This is an fairly good overview of the teachings found in the Tibetan Book of the Dead (real name: Liberation through Hearing). It discusses all the major stages that the mind passes through after dying that sees either its liberation from saṁsāra or rebirth into saṁsāra.
The video is mainly a reading of a prepared text with colourful and evocative backgrounds, and it is a bit relentless. Some idea of spacing might have helped the presentation, and it is marred by sales that appear near the beginning and the end, but if you can ignore these flaws it is very much worth watching.
It is divided into 9 chapters which summarise the contents:
The First Moments After Death – The Clear Light
The Bardo: The 49-Day Afterlife Journey
Visions of Peace and Terror – Karma Unfolds
The Life Review and Karmic Judgment
The Final Test – Rebirth or Liberation?
Why This Knowledge Was Forbidden
Are We Failing the Test of Death?
How to Prepare for Death, and
The Final Truth.
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Very interesting
it is a very interesting and crucial teachings for Vajrayana Buddhists, but the tone of the reading makes it sound so dramatic. It sounds like “ ultimate judgement” tone of voice so dramatic that i stopped watching it. Disappointing to be honest