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Meditation: A Little Book of Wisdom

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Meditation is an adapted selection from renowned Tibetan spiritual master Sogyal Rinpoche's acclaimed bestseller The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying, which has now sold more than 40, 000 copies as a Rider hardback. For all the thousands of people today who are turning to meditation as an opportunity to deepen their spiritual lives - or as a simple way to reduce to stress - Sogyal Rinpoche's specific, down-to-earth advice on starting on meditation practice will be an essential guide. This distillation of Rinpoche's thoughts on the subject of meditation is beautifully packaged, at a competitive price.

80 pages, Audio Cassette

First published January 1, 1991

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Sogyal Rinpoche

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Sogyal Rinpoche (Tibetan: བསོད་རྒྱལ་, Wylie: Bsod-rgyal) was born in the Tibetan Fire Pig year (1947-8) and raised by one of the most revered spiritual masters of this century, Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö, who recognized him as the incarnation of Tertön Sogyal Lerab Lingpa (1856-1926). With the Chinese occupation of Tibet, he went into exile with his master, who died in 1959 in Sikkim in the Himalayas. After university studies in Delhi, India, and Cambridge, England, he acted as translator and aide to several leading Tibetan masters and began teaching in the West in 1974. Rinpoche sees his life's task in transplanting the wisdom of Buddha to the West by offering training in the vision set out in The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying. This training can enable those who follow it to understand, embody, and integrate Buddhist teachings into their everyday lives.

Rinpoche's reputation as an authority on the teachings associated with The Tibetan Book of the Dead and his dialogue with leading figures in the fields of psychology, science, and healing make him a sought-after speaker at international conferences and lectures. He travels extensively, teaching in Europe, North America, Australia, and Asia, and is the founder and spiritual director of Rigpa, a network of Buddhist centers and groups around the world.

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January 9, 2018
By reading this short thesis that gives joy, I understood that I do meditate regularly along with ordinary, daily tasks.
Teachings with example by piloted short story and rich explanation of what meditation is and what is sense of seeing the world as it is, first to see pain that to be happy of realness.
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January 23, 2025
this short little thesis is a liberating reminder that within you at all times is a gift of a meditative presence that you can tap into with just a bit of intention. thus, this read is a gift too.

putting it in my bathroom next to my buddha candle 🤷‍♂️
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April 14, 2015
Very practical and useful. Excellent for beginners.
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