He did a perfect job adapting ancient texts, which compose “The Book of the Dead” for the modern reader. Original book even with commentaries and comments was very hard to comprehend for the unprepared reader. Sogyal Rinpoche made this text easy to read. At the same time he managed to write his book in such a way that the text did not lose its original meaning and those, who are interested in studying sacred Buddhist text, can read “The Book of the Dead”, which is one of central texts of Tibetan Buddhism in easy and comprehensive interpretation.