The Mirror of Mindfulness (2010)

Translation of Bar do spyi'i don thams cad rnam pa gsal bar byed pa dran pa'i me long

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The Mirror of Mindfulness is a presentation of Tibetan Buddhist teachings on the endless cycle of experience, the four bardos — life, death, after-death, and rebirth. It is aimed at inspiring and helping the practitioner achieve liberation from deluded existence and awaken to complete enlightenment for the benefit of others.

I considered that this explanation of the bardos would benefit everyone interested in the dharma. The words are clear and easy to understand, and lengthy scholarly expositions are not emphasized. This text, easy to comprehend and containing all the key points and very direct instructions, results from following the oral advice of a qualified master. Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche

The author, Tsele Natsok Rangdröl, was renowned as one of the most learned and accomplished masters of seventeenth-century Tibet. His other books include Heart Lamp and Empowerment. (Source: Rangjung Yeshe Publications)

Citation	Kunsang, Erik Pema, trans. The Mirror of Mindfulness: The Cycle of the Four Bardos. By Tsele Natsok Rangdrol (rtse le sna tshogs rang grol). Kathmandu: Rangjung Yeshe Publications, 2010.

Foreword by H. H. Dilgo Khyentse Rinpocheix
Foreword by Ve, Tulku Chökyi Nyima Rinpochex
Translator's Prefacexi
Introductory Discourse
- by Ven. Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche1
Prologue15
1. The Natural Bardo of This Life19
2. The Painful Bardo of Dying27
3.The Luminous Bardo of Dharmata45
4. The Karmic Bardo of Becoming65
Epilogue83
Translator's Afterword85
Appendix: The Dzogchen Tantras87
Glossary93
The Final Words of Tsele Natsok Rangdrol129