Mind Beyond Death -

Quote, "Mind Beyond Death is an expansion upon a series of lectures given by author Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche in 2003 at the Treasury of Knowledge Retreat. The book focuses on Buddhism's six bardos, or stages of life. Of these, the text focuses most heavily on death and on preparing for death, not just in response to an impending crisis such as illness, but as a part of everyday life. The book also offers a fascinating, if sometimes challenging and intricately detailed, storehouse of Tibetan Buddhist thought. It provides some practical thought exercises, visualization techniques and yogic techniques on how to become focused on the present, along with more ambitious and esoteric goals such as 'planning your last thought."—Feminist Review -

Review:"This stunning work will prepare the seeker of truth for the moments before, during, and beyond the material expiration of our body, our vessel. Through seven concise chapters, a trained, listening, open mind arrives at the statement: 'Mind endures because it is unborn and unceasing...because it transcends our concepts of time and space.' The states of consciousness experienced will determine whether one's mind beyond death is able to transcend space and time or must come back to live again in the waking dream of some form of this life. Being compassionate, Ponlop provides the reader with exercises that contribute to our being able to focus, overcome obstacles, and practice entering the dream state. This reviewer has been reading esoteric spiritual texts since age 17 and has never seen as clear and skillful a description as found in the fifth chapter, 'Evaporating Reality.' In this extraordinarily articulate section, Ponlop makes his strongest portrait of the 'subtle dissolution process' of how our consciousness dissolves into space. One's awareness is 'simply open and vast, like a clear sky."

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The above mentioned book is one of the better explorations into the nature of the human mind (phenomenon), and is written in an easy language of deep inspiration capable of touching "beginners" and "seasoned practitioners" on many levels.

Above all, there are lots of good lessons about approaches towards spiritual practice, or sadhana which are worthwhile to consider and perhaps integrate.

Om Shanti Namaskar!