Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche's Guide to Tibetan Yoga Practices for Dream and Sleep

Margaret C. Turnbull: This new edition is different, and in my estimation, less. It seems a bit dumbed down, but I don't see why that was necessary to do. Lots of great. material was cut.

United States on Nov 30, 2023

Fredda: I read this book with my book club and we all enjoyed it and enjoyed the discussions about sleep, dreams, and dream yoga that we had around this book.

United States on Aug 19, 2023

Mark Z. Oldknow: Sleep and dream offer a special canvas on which to experience ordinary mind and practice pure awareness. It is a more approachable turn of the Bardo than either life or death given we already sense the tenuous reality of dream appearances when awake. But how to awake in sleep (or in any other mindset)? The author provides clear and pragmatic instruction for a range of levels, there is something both to ponder and practice here for beginners and adepts alike.

United States on Feb 20, 2023

Nycc bookNycc book: Nyc book, the only thing I want in it..the print which is available in the paperback version is more good looking

India on Feb 09, 2023

Ester Oliveira: É muito difícil encontrar explicações sobre este tema de forma tão didática e detalhada. O livro é excelente e recomendado.

Brazil on Sep 02, 2021

josep: Es común ir a dormir después de un día normal y levantarse a la mañana siguiente peor de lo que uno estaba. Algo negativo ha ocurrido cuando se estaba inconsciente en el sueño. Algún recuerdo del día anterior se ha aislado, se ha magnificado y uno habrá estado luchando dentro de una ensoñación. Algo ha obstruido el curso natural de la energía y hay sensación de aplastamiento. The Tibetan Yogas of Dream and Sleep al menos ofrece la posibilidad de arreglar esto. Se trata de trabajar con atención el estado de vigilia para llegar a tener sueños vívidos y lúcidos, para luego trabajar desde el sueño para mejorar la vigilia. El fin último de esta ciencia es la iluminación ("the pinnacle of mystical experience", según el autor), pero de camino llegan toda una serie de transformaciones positivas.
El autor, un lama de la tradición Bön, dice que esta sabiduría ancestral no se enseñaba públicamente en el Tíbet, y que la expone en Occidente debido al interés en nuestra cultura por los sueños. Es notable la brillantez de aquellas personas de las regiones más altas del planeta, que ya en la antigüedad más remota aprendieron a desembarazarse de las losas que...

Spain on Mar 21, 2018

coco: Un libro que no solo te enseña acerca del manejo de sueños, sino que lo baña de filosofía de vida, entendimiento de las experiencias que vivimos a cada instante. Claro y conciso.

Mexico on Feb 23, 2018

Rob I MacDonald: Very good book on dream yoga and esoteric Buddhism. This book is one of the best books on esoteric Buddhist concepts. A lot of times I would find many esoteric Buddhism books get way too caught up in specific aspects of ritual, Tibetan history, or anecdotes from various holy people. This book is very clear to read, and is jammed with many different concepts. I wouldn't recommend this for a beginner to Buddhism, but is great for people who want more depth in their spiritual practice. Note that despite the name, this really doesn't have much to do with "Yoga" as far as most westerners define it. However this books title does accurately related to the true definition of Yoga, which relates to finding spiritual union.

Canada on Jun 08, 2017

Neal J. Pollock: This is a beautifully written practice manual for Bön Dzogchen (~Buddhist Nyingma or old school) dream & sleep yogas based on the Mother Tantra. The author confirms most Western psychological views of dreams but, though some object, states that lucid dreaming (in which the dreamer is conscious & in control) is of great spiritual as well as psychological value. He states, despite some Buddhist authors, p. 12: "how greatly dream is valued in Tibetan culture & in the Bön religion, & how information from the unconscious is often of greater value than the information the conscious mind can provide." He provides a sensitive, balanced, non-extremist perspective-pp. 25-6: "Cultural ignorance is developed & preserved in traditions...If we are not careful, the teachings can be made to support our ignorance" & p. 94: "It can be healthy to give up worldly life & become a monk or a nun or it can be an unhealthy attempt to escape difficult experiences through suppression & avoidance." He provides explanations easily understood by western practitioners using modern analogies e.g. saying that mind can be like a computer with 2 windows open at once. Since...

United States on Mar 24, 2006

R. Schwartz: I found this book philosophical, religious and profound. It's not a philosophical book in the Western sense, although Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche takes on various western thoughts and expounds the Eastern Bon view. Apparently, the Bon Tibetan view predates the Tibetan Buddhist, although both are very similar and inter-connected. I found this book truly impressive, especially where Tenzig touches on certain philosophical ideas.

The definition Tenzig states on karmic traces is profound in itself.

"The Karmic Trace is that of every action - physical, verbal, or mental - undertaken by an individual, if performed with intention and even the slightest aversion or desire, leaves a trace in the mindstream of that individual. The accumulation of these karmic traces serves to condition every moment of experience of that individual, positively and negatively." p. 215

His essay arguing against some Western psychologists who oppose lucid dreaming, I found entirely credible, more dynamic in the control needed to direct our lives both in this life and the hereafter. From pages 131-132

"Some schools of Western psychology believe it is harmful to control dreams, that dreams...

United States on Dec 30, 2004