" Tara is one of the most inspiring of Buddhist deities, embodying the most compelling and vital of feminine qualities: beauty, grace, and the ability to nurture, care for, and protect. This complex goddess, whose practice transcends sect and class, is also a true warrior, vanquishing fear and ignorance. Written by one of Tibetan Buddhism’s greatest 20th-century masters, this elegant introduction to Tara practice and meditation techniques based on the Vajrayana path includes all the preliminaries and the subsequent yogas, with commentaries, appendixes and footnotes. 170 pp."