The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying

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Sogyal Rinpoche

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Description: 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 suc ... (more)

Manufacturer: Rider & Company
Release date: 7 May 1998
ISBN-10 : 0712671390 | ISBN-13: 9780712671392

Tags: Spiritualism (1), Buddhism (1), Unread (1), Non Fiction (1), Enlightenment (1)

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