The Tibetan Book Of Living And Dying: A Spiritual Classic from One of the Foremost Interpreters of Tibetan Buddhism to the West

THE SPIRIT OF THE WARRIOR

THE HEARTBEAT OF DEATH

THE GREAT DECEPTION

Part One LIVING ONE In the Mirror of Death

Whatever we have done with our lives makes us what we are when we die. And everything, absolutely everything, counts.

four continuously interlinked realities: (1) life, (2) dying and death, (3) after death, and (4) rebirth.

2. It is too profound for us to fathom. We have no idea how deep it could be; if we did, we would have already, to a certain extent, realized it.

With continued contemplation and practice in letting go, we come to uncover in ourselves “something” we cannot name or describe or conceptualize, “something” that we begin to realize lies behind all the changes and deaths of the world.

we should ask ourselves the question now: “What have I really achieved in my life?” By that I mean, how much have we really understood about life and death?