The Tibetan Book of Life and Death

10 June
After reading The Tibetan Book of Life and Death for a few times this year, i realised that it has become very instantaneous and easy to understand many other scriptures.I spent a day on Sunday to study the Great Mudra Sutra , a simplified explaination by a very famous white sect Tibetan Living Buddha, it is simple and make senses to me on their teachings , the concept is clear and understood. I then read The Heart Sutra at mid night again , which i was not able to understand since i have read it many years back when i was a teenager, and i managed to grab 50 % of what it says this time.

I have not read any of the Buddhist Scriptures since 10 years back , due to the language/terms used are really unknown to me and i cannot understand the concept at all through their old scriptures. But within this few days , i can grab the meaning behind it with some basic interpretation and i actually taught my mum on the Great Mudra Sutra , The Tibetan Book of Life and Death, and explained to her how these are related to her Buddhism study for the past 5 years. She said that she only know how to chant in the past but never truly grabs the meaning of the teachings , and neither the nuns able to enlighten her on this so far, but after my explaination , she began to understand the scriptures and the concept of Buddhism better for the first time. I know the simple and clear teachings from the Tibetan Book actually works.

All this begin from my learning of Hatha Yoga, and i began to study the real Yoga concept and i found that it is more on meditation than Asanas , the Sutra is 90% on meditation. What we learn from the gym , is only a by product of ancient Yoga. The real Yoga guru teaches us how to see our Atman through meditation ( Atman = the godlike nature of every creature. ) . I bought Yoga sutra 2 years back and realised that it is truly a profound concept to absorb by normal ppl. And it leads to the study of the Tibetan Book, as Yoga is practised by monks to attain nirvana.And i happened to find the Great Mudra Sutra from my mum s library. I worked the reverse way from tough to easy , the right sequence should be Great Mudra Sutra first , which offers the clear concept on Buddhism teachings and Meditation ( Yoga Sutra ) , and the use of this Meditation in after life ( The Tibetan Book ). The toughest among all is to practise the Buddhism teachings and Meditation.

Until now , i have not completed the study of Yoga sutra and not able to fully understand the teachings, and i will continue to do so. Then i can use the Yoga to move my soul from one place to another to spy on Piggy. Piggy , be afraid , be very afraid.

Darby.