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Summary: Liberating
Review: Ancient wisdom transmuted through the modern, clear perception of Evans-Wentz and delivered in a highly readable and beautifully designed book.Cannot go wrong here.
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Summary: Real Stuff
Review: Anyone who is interested in the six yogas of Naropa should read this book. It is skillfully translated from real sources. Some may say that the info is incomplete... but then, there is no single book that provides complete information regarding the practices---which is one of the reasons why looking for a guru who truly in the lineage and received initiations and oral teachings from previous practitioners is essential. This book is a good look at esoteric Buddhism. One of my favorites.
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Summary: Real Stuff
Review: Anyone who is interested in the six yogas of Naropa should read this book. It is skillfully translated from real sources. Some may say that the info is incomplete... but then, there is no single book that provides complete information regarding the practices---which is one of the reasons why looking for a guru who truly in the lineage and received initiations and oral teachings from previous practitioners is essential. This book is a good look at esoteric Buddhism. One of my favorites.
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Summary: Not for the beginner...
Review: I picked up this book because of the title alone. I was interested in learning yoga, and this book seemed to be a good place to start. Boy, was I wrong. If you are new to the world of yoga and meditation, I do not recommend this book. The first reviewer of this was correct in calling this book "ancient." This writing is from another world. Foot notes on top of foot notes. Definitions of words and phrases cram the pages, sometimes taking up half the page. This book is written more like a text book than a how to book. The author is more interested in presenting his research findings of the work, than helping to explain the text in language we can understand. And you can not read straight through any of the so called instructions given in this book. You get to a certain step, and you are told to turn to another page in the book, which in turn points you toward a footnote, which gives you a definition of a word from the original page. The author was to busy trying to show all the research he did, he forgot to enlighten us as to the conclusions of his work. Check out "Integral Yoga Hatha" for a much more clear and easy to understand way to practice yoga.
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Summary: The 3rd book in the Tibetan series from W.Y.Evans-Wentz
Review: This is the third book in the Tibetan series from W.Y.Evans-Wentz. Although this book can be used as a stand-alone yoga book it is certainly not best read that way. Basically this is part of a developing series. The first book in the Tibetan series - The Tibetan Book of the Dead, is the fundamental book of the series which describes Buddhist philosophy, psychology and metaphysics. It is the best translation out there and the original! The second book in the series is called Tibets Greatest Yogi Milarepa is the story of a great yogi who puts into practice most of what we learn from The Tibetan Book of the Dead. It is through the story of Milarepa that we learn more about The Tibetan Book of the Dead. In the story of Milarepa the yogi studies the Seven Books of Wisdom of the Great Path as taught to him by his gurus. THIS BOOK is an expansion that explains those wisdoms and describes the yoga that is used to achieve them. When you understand that, then this book becomes invaluable to anybody who is looking for right yoga path. IT IS HERE! These texts are ancient and old but have served millions since their inception. The work that Evans-Wentz has done here is substantial if not some of the most important yoga concepts ever seen by the occident. You will probably need a guru of some kind to help you get started in any form of yoga but this book is plain sailing once you learn the basics right. Most of the major yoga practices are covered in this book. Most new books on yoga are indebted to this mans work on the subject, all directly brought back from the orient by master gurus whom which Dr. W.Y.Evans-Wentz was a student for years. There is lots of philosophy to go through and lots of text and this may put a lot of readers off, or those what to get straight into the practice but there is lots of philosophy and mental orientation to get right first. It is all here... all 434 pages of it! Mostly text! There is nothing else like it! The original is here! *** The other books in the series are - The Tibetan Book of the dead and Tibets Greatest Yogi Milarepa - before this one. The final book in the series is The Tibetan Book of the Great Liberation. ***
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Summary: Ancient but useful.
Review: W.Y.Evans-Wentz travelled extensively in the far east and wrote several books about Tibetan Buddhism. He writes with a great combination of scholarship and passion for the religion. Having met 'remarkable men' throughout India and elsewhere, he has a tendency to blend Buddhism and Hinduism together. Those who have travelled to India or Nepal have seen this blending, and a student of history notes Buddhism's firm roots in Hinduism. In this book, Evans Wentz gives good translations of exotic Tibetan Buddhist texts. Anyone looking for the roots of modern mystical fiction like Carlos Castaneda will find them here. Explained are the procedures of producing 'Psychic Heat', projecting consciousness into animals, and being aware of the dream state. This is a great book to inspire the cautious beginner or to come back to after practicing seated meditation for several years, because there is practical advice on how to breath and keep your back straight,as well as deeper meditations. One might ask, "How did the powers that be ever let this kind of information be put into print?", as a lot of it is extremely esoteric and possibly unadvisable for beginning practitioners. Be sure to read the author's wonderful introduction and extensive footnotes, which help to weave a story about spirituality, both Eastern and Western.
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