Reality in Buddhism is called dharma (Sanskrit) or dhamma (Pali). This word, which is foundational to the conceptual frameworks of the Indian religions, refers in Buddhism to the system of natural laws which constitute the natural order of things. Dharma is therefore reality as-it-is (yatha-bhuta). The teaching of Gautama Buddha constituting as it does a method by which people can come out of their condition of suffering (dukkha) involves developing an awareness of reality
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
�e Lord Buddha singles out four mental qualities as important
for cultivation. He describes them as noble, lo�y,
and sublime and strongly encourages their development.
�ey can transform our lives and the world giving beauty,
joy, and meaning.
What are these four mental factors? �ey are love, compassion,
sympathetic joy and equanimity. Yes, to love all
beings equally without discrimination; to be compassionate
to all; to rejoice at the happiness and success of others;
and to be even-minded, steady, or equanimous in facing
the vicissitudes of life. Oh, how wonderful if we but can
live in this manner, and how mu� be�er and happier the
world will be!

The Tibetan text describes, and is intended to guide one through, the experiences that the consciousness has after death, in the bardo, the interval between death and the next rebirth. The text also includes chapters on the signs of death and rituals to undertake when death is closing in or has taken place.
According to Tibetan tradition, the Liberation Through Hearing During the Intermediate State was composed in the 8th century by Padmasambhava, written down by his primary student, Yeshe Tsogyal, buried in the Gampo hills in central Tibet and subsequently discovered by a Tibetan terton, Karma Lingpa, in the 14th century.

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