Tirisilex 0 Report post Posted November 10, 2004 I'm curious... Do Hindus have a text or teaching similar to the Tibetan book of the Dead? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maadhav 0 Report post Posted November 11, 2004 tell us more about the book please. do you know it well or just know its name? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted November 11, 2004 There was an Incan or Mayan Book of the Dead too right? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tirisilex 0 Report post Posted November 11, 2004 The book teaches what happens after you die.. You go through a number of "Bardo's" each with definitive characteristics.. The last of which determines where your next birth will take place. It describes everything that one goes through between the time of death to the time of birth. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tirisilex 0 Report post Posted November 11, 2004 I dont know much about Aztec/Maya/Inca to say wether or not they have a similar book of the dead. I dont think they believed in reincarnation and so their books of the dead would be very different. I do know that the Egyptians have a Book of the Dead but it's about going to the next life and not so much a reincarnation but an entering to a next stage still retaining your former self knowledge. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maadhav 0 Report post Posted November 12, 2004 okay. there is not "book of the dead" in vedic literature, but garuda purana gives lot of info about what happens after death and before next birth. gita and bhagavatam also give some info. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
