The
Bardo Thodol ,
Liberation Through Hearing During the Intermediate State, is a text from a larger corpus of teachings, the
Profound Dharma of Self-Liberation through the Intention of the Peaceful and Wrathful Ones, revealed by
Karma Lingpa (1326–1386). It is the best-known work of
Nyingma literature, known in the West as the
Tibetan Book of the Dead.