The book is written by a Tibetan Dali Lama. He is evidently not a skilled writer. The book is poorly written and although he attempts to explain concepts from his Buddahist religion much of what is written is vague and is not helpful to the reader. Perhaps the book would be more intelligible to the initiated Buddhist. I cannot recommend the book but I will admit that in spite of the short comings I did learn some about Buddhism. ( )