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Tibetan book of the Living and Dying

  • 04-01-2005 11:34pm
    #1
    CptWillard
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    Just started reading Sogyal Rinpoche's book and just wondering (as a complete newbie) how this book is regarded .Does it reflect a certain flavour of Bhuddism
    or is it considered mainstream ?


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  • #2
    Yoda
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,853 ✭✭✭Yoda


    I found it useful. Never mind what "people" "think of it". Read it and tell us your own self what you think.


  • #3
    americanCat
    Closed Accounts Posts: 139 ✭✭americanCat


    what is this book about?? i've never heard of it...


  • #4
    Talliesin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,314 ✭✭✭Talliesin


    Yoda, since you are both a Buddhist and a linguist, do you have any comments on the differences between that translation and the Robert Thurman and Walter Evans-Wentz translations (generally translating the title as The Tibetan Book of the Dead drawing a comparison with the Egyptian Book of Going Forth by Day, which at the time of the Evans-Wentz translation was most often called The Book of the Dead).

    I've only read the Evans-Wentz translation myself, and that some time ago, and have heard since that it is thought poorly of compared to the more recent translations.

    (And in checking I have the spelling of Evans-Wentz correct I find that his seminal The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries is back in print just after I use up all my Amazon vouchers :()


  • #5
    Yoda
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,853 ✭✭✭Yoda


    Not right now, I don't. I am in Bali working on the encoding of the Balinese script in ISO/IEC 10646 and Unicode. I would not trust an old translation particularly, however.


  • #6
    jackie g
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27 ✭jackie g


    hi,

    i would have to agree - read the book and see what it does for you personally. it was i think the first book i read about buddhism and i still refer back to now and then. there are lots of other great ones you can read also - i remember particularly enjoying maura o'halloran's book "pure heart, enlightened mind", the diary and letters of an irish girl who went to live as a zen monk in japan in the late 70's/early 80's. i think it is still in print and would a look as it gives a very personal account of one person's experience and a uniquely irish perspective on her growth in buddhist practice. best of luck, jackie


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