Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche - The Tibetan Yogas of Dream and Sleep: Practices for Awakening

Deepen your awareness through the practice of Tibetan dream and sleep yoga.If we cannot carry our practice into sleep if we lose ourselves every night, what chance do we have to be aware when death comes? Look to your experience in dreams to know how you will fare in death. Look to your experience of sleep to discover whether or not you are truly awake.Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche. We spend a third of our life sleeping and it is common, in many spiritual traditions throughout the world, for the world of dream and sleep to be utilized on the path to awakening. Dream yoga in the Tibetan traditions of dream practice has been the primary support for the realization of many yogis and great Tibetan masters. Now, updated and presented with the fresh insight born from years of teaching this practice to Westerners, Tenzin Wangyal clearly presents a powerful method for liberation. With clearly illustrated Tibetan syllables and the places they are to be visualized, this practical guide will be of use to both new and adept practitioners. ReviewThis book gives detailed instructions for dream yoga, including foundational practices done during the day. In the Tibetan tradition, the ability to dream lucidly is not an end in itselfrather it provides an additional context in which one can engage in advanced and effective practices to achieve liberation. Dream yoga is followed by sleep yoga, also known as the yoga of clear light. It is a more advanced practice similar to most secret Tibetan practices. The goal is to remain awake during deep sleep when the gross conceptual mind and the operation of the senses cease. Most Westerners do not even consider this depth of awareness a possibility, yet it is well-known in Tibetan Buddhist and Bn spiritual traditions. The result of these practices is greater happiness and freedom in both our waking and dreaming states. The Tibetan Yogas of Dream and Sleep impart powerful methods for progressing along the path to liberation. A detailed guide to using our night-lives for awakening: thought-provoking, inspiring, and lucid.Stephen LaBerge, Ph.D., author of Lucid Dreaming.This explication of the dream and sleep practices becomes a window on the entire teachings of Tibetan Tantra and Dzogchen. I enjoyed this book immensely. . . . Powerfully and beautifully presented.Martin Lowenthal, co-author of Opening the Heart of Compassion.The most illuminating book on this topic to appear to date.J. Marvin Spiegelman, Ph.D.This is an appealing book not only for Buddhist dream yoga practitioners but for anyone interested in the whole area of lucid dreaming or dream work. The Tibetan syllables and the places they are to be visualized within the body are clearly illustrated; the practical instructions are well-placed within a theoretical framework, and the entire work has the flavor of direct oral teaching from an expert.The Tibet Journal.Extremely clear and detailed.Shambhala Sun.Powerful methods for progressing along the path for liberation.The Indian International Journal of Buddhist Studies.Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche has secured his place as the preeminent voice in the world of dream yoga. I refer to his expertise more than any other author and have read this classic booknow wonderfully updatedcountless times. He continues to inspire me with the clarity of his insight, the depth of his wisdom, and the warmth of his heart. If you only read one book on the nocturnal meditations, this is it.Andrew Holecek, author of Dreams of Light: The Profound Daytime Practice of Lucid Dreaming.About the AuthorTenzin Wangyal Rinpoche, a lama in the Bn tradition of Tibet, presently resides in Charlottesville, Virginia. He is the founder and director of Ligmincha Institute, an organization dedicated to the study and practice of the teachings of the Bn tradition. He was born in Amritsar, India after his parents fled the Chinese invasion of Tibet. He received training from both Buddhist and Bn teachers, attaining the degree of Geshe, the highest academic degree in traditional Tibetan culture. He has been in the United States since 1991 and has taught widely in Europe and America.