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The text of the '''Bardo Thodol''', usually translated in English as '''Tibetan Book of the Dead''', is one of the scriptures of the Nyingma, or Red Hat, school of Buddhism founded by the great Indian Guru and Buddha [[Padma Sambhava]]. | The text of the '''Bardo Thodol''', usually translated in English as '''Tibetan Book of the Dead''', is one of the scriptures of the Nyingma, or Red Hat, school of Buddhism founded by the great Indian Guru and Buddha [[Padma Sambhava]]. | ||
The foundational teaching on the deadliness of the [[five poisons]] presented side by side with the saving power of the [[Five Dhyani Buddhas]] is principally expressed the Tibetan Book of the Dead. | The foundational teaching on the deadliness of the [[five poisons]] presented side by side with the saving power of the [[Five Dhyani Buddhas]] is principally expressed in the Tibetan Book of the Dead. | ||
== Purpose of the book == | == Purpose of the book == | ||