"In the 1970s and early 1980s most of the great lamas who fled Tibet in 1959 were still alive and teaching. Tushita Mahayana Meditation Centre, New Delhi, invited many of these lamas to teach as they passed through town. Much of this book consists of discourses given there, supplemented by teachings by other lamas given in India and Nepal during the same period. It is an excellent overview of the principal aspects of Tibetan Buddhism and a wonderful introduction to the genre"--"A collection of teachings on all aspects of Buddhism by various great lamas, given in India (mainly at Tushita Mahayana Meditation Centre) and Nepal in the 1970s and 1980s, with an introductory overview of the path to enlightenment by the editor"--