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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
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| Copyright © 2002 Lord Vernon Russell-Twittledorf Robinson, MCE (Member of the California Empire) |
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