A sacred eastern text was meant to be read to dying people
The historically revered Bardo Thodol, popularly known in the West as the Tibetan Book of the Dead, was never meant to be a quiet philosophical read. It was practically designed as a vivid auditory guidebook to be read aloud directly into the ear of a dying person, helping their consciousness navigate terrifying spiritual hallucinations during the transition between lives.

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