Dechen's

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...