Books On Meditation

buddhism: book on meditation–on dream, dying, the dead?

What are some practical/technical books on Buddhist meditation, specifically on dream + dying? I’m looking for books that explain dreaming + dying and also offer meditation instructions. I’m not that exposed to the Tibetan tradition, so I don’t know what’s out there. In my life I meditate to get calm and focus, and on most mornings I write down my right-before-waking-up dreams, even though that doesn’t say a whole lot. Thank you for any help.
I’ve seen that book on amazon, thank you. I looked through preview pages and didn’t spot meditation instructions, just academic explanations, brainwaves, etc.

tibetan yogas of dream and sleep by tenzin wangyal rinpoche covers an overview of buddhism, how to meditate, and greatly covers dream and sleep and some death i think in the contents page it’s called “zhine” not meditation if you’re looking on amazon in the search inside this book option.

tibetan book of the dead covers EVERYTHING about the after death stages but nothing about buddhism in general or dreaming or meditation.

tibetan book of living and dying by sogyal rinpoche covers life, meditation, buddhism and death. again i don’t know that it says meditation in the contents page but i promise it’s in there.

practical books on meditation and general buddhism that are not tibetan and are therefore more traditional would be “in the buddhas words” by bhikku bodhi (a collection of excerpts from the pali canon which is THE ORIGINAL words and teachings of the buddha) and “old path white clouds” and “the miracle of mindfulness” by thich naht hanh. a REALLY good overview book is “lotus in a stream” by hsing yun.

the only place you are going to find a lot about dreaming and dying and the dead is in tibetan stuff. traditional buddhism covers rebirth and what causes different types of rebirth but not dreaming or the state between life and death. this between stage (bardo) teaching that applies to dreams as well, more than likely has roots in the bon religion which is the native indigenous religion of tibet and not in buddhism. the books on death talk about a myriad of gods and all kinds of prayers to help yourself and others who are in the dead world about to be reborn. the buddha definitely never mentioned running into giant demons with three heads and six arms who eat human flesh and praying to other buddhas to get out of the situation. these are the kinds of things in the tibetan book of the dead. don’t get me wrong, that book is SUPER COOL, but i wouldn’t recomment tibetan stuff for learning about buddhism as it’s so influenced by the bon religion you can’t even tell it apart sometimes. for dreaming and death get “the tibetan yogas of dream and sleep” and “tibetan book of the dead”. for general buddhism get “in the buddhas words” “lotus in a stream” or “miracle of mindfulness” or “old path white clouds”.

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