The-Tibetan-Book-of-Living-and-Dying

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 423helping the dying, and teaching on death and dying. I mustsalute also Harold Talbott, one of my first Western friends andstudents, as well as Michael Baldwin, for their dedication inhelping establish the teaching of Buddha in the West, and forthe encouragement they have always given me. At Harper SanFrancisco, I should like to thank Amy Hertz, Michael Toms,and all the staff for their priceless and enthusiastic assistancewith this book.I would like to take this opportunity also to thank PhilipPhilippou, Dominique Side, Mary Ellen Rouiller, SandraPawula, Doris Wolter, Ian Maxwell, Giles Oliver, Lisa Brewer,Dominique Cowell, Sabah Cheraiet, Tom Bottoms, and RossMackay for their continuous help and dedication, and JohnCleese, Alex Leith, Alan Madsen, Bokara Legendre, LaviniaCurrier, Peter and Harriet Cornish, Robin Relph, and PatrickNaylor for their vision and support.I thank all my students and friends who in a way havebeen like teachers to me, who have shared this book at everystage of its making, and who have put up with me with theirdeep devotion. They are a constant source of inspiration tome. My gratitude goes to those too who have truly workedwith these teachings and put them into practice, especiallythose who are caring for the dying and bereaved, and whohave contributed many useful insights to this book. I ammoved by the efforts of all my students in trying to understandand apply the teachings, and I pray that they will besuccessful.I have done my best here to convey the heart of the teachings,and for whatever is missing, whatever imprecision orerrors there may be, I ask the reader's indulgence, and pray thatmy masters and the protectors of the teachings forgive me!