Parts of this book are interesting, but overall it kind of starts to drag in the middle. I appreciated a look at life, death, and justice from a completely different perspective. It also does represent a considerably more balanced perspective on life and death than most of American culture has at present. However, I cannot understand anyone looking at the world and coming away believing that there aren't truly evil people. And it's too much of a stretch to think about colored humors attached to my senses providing my life essence. My Western-ness is showing. The Tibetan book of Living and Dying is actually the interpretation or briefing of the sacred ancient Tibetan Buddhist text widely known in the west as The Tibetan Book of the Dead said to be written by great Indian Buddhist master Padmasambhava who brought Buddhism to Tibet in the 8th century. Ocr tesseract 5.0.0-beta-20210815 Ocr_detected_lang en Ocr_detected_lang_conf 1.0000 Ocr_detected_script Latin Ocr_detected_script_conf 0.9957 Ocr_module_version 0.0.13 Ocr_parameters -l eng Old_pallet IA-WL-0000191 Openlibrary_edition

When people from the city come over they wonder why we stay here and what to do with themselves after a day or two. When there is no distraction around there’s only one friend you get to meet, yourself. The Tibetan Book of Living & Dying,' has a new-age syncretic tone, and has the feel of being written to especially appeal to Western readers unfamiliar with Eastern spiritual traditions. Sogyal quotes such diverse figures as Mother Teresa, Shakespeare, and William Blake imbuing the book with a poetic but sometimes convoluted style. This is unsurprising considering Sogyal received a Western education from an early age culminating in a Comparative Religions degree from Cambridge. Sogyal makes the spiritual path seem so alluring and beautiful, which at first drew me into the book. However as I got further into the text something didn't sit right with me. Bliss and beauty are certainly part of a committed spiritual practice but so are sobering, repetitive hard work, and painful sacrifices. I decided to do some research into the history of the author before investing more energy in the book.This book is all about death, dead and dying. Buddhism doesn't see death as unfortunate or mysterious or painful but an opportunity. Opportunity for achieving a higher metaphysical realm. And all their life they are preparing themselves for this. Whatever happiness and comfortableness we see in this life is nothing compared to the 'state' if we able to achieve after our death. A revised edition was released in 2002 to celebrate the book's 10th anniversary. In 2012, a new and further revised edition was published. A 25th-anniversary edition was published in 2020. The next quote sums up the entire essence of the post. Most people feel that they are not bound by this reality, we’re all connected yes but today at this moment you are separate. Sogyal calls it an optical delusion, even if it is a hallucination one cannot discount the experience. So while you experience this realm of existence why not expand your boundaries you have set of love and compassion. According to Buddhist philosophy whatever we do in this life is to achieve liberation of our mind (I couldn't find the word salvation anywhere in this book) which is a all free formless, mediumless state; Bodhisattva or Buddha. If at all we fail to attain that then at least try for a rebirth in a better realm, say human. Again try the same for the liberation of our soul or mind to attain Buddhahood and it is an endless cycle of life and rebirth called samsara. But the attainment depends on how we live our life in this world. The quality of our karma decide not only the quality of our death but the 'effects' of our death too. The rebirth and reincarnation are our chance or possibility for the liberation and which is not our aim but actually is a punishment because we have to again go through an entire lifetime. So according to Buddhism it's not only what 'life' itself is important but release or free from this life and from every rebirth is more important and that's what we have to try for. In short nirvana or to become Buddha is the ultimate goal. We may have to go through endless life cycle to reach that level. The implication is its not Buddha going to help the world but the way of attaining Bodhisattva is having the power to change every person in his life and this world. PDF / EPUB File Name: The_Tibetan_Book_of_the_Living_and_Dying_-_Sogyal_Rinpoche.pdf, The_Tibetan_Book_of_the_Living_and_Dying_-_Sogyal_Rinpoche.epub

I cannot recommend the Tibetan Book of Living and Dying highly enough. I believe it is one of the most important books for anyone in the modern world to read. The teachings of Tibetan Buddhism have been called one of the last ancient wisdom traditions on earth. They are extraordinarily profound and relevant because they transmit a special understanding of the mind or, to be more precise, the knowledge of our true nature—the innermost, essential nature of the mind. In practice, they empower us to thrive in the world with kindness, compassion, resilience, and equanimity. These crucial instructions have been handed down meticulously over centuries from masters to their students in an unbroken line to the present day. Australian composer Nigel Westlake's son was murdered just before the age of 21. Filled with grief he said, "When we lost Eli, I found myself obsessing about where he was and what we could do to help him. ... I found great consolation in the Buddhist teachings of The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying." When he could begin composing again, he started writing a requiem for his son. The text of the third movement, "The Hymn of Compassion", contains excerpts of The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying. [16] As a matter of fact, are they even yours? – Probably not, because every person would rather avoid face-to-face confrontations with its judgments and opinions than to take the bull by the horns. He is the author of 4 books including Dzogchen and Padmasambhava, Glimpse After Glimpse & The Future of Buddhism. “The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying PDF Summary”The Tibetan Book of the Dead tells us what to do about it. It tells us how to achieve liberation in the moment of death and fulfil our potential as spiritually awakened beings, as Buddhas. This profoundly appealing promise is at the heart of Tibetan Buddhist beliefs about life and death. Extracts from The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying were also published as Glimpse After Glimpse: Daily Reflections for Living and Dying, ISBN 0-06-251126-2