The Tibetan Book of the Dead · Reading 88 of 170

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

The Fourteenth Day

Reading 11 of 11

Thus, in earnest faith and humility, offer up the prayer; whereby all fears will vanish and Buddhahood in the Sambhoga-Kāya will undoubtedly be won: important is this. Being undistracted, repeat it in that manner, three or [even] seven times.

However heavy the evil karma may be and however weak the remaining karma may be, it is not possible that liberation will not be obtained [if one but recognize]. If, nevertheless, despite everything done in these [stages of the Bardo], recognition is still not brought about, then — there being danger of one's wandering further, into the third Bardo, called the Sidpa Bardo — the setting-face-to-face for that will be shown in detail hereinafter.