CMLIT 153Reading Questions

Tenzin Wangyal.  The Tibetan Yogas of Dream and Sleep.  p.  11-19

Some Vocabulary:

Lama: teacher
Dzogchen: the Great Perfection, a state of non-duality.
Bön Religion: the indigenous faith of the Tibetan people
Samsara: the wheel of suffering and rebirth
Bardo: intermediate state after death and before one's rebirth
Dharma: teaching

1.  How did the author come to be interested in dreams?

2.  What are some of the benefits to practicing awareness through dream yoga?

3.  How will awareness in sleep help prepare us for death?