In 1927, Walter Evans-Wentz published his translation of an obscure
Tibetan Nyingma text and called it the Tibetan Book of the Dead.
Popular Tibetan teacher Sogyal Rinpoche has transformed that ancient
text, conveying a perennial philosophy that is at once religious,
scientific, and practical. Through extraordinary anecdotes and stories
from religious traditions East and West, Rinpoche introduces the reader
to the fundamentals of Tibetan Buddhism, moving gradually to the topics
of death and dying. Death turns out to be less of a crisis and more of
an opportunity. Concepts such as reincarnation, karma, and bardo and
practices such as meditation, tonglen, and phowa teach us how to face
death constructively. As a result, life becomes much richer.
Like Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, Sogyal Rinpoche opens the door to a full
experience of death. It is up to the reader to walk through.-Brian Bruya

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