Dechen's

I remember the day, Your eyes choose me To be your friend You have coloured my days. As the sailors loves the walls so wild, As the mother loves her wayward child,   Though my feelings are so strong, I Found my Missing Piece........ My words are weak and wrong. The happiness I get from you, Transport me up to the skies, My days of soul searching are over, I have at last found my fire fighter, OH! MY BELOVED, I AM LOST IN YOUR CHARM…….

What is death if it’s not the end? This is what most of us think and what I thought until I read this book. I thought death as a tragic end, end of everything! The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying is a good beginner’s introduction to Tibetan Buddhism for those who are interested in understanding it. Even if you ignore all the religious detail, you can still learn a lot about love, living and dying. I should admit that the book is quite painful to read. It explains the process of dying in great detail, with much clarity and acceptance. This book helps us to come to terms with the emotional abyss, spiritual questioning, and physical aspects of dying.  The first chapter addresses the nature of mind and how to meditate in order to escape our ego and connect with oneself which is the essence of all things. Rinpoche talks about what karma really means, the logic and method of reincarnation, whether euthanasia is a compassionate option, the need for spiritual guidance in all o...

I read a lot of fiction novels. They were really interesting to the point that I can't stop reading once I start. The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying was the first book i read on philosophy and unlike fiction novels, it took me almost 7 months to read. Although I found it interesting when I read it but I didn't understand why i kept myself away from it. I would only read a page in a day, sometimes not even that much. I think may be its because of the defilement's and obscurations I have. I read, put it down and pick it up again. It puts into words the most difficult concepts, yet it is so deep in meanings that it takes awhile for me to digest.    Some times I think it was an opportunity for me to stay with Sogyal Rinpoche for a long time because I never lost the hope of reading that book even though it took me really long. I would at least pick up that book once a day, think of how Rinpoche explains the reality of this world and the nature of our mind i...