Book Recommendation "How to See Yourself as You Really Are""

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cjdevries
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Book Recommendation "How to See Yourself as You Really Are""

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For anyone that is looking for an intermediate-level book on Buddhism, the Dalai Lama's "How to See Yourself As You Really Are" is a helpful book. It contains meditations on how to analyze the nature of reality and how to understand how things actually exist. It provides ways to understand the somewhat illusory nature of life. He is careful to say that life is not completely an illusion, rather it is like an illusion.
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Re: Book Recommendation "How to See Yourself as You Really Are""

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I second the recommendation! I really liked this book, it helped lead me to my first big insight into emptiness. And it's surprisingly full of content and analysis, despite the title that might make it sound a bit pop-casual.
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