254 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
regular print
Contents
1. A Western yogini -- 2. Motivation and Practice -- 3. Ethics and the three training -- 4. The six realms -- 5. Women and the path -- 6. Calm abiding or Shamatha -- 7. Insight or Vipashyana -- 8. Awareness -- 9. Difficult points for Westerners -- 10 Nature of mind -- 11. The role of the spiritual master -- 12 Vajrayana -- 13. Tonglen -- 14. Visualizing the deity
Summary
Tenzin Palmo outlines the core principles of Tibetan Buddhism to newcomers and shows how we can train our minds through meditation. She also explores some of the difficulties Westerners face with finding and following a spiritual master, understanding karma, and being a woman on the Buddhist path
