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The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying: The Spiritual Classic & International Bestseller: Revised and Updated Edition

This revised and updated edition of a renowned spiritual classic explores the Tibetan Buddhist understanding of life, death, and the journey between. It delves into the practices and philosophies that help individuals navigate the end of life and the transition to the next realm. more

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Sogyal Rinpoche
Sogyal Rinpoche

Sogyal Rinpoche, born in 1947, is a renowned Tibetan Buddhist Lama. He is known for his profound insights into the modern world and his efforts in popularizing Tibetan Buddhism. more

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“The first thing, the very very first thing, "Find out what your greatest characteristic is, your greatest undoing, your central characteristic of unconsciousness." Each one's is different. Somebody is sex-obsessed. In a country like India, where for centuries sex has been repressed, that has become almost a universal characteristic; everybody is obsessed with sex. Somebody is obsessed with anger, and somebody else is obsessed with greed. You have to watch which is your basic obsession.”

“There is such a thing as a hatred of lies and dissimulation, which is the outcome of a delicate sense of humor; there is also the selfsame hatred but as the result of cowardice, in so far as falsehood is forbidden by Divine law. Too cowardly to lie.”