6An impossible call
25The real drama is to fall into oblivion
7The true path to trascencende
26Preparing oneself for eternal life
8II: Transcendence?
27A human game board governed by the laws of the spirit
9The challenge posed by the end of life
28You are nothing more but consciousness
10An excepcional yogi who speaks of trascendence
29Spiritual coaching: towards an integrated and transcendent vision of life
11Countless footprints throughout history
30Some guidelines for the awakening of consciousness
12The moral apocalypse and the review of one's life
31Do not settle for waking up, go beyond
13III: The origins of phowa
32Phowa in action
14The concept of bardo or intermediate state
33Phowa as a process of raising consciousness
15The Bardo Thodol: its true meaning
34Epilogue
16The arrival in the west
35Acknowledgements
17History, legend and myth
36Glossary of authors
18What tradition tells us
37Glossary of terms
19On the figure of Padmashambava