#books || the dalai lama and thubten chodron — approaching the buddhist path: the dalai lama is a funny, plain spoken, circular writer. this book is accessible and entertaining, if repetitive. the buddhadharma has given me new tools for managing "suffering." conceived as lamrim for western practitioners, this is a very good book if, like me, you know nothing of this thousands of year old philosophy-based religious practice, and want learn from something basic, yet descriptive and specific. 4.5/5