A Beginner's Guide to Tibetan Buddhism: Practice, Community, and Progress on the Path by Bruce Newman

Bruce Newman, a practitioner of Tibetan Buddhism for decades in the Kagyu and Nyingma traditions, offers a practice-oriented guide to the path in the West.

He gives counsel on finding a teacher, receiving empowerments, joining a center and sustaining a Vajrayana practice, with special attention to the pitfalls and benefits of the guru-disciple relationship.