"Awakened One, do not let your thoughts wander.
Now the bardo of the moment before death is dawning,
Abandon all grasping, yearning and attachment,
Enter undistracted into clear awareness,
Release your consciousness into the space of the unborn mind."

 

Meditations and Illuminations on the 'Tibetan Book of the Dead'

'...in the between' brings together four of Australia's finest multi-cultural collaborators in a highly original interpretation of `The Tibetan Book of the Dead'. Using selected text readings combined with musical meditations and sound illuminations this theatrical and musical experience provides an insight into how we can prepare for the mind's release from the body and the experiences of 'the between'.

The 'Bardo Thotrol' (The Great Liberation through Hearing in the Between) texts were composed by Padmasambhava in the 14th century, buried in central Tibet and later discovered by Karma-Lingpa.

"Although this book is ostensibly written for the dead, it is in fact about life"
Francesca Fremantle (author of Luminous Emptoness and co-translator with Chogyam Trungpa of The Tibetan Book of the Dead)

'...in the between' was created while Michael Askill was a guest of the NORPA (Northern Rivers Performing Arts) Creative Lab.