西藏度亡经

度亡經（藏語：བར་དོ་ཐོས་གྲོལ，威利转写：bar do thos grol，THL：bardo thödröl（巴多脫卓）），即《西藏度亡經》，又譯為《中陰得度法》或《中陰救度密法》、《中陰聞教救度大法》，此書是伏藏，在14世紀時被發掘。由寧瑪派伏藏師事業洲(Karma Gling-pa, 1376－1394)所取出的蓮花生大士巖藏法《寂靜忿怒密意自解脫》自称是作者為八世紀印度高僧蓮花生大師留下来的伏藏密书，該書依照佛教義理介紹了人離世後處於中陰階段的演變情形。該階段最長49天，然後開始下一期生命。但此经书取出在西藏佛教争议颇大，格鲁派祖师宗喀巴在《廣論》中就批判過這些說法，說它們「全無清淨依據，唯增益執」、「堪依教典悉未說有較彼（四十九日）更久，故說過此更能久住不應道理」。故度亡经并不受格鲁派、萨迦派、噶举派的重视，流行宁玛派，近现代翻译也使欧洲中国大陆台湾人觉得新奇！

度亡經手抄本.

亡者的心識將幻化文武百尊，為寂靜本尊相四十二尊，忿怒本尊相五十八尊。以強烈光體顯現，根據蓮花生所說，只要亡者在中陰時期辨識出文武百尊中任何一尊，當下即可融入本尊光體中，獲得解脫。

如果有正確方法的引導，靈魂在此期間可以得到解脫、出離輪迴。所以中陰救度的意義非常重要，這也是本書在一千多年來備受重視的原因。

該書由西藏喇嘛達瓦桑杜及其美國弟子溫慈博士編譯為英文，於1927年出版後引起國際影響。心理學家卡爾·榮格对此书进行評述，稱之為他的“隨身伴侶”。

本書由中華民國學者徐進夫於1982年譯成中文出版，北京宗教文化出版社於1995年在大陸出版簡體字版本。

參考文獻

• Coleman, Graham, Editor's introduction, Coleman, Graham (编), The Tibetan Book of the Dead: First Complete Translation, Penguin Books, 2005, ISBN 978-0143104940 
• Conners, Peter, White Hand Society: The Psychedelic Partnership of Timothy Leary & Allen Ginsberg, City Lights Books, 2013 
• Cuevas, Bryan J. The Hidden History of the Tibetan Book of the Dead. New York: Oxford University Press, 2003.
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• Forbes, Andrew; Henley, David (编), The Illustrated Tibetan Book of the Dead, Chiang Mai: Cognoscenti Books, 2013 
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• Fremantle, Francesca, Luminous Emptiness: understanding the Tibetan Book of the dead, Boston, MA: Shambhala Publications, 2001, ISBN 1-57062-450-X 
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延伸閱讀

• Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche (1991) The Bardo Guidebook Rangjung Yeshe Publications 1991.
• Cuevas, Bryan J. (2003) The Hidden History of the Tibetan Book of the Dead. New York: Oxford University Press.
• Fremantle, Francesca (2001). Luminous Emptiness: understanding the Tibetan Book of the dead. Boston, MA: Shambhala Publications ISBN 1-57062-450-X
• Griffin, Mark (2008) The Bardo Thodol – A Golden Opportunity. Los Angeles: HardLight Publishing. ISBN 978-0975902028
• Lati Rinpochay & Hopkins, Jeffrey (1985) Death, Intermediate State and Rebirth, Ithaca: Snow Lion
• Lodo, Lama (1987) Bardo Teachings. Ithaca: Snow Lion
• Mullin, Glenn H. (1986) Death and Dying: the Tibetan Tradition Penguin-Arkana ISBN 0-14-019013-9
• Sögyal Rinpoche, with Gaffney, Patrick & Harvey, Andrew (eds.) (1992) The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying. San Francisco: Harper ISBN 0-06-250793-1

參見

• 沃爾特·葉林·埃文斯-溫茲（英语：Walter Evans-Wentz）(Walter Evans-Wentz)

外部連接

• History article （页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆）
• Bardo Thodol – The Tibetan Book of the Dead – Public Domain PDF ebook （页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆）
•  – First part of a documentary filmed in Ladakh by NHK, Mistral and CFB
•  – Second part of a documentary filmed in Ladakh by NHK, Mistral and CFB
• "The Life, Death and Rebirth of The Tibetan Book of the Dead" （页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆）, Donald S. Lopez Jr., Berfrois（页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆）, 13 April 2011