Terjék József: Collection of Tibetan MSS and Xylographs of Alexander Csoma de Kőrös.

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20 12. Bar-do'i gdams-pa; "Sku gsum thar-pa'i no-lam" "The short way liberating the three bodies. Instructions to be followed in the intermediate existence". Pothi, Tibetan paper (10.5 cm x 60.5 cm), MS (dbu-med), ff. 1-11, 9 lines. Introduction (lv): 'dir mchuhs-med rgyal-dban rje'i gsun-rgyunlas 'phros-pa'i bar-do'i rnam-bzag Ji-ltar 'os-pa zig bri-bar bya'o I de-la yah skye-Si bar-do I rmi-lam bar-do | srid-pa bar-clo-dan gsum Colophon (llrj: de-ltar bar-do'i gdams-pa; "Sku gsum thar-pa'i ne-lam" zes bya-ba ni I rcod-bral-gyi dam-pa man-po'i gsun-la brten-pa Bya-btan Phyag-rdor nor-bu zes bya-bas Stag-sog-gahs-kyi ra-bar brispa nid-do | zus-dag 'com-pa-pos bgyis-pa'o | These instructions were compiled by Bya-btan Phyag-rdor nor-bu in the park of Stag-sogs-gans from the teachings of several scholars, with his own corrections. The treatise consists of three parts dealing with the intermediate state of birth and death, with that of the dream and that of existence.