Meditation

by Sogyal Rinpoche

An adaptation from "The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying" for those turning to meditation as an opportunity to deepen their spirtual lives-- or as a simple way to reduce stress. Sogyal Rinpoche offers specific, down-to-earth advice on starting a meditation practice.

Genres: Buddhism

96 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1991

About the author

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, his maternal uncle Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö, who recognized him as an incarnation of Tertön Sogyal Lerab Lingpa (1856-1926)of whom Khenchen Jikme Phuntsok also was held to be an incarnation.

With the Chinese occupation of Tibet, the young Sogyal tulku 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, eventually becoming the founder and spiritual director of Rigpa, a network of Buddhist centers and groups around the world.

Reviews

[Michał Hołda · Rating 5 out of 5]

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.

[Yousseif Abdellatif · Rating 4 out of 5]

The vibe was completely off in the opening of Meditation, like the author was clearing their throat for forty pages. Hang in there, though. Once Sogyal Rinpoche drops the main character in a snowed-in cabin with a stranger who knows too much, the book finally comes alive, and the scene with the missing wood pile is nasty-good. The setup is slow and a little cliché. For readers who like a cabin-in-the-woods chiller and can survive a rough start. Pass if you need a fast opening.

[Ben Root · Rating 5 out of 5]

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 🤷‍♂️

[Harry · Rating 4 out of 5]

Although Sogyal Rinpoche is a disgraced teacher nowadays, this little book is actually a pretty good summary of meditation practice and advice. There's not a lot of groundbreaking new ideas here, but it does a good job of boiling meditation down to very simple advice and results.

[Itzcoatl Rivera · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excelente libro

[Eugenio · Rating 3 out of 5]

gud

[Debdanz · Rating 3 out of 5]

Tiny little book, easy to read, hard to understand.