirth. Program 1, The Tibetan Book of the Dead: A Way of Life documents the history of The Tibetan Book of the Dead, tracing the book's acceptance and use in Europe and North America. Program 2, The Tibetan Book of the Dead: The Great Liberation observes an old Buddhist lama and a 13-year-old novice monk as they guide a deceased person into the afterlife.
Dialogue Timeline — 361 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:22 The Tibetan Book of the Dead: A Way of Life
00:01:53 in abiding peace.
00:03:40 In a small village near the head waters of the Indus river
00:05:21 and has been printed from hand-carved wooden blocks.
00:07:16 Everyone who was come before you has died.
00:08:56 an American who studied anthropology at Oxford, became interested in reincarnation.
00:10:10 And the whole fear that surrounded the process of the doctor's seeing death as a failure.
00:11:35 "Yeah."
00:12:41 were trained to go into that after death's day when people invite them.
00:14:44 The uncertainties of the Bardo will not affect you."
00:18:53 Offerings are left out to encourage Paldem Sering.
00:21:54 "Why aren't you afraid?"
00:23:27 all find liberation.
00:25:01 and if he's failed to recognize the peaceful deities as the projections of his own mind
00:26:46 Today is the day of Paldem Sering's cremation.
00:31:50 There is no place for you to rest, and no stopping place
00:33:47 Similarly, this old body cannot function properly, then change
00:35:28 who has raised Song Crapa as a child and had lived with him.
00:38:04 and now you will once again experience all the painful uncertainties
00:39:39 is available to us at every moment of life and death.
00:40:56 Beyond the mind, beyond the body
00:42:00 so much easier to handle."
00:43:24 "Grandpa, how are you?