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Summary: Brilliant
Review: If ever there was a book written that will change your life - this is it
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Summary: Remarkable Book from Nying-ma Master
Review: Sogyal Rinpoché is one of the most amazing, and compassionate teachers living today. His kindness is only transcended by his ability to understand both the Eastern and Western mind, and to take things that seem complex and make them not so. By giving this adaption of the Bardo Thrötol (called the Tibetan Book of the Dead by Westerners) he helps to better explain the Tibetan Buddhist view of samsara, and cyclical experience. I read this book after it was recommended by KT Shedrup Gyatso, and Ven. Chöpak Rinpoché, and now I shall never be without it. Tashi Deleg!
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Summary: great
Review: A great book of spirituality. It reveals practices that can be tied to any religion you might believe in. An awesome book that show how to erase bad karma and return to the primal nature of mind.
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Summary: For the intense soul.
Review: If you are up for the challange of soul searching and finding the answers, read this book,if for no other reason than to wake you up.
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Summary: A star reading a star's book
Review: Emotional, thought provoking. MIND CHANGING
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Summary: An excellent living guide!
Review: Sogyal Rinpoche has brought the eastern mystics to the west in such an interesting and enlightening way. This book is for the living contemplating to live a good life. It provides an understanding of the complex spiritual aspects of ourselves that we could not begin to comprehend accompanied by practical steps to grow spiritually. A warm and friendly book written by a remarkable man. A must-read book for everyone on the spiritual path.
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Summary: It opens the mind and the heart for true change.
Review: I know I will read it many more times and feel fortunate enough to have found it and had the opportunity to make it a part of my life.
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Summary: Very lovely, reassuring book by a very kind teacher
Review: I found this book to be warm, reassuring, gentle, loving. It reflects the deep faith and compassion of the author. I don't know if I believe all the rituals but I found pleasure and hope in reading this book. I also found the most satisfying answer on abortion I have ever read. I highly recommend it, even to skeptics. No one really knows what happens when we die; I didn't worry too much about that. What I really appreciate is the guidance in living, so that whenever I die, I won't have too many regrets.
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Summary: Required reading for everyone who has experienced loss.
Review: Sogyal Rinpoche does an incredible job writing about Eastern philiosophy to a Western reader. Perhaps the nicest aspect of this book is the gentle nature and nondogmatic writing style of the author. His goal is not to convert, but to share. Buy an extra copy to lend to loved ones who are having a hard time dealing with death and life.
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Summary: This is good book for believers, but I'm a skeptic.
Review: There's a lot of very interesting material in this book. I found descriptions of the human condition and basic tenets of Buddhism to be intelligently written, and to be inspiring at times. However, I'd like to issue a warning to skeptical people like me who have little interest in unproven or unprovable opinions and expressions of "faith" in their Buddhism. This book spends a lot of time on Tibetan ritual. It cites numerous examples of things the author has seen that seem to prove reincarnation, the possibility and power of enlightenment, karma, near death experiences, etc. When enlightened monks die, did you know that their bodies often don't rot? Or that their bodies disappear into thin air, or that rainbows appear thousands of miles away? That dead monks bodies stay warm for weeks? These things may or may not be true, but I'm just skeptical enough to not want to take the author's word for them. If you tackle this book, brace yourself to read about a lot of belief topics, and then prepare to be accused of being too cynical and capitive of your own ego for doubting it. I would categorize this book as religious Buddhism, as opposed to philosophical Buddhism. An aside: the author's reverence and love for his teachers and his faith is truly touching. His knowledge is great, his love is great, but I'm not sure that makes him the best possible reporter for those who are seeking truth instead of opinion.
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