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The Tibetan book of the dead

Title: The Tibetan book of the dead [videorecording] / NHK of Japan, Mistral Film of France, and National Film Board of Canada.
Publication: Santa Monica, CA : Direct Cinema Limited, c1994.

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Description

2 videocassettes (93 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.

Summary

"A text unique to the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, the Book of the Dead is an essential teaching that is read aloud to dying persons as they pass from this life to the next. This ground-breaking new film documents the history of the Book of the Dead and explores its traditional application in Ladakh, northern India, as well as its use in hospices in Europe and North America. Filmed on location over a four-month period, the film uses remarkable footge of the rites and liturgies performed for a recently deceased Ladakhi elder. It is narrated by renowned singer/songwriter Leonard Cohen and includes an interview with the Dalai Lama, who shares his views on the book's meaning and importance."--Container.

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Credits (note)

For NHK Japan, Special Program Division: music, Toshiyuki Honda ; camera, Hideo Saito ; editor, Masaharu Yoshioka ; director, Hiroaki Mori, Yukari Hayashi ; producer, Atsunori Kawamura. For National Film Board of Canada: director, Barrie Angus McLean ; editors, Judith Merritt, David Verrall ; producers, Barrie Angus McLean, David Verrall.

System Details (note)

PAL format.

Contents

pt.1. A way of life -- pt.2. The great liberation.

Call Number

*UOS-1290

ISBN

1559745452 (cass.1)
1559745479 (cass.2)

OCLC

34887512

Title

The Tibetan book of the dead [videorecording] / NHK of Japan, Mistral Film of France, and National Film Board of Canada.

Imprint

Santa Monica, CA : Direct Cinema Limited, c1994.

System Details

PAL format.

Credits

For NHK Japan, Special Program Division: music, Toshiyuki Honda ; camera, Hideo Saito ; editor, Masaharu Yoshioka ; director, Hiroaki Mori, Yukari Hayashi ; producer, Atsunori Kawamura. For National Film Board of Canada: director, Barrie Angus McLean ; editors, Judith Merritt, David Verrall ; producers, Barrie Angus McLean, David Verrall.

Performer

Narration: Leonard Cohen.

Added Author

Cohen, Leonard, 1934-2016.

Mori, Hiroaki.

Hayashi, Yukari, 1964-

Nihon Hōsō Kyōkai.

Mistral Film (Firm)

National Film Board of Canada.

Direct Cinema Ltd.

Research Call Number

*UOS-1290

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