by Sogyal Rinpoche · RIDER & CO · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780712657525
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«The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying» is the Buddhist spirituality essay by Sogyal Rinpoche, published by Rider & Co in paperback (425 pages, in English).
Sogyal Rinpoche develops the Tibetan conception of the transition between life and death and its application in daily life. The work addresses the nature of the mind, meditation, impermanence, karma and reincarnation, and underlines the role of compassion in accompanying terminally ill patients and people in mourning.
The original-language edition was prepared by Patrick Gaffney and Andrew Harvey.
For readers of spirituality and Buddhism seeking a guide to understanding death and accompanying grief processes.
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Sogyal Rinpoche was a Tibetan Dzogchen lama. He was recognized as the incarnation of a Tibetan master and visionary saint of the 20th century, Tertön Sogyal Lerab Lingpa. Sogyal Rinpoche was the founder and former spiritual director of Rigpa — an international network of over 100 Buddhist centres and groups in 23 countries around the world — and the author of the best-selling book The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying, which has been printed in 30 languages and 56 countries. Before his retirement, in the wake of abuse allegations in 2017, he had been teaching for 40 years in Europe, America, Asia and Australia.
