Sogyal Rinpoche is a teacher of Tibetan Buddhism, namely Dzogchen, a tradition of developing deep mindfulness leading to final enlightenment. He is what is called a tulku in Tibetan Buddhism. A tulku is a being so enlightened and evolved that at the moment of death, instead of going beyond the boundaries of our ordinary worlds with their suffering, into the realm of ultimate bliss, he (or she) deliberately decides to incarnate here in order to continue to help others find the path to enlightenment.His book is an essay on death. But it is also about the quality of your life, because if you do not deal with your death, then you can only live a partial life, a shadow of life. The book offers important practical, as well as spiritual, if you can tell, advice on how to prepare for death, help others prepare, and act during the dying process. The Tibetan Book of Life and Death is much more practical and useful than the old classic Tibetan Book of the Dead, and you don't have to be a Buddhist to benefit from its advice. What can you hope for from this book? – Carry out a complete overhaul of how we look at death and care about dying, as well as how we look at and care about life.