The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying: The Spiritual Classic & International Bestseller; Revised and Updated Edition
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In 1927, Walter Evans-Wentz published his translation of an obscure Tibetan Nyingma text and called it the Tibetan Book of the Dead. Popular Tibetan teacher Sogyal Rinpoche has transformed that ancient text, conveying a perennial philosophy that is at once religious, scientific, and practical. Through extraordinary anecdotes and stories from religious traditions East and West, Rinpoche introduces the reader to the fundamentals of Tibetan Buddhism, moving gradually to the topics of death and dying. Death turns out to be less of a crisis and more of an opportunity. Concepts such as reincarnation, karma, and bardo and practices such as meditation, tonglen, and phowa teach us how to face death constructively. As a result, life becomes much richer. Like Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, Sogyal Rinpoche opens the door to a full experience of death. It is up to the reader to walk through. --Brian Bruya
Added on: Friday, July 14 2006
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Wed Jan 24 14:10:32 UTC 2007
Source: The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying: The Spiritual Classic & International Bestseller; Revised and Updated Edition, Page: 151
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Sogyal Rinpoche said
Source: The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying: The Spiritual Classic & International Bestseller; Revised and Updated Edition, Page: 151
Contributed by: Bob Royal.
Just as if you put your finger into water, it will get wet, and if you put it into fire, it will burn, so if you invest your mind in the wisdom mind of the Buddhas, it will transform into their wisdom nature.
Thu Oct 05 19:05:27 UTC 2006
Source: The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying: The Spiritual Classic & International Bestseller; Revised and Updated Edition
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Sogyal Rinpoche said
Source: The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying: The Spiritual Classic & International Bestseller; Revised and Updated Edition
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There is a famous saying: “If the mind is not contrived, it is spontaneously blissful, just as water, when not agitated, is by nature transparent and clear.”
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The Tibetan Book of the Dead is a spiritual classic. Thurman's recent translation of this book is my favorite. Sogyal Rinpoche tells you about the Tibetan Book of the Dead, and how his tradition teaches one to live a life fully, to the max. Everyone who is now living is going to die. Everyone knows that, and sometimes you are faced with that fact quite ostensibly. This book helps you live even more fully and graciously when you are faced with your own demise or that of a loved one. It has day to day practical things to do to help you be more authentic. It is a very good read. I have returned to it several times since I first read it in 1993.