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Sogyal Rinpoche's acclaimed spiritual classic is widely regarded as one of the most complete and authoritative presentations of the Tibetan Buddhist teachings ever written.

A manual for life and death and a source of inspiration from the heart of the Tibetan tradition, The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying provides a lucid and inspiring introduction to the practice of meditation, to the nature of mind, to karma and rebirth, to compassionate love and care for the dying, and to the trials and rewards of the spiritual path.

More than 3 million copies have been printed in 34 languages and 80 countries. It has been adopted by colleges, groups and institutions, both medical and religious, and is used extensively by nurses, doctors and healthcare professionals.

English Editions

HarperSanFrancisco, Revised and Updated, 2002.
Rider, Revised and Updated, 2002.
HarperSanFrancisco, 1992 (paperback 1994).
Rider, 1992 (paperback 1995).

Translations

French: Le Livre Tibétain de la Vie et de la Mort, Nouvelle édition augmentée, La Table Ronde, 2003 (LGF poche, 2005).
German: Das tibetische Buch vom Leben und vom Sterben, Fischer Taschenbuch Vlg., 2004.
Spanish: El Libro Tibetano De La Vida Y La Muerte, Edición revisada y actualizada, Ediciones Urano, 2006.
Chinese (Mainland China and Taiwan), Dutch, Italian, Portuguese and Brazilian Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, Hebrew, Finnish, Turkish, Greek, Thai, Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, Croatian, Slovenian, Serbian, Hungarian, Estonian, Russian, Lithuanian, Latvian, Czech, Bulgarian, Polish, Romanian, Catalan, Hindi, Indonesian (Bahasa) and Vietnamese.

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The Tibetan Book of the Dead

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-[[Sogyal Rinpoche]]'s book ''The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying'', published in 1992, is widely regarded as one of the most complete and authoritative presentations of the Tibetan Buddhist teachings ever written. It has demonstrated how these teachings can be at one and the same time accessible to everyone, and yet totally authentic and faithful to the tradition.
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-Acclaimed by people of all ages and backgrounds, as well as by Buddhist practitioners, Rinpoche's book has been adopted for use in courses, workshops, and retreats by a variety of groups and disciplines, therapeutic and spiritual. Many readers have remarked on how it carries all the immediacy and force of an oral teaching, and how, with repeated study and reflection, deeper meanings are continually revealed.
+[[Sogyal Rinpoche]]'s acclaimed spiritual classic is widely regarded as one of the most complete and authoritative presentations of the Tibetan Buddhist teachings ever written.
+A manual for life and death and a source of inspiration from the heart of the Tibetan tradition, ''The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying'' provides a lucid and inspiring introduction to the practice of [[meditation]], to the [[nature of mind]], to [[karma]] and [[rebirth]], to compassionate love and care for the dying, and to the trials and rewards of the spiritual path.
+More than 3 million copies have been printed in 34 languages and 80 countries. It has been adopted by colleges, groups and institutions, both medical and religious, and is used extensively by nurses, doctors and healthcare professionals.
-Since its publication in 1992, more than a million copies have been sold worldwide. As well as the English language editions in the UK, USA, Australia and India, translations have so far been undertaken in German, French, Dutch, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, Chinese, Swedish, Danish, Bulgarian, Hungarian, Polish, Czech, Norwegian, Finnish, Romanian, Korean, Brazilian, Hebrew, Russian and Tibetan.
+==English Editions==
+*HarperSanFrancisco, Revised and Updated, 2002.
+*Rider, Revised and Updated, 2002.
+*HarperSanFrancisco, 1992 (paperback 1994).
+*Rider, 1992 (paperback 1995).
+==Translations==
+*French: ''Le Livre Tibétain de la Vie et de la Mort'', Nouvelle édition augmentée, La Table Ronde, 2003 (LGF poche, 2005).
+*German: ''Das tibetische Buch vom Leben und vom Sterben'', Fischer Taschenbuch Vlg., 2004.
+*Spanish: ''El Libro Tibetano De La Vida Y La Muerte'', Edición revisada y actualizada, Ediciones Urano, 2006.
+*Chinese (Mainland China and Taiwan), Dutch, Italian, Portuguese and Brazilian Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, Hebrew, Finnish, Turkish, Greek, Thai, Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, Croatian, Slovenian, Serbian, Hungarian, Estonian, Russian, Lithuanian, Latvian, Czech, Bulgarian, Polish, Romanian, Catalan, Hindi, Indonesian (Bahasa) and Vietnamese.
+==Internal Links==
+*The [[Tibetan Book of the Dead]]
+==External links==
+*[http://www.rigpa.org/tibetan-book-of-living-and-dying/ Tibetan Book of Living and Dying page on Rigpa.org including extracts]
+*[http://living-and-dying.org The Tibetan Blog of Living and Dying]
 [[Category:Texts]]
+[[Category:Sogyal Rinpoche]]