("Maitreya the Conqueror" by Nicholas Roerich) I read the The Tibetan Book of the Dead twice. I started with a French translation, and then read the Robert A. F. Thurman version. My motivation at the time was to learn more about the death process and what comes after. At the time, I was agreeably surprised to discover that the text, which is traditionally read to the dead and is intended to…