Author name: Samuel Bercholz, illustrated by Pema Namdol Thaye
Book title: A Guided Tour of Hell
Type of book: Nonfiction
Genre: Graphic novel/Buddhism/memoir
Summary: This true account of Shambhala Publications founder Sam Bercholz’s near-death experience has more in common with Dante’s “Inferno” than with popular feel-good stories of what happens when we die. In the aftermath of heart surgery, Bercholz, a longtime Buddhist practitioner and teacher, is surprised to find himself in the lowest realms of karmic rebirth, where he is sent to gain insight into human suffering. Bercholz eventually emerges from his ordeal with renewed faith that even the worst hell contains the seed of wakefulness. His story is offered, along with the modernist illustrations of a master of Tibetan sacred arts, in order to share what can be learned about awakening from our own self-created hells and helping others to find relief and liberation from theirs.
Author bio: Bercholz is the founder of Shambhala Publications. He has taught Buddhist philosophy and meditation practice throughout North America, Europe and Australia for more than 40 years. Pema Namdol Thaye is a master Tibetan artist with international acclaim as a painter, sculptor, 3D mandala specialist, traditional Tibetan architect, author and art educator.
Number of pages: 160
Online: shambhala.com/a-guided-tour-of-hell.html
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