The Tibetan Book of the Dead · Reading 68 of 170

The Dawning of the Wrathful Deities, from the Eighth to the Fourteenth Day

The Eighth Day

Reading 1 of 2

Again, calling the deceased by name, [address him] thus:

O nobly-born, listen undistractedly. Not having been able to recognize when the Peaceful [Deities] shone upon thee in the Bardo above, thou hast come wandering thus far. Now, on the Eighth Day, the blood-drinking Wrathful Deities will come to shine. Act so as to recognize them without being distracted.