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The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying: The Spiritual Classic & International Bestseller: 30th Anniversary Edition

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So now that we’ve covered what’s going on today, lets twist the plot a bit and focus on how we can prepare for death with artful living. The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying, written by Sogyal Rinpoche in 1992, is a presentation of the teachings of Tibetan Buddhism based on the Tibetan Book of the Dead or Bardo Thodol. The author wrote, "I have written The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying as the quintessence of the heart-advice of all my masters, to be a new Tibetan Book of the Dead and a Tibetan Book of Life." [1] The book explores: the message of impermanence; evolution, karma and rebirth; the nature of mind and how to train the mind through meditation; how to follow a spiritual path in this day and age; the practice of compassion; how to care for and show love to the dying, and spiritual practices for the moment of death. The story behind The Tibetan Book of the Dead’s translation and publication in the West is almost as unusual as its origin story. The book was first published in English in 1927. In Tibetan the title is Bardo Thodol, which does not translate as The Tibetan Book of the Dead at all, but as “Liberation through Hearing during the Intermediate State”.

Over three decades The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying has touched and supported people from all walks of life. There were many who said it had transformed the death of a loved one or helped them at other critical moments in their lives. Some told of how they had read the book two or three times all the way through and still return to it at moments of crisis. Others kept it by their bedside and used it to dip into repeatedly for guidance and inspiration. In various places, medical and educational institutions adopted the book for their training courses and made use of its methods and practices. I read this book and took from it what I needed and left the weird stuff for others. What I took was significant and very helpful, and I keep this book around to re-read those passages. I believe anyone can find something in this book useful to them personally, but probably not all of it. Prepare to be frightened when you come across the writing that speaks to you, most likely at the start. If you are broken and as spiritually wounded as I was when I began this book, also prepare to be overwhelmed. But it is very possible you will find peace, solace, and maybe even change some of your life and thinking habits for the better. It holds very healing advice. Stand up, and resist these notions, because this life has a lot more to offer. Live in the present moment

This section revolves around the concept of death and questions the human nature to be overly afraid of an effortless transition – from one state of beingness to the other. If your moral and religious beliefs don’t overlap, you’ll also be dreaded by the thought of transformation. I first read this book in the mid 2000s when I was married to a wife who passed in 2011 after we divorced. This weekend is the anniversary of her death by overdose - the insights around the bardos in this book has impacted greatly my view of her spirit and has explained some things I've seen this past year that I thought were obvious synchronicities which I could not explain. This month is the 10 year anniversary of my public shahadah in a mosque in Pennsylvania. This year is the 10 year anniversary of my leaving the States - 7 of those spent in Jordan and the UAE and 3 now in the Caribbean. Spain's semi final hero fascinated by Buddhism, met Dalai Lama in 2007". Phayul . Retrieved 25 April 2012. In 1983, Rinpoche participated in the ‘New Dimensions in Death and Dying’ conference in California. This brought Rinpoche in touch with the work of Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross and Professor Kenneth Ring in the fields of hospice care and near-death research." The most important thing to understand about The Tibetan Book of the Dead is that it is meant to be read aloud. This is not surprising when we consider that ancient texts from many cultures were meant to be recited. Reading silently was uncommon in the ancient world.

Consequently, the contents of this book are borne out of his experience in the field of hospice care and the dying. I also hate that in some of these religions it always seems like there’s some secret knowledge or practices that us mere mortals don’t have. It just gives me a weird feeling. That they preach that we are all equal but you can clearly see hierarchy’s in their religion. 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.

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All of these allegations started to come out in the 90s but were pushed down until 2017. But before that many high up leaders knew of these allegations but decided to not mention it until it couldn’t be hidden anymore until 2017. That’s when the Dalai Lama finally mentioned it and denounced Sogyals actions even though he knew of the claims before. Sogyal was said to have an inner circle of people close to him who were also spiritual Buddhist teachers who knew of his actions but did not say anything. As usual a cover up in these religions in the higher ups.

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