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Title: Great on preliminary practices
Review: As a longtime student of Tibetan Buddhism, I have valued this book since shortly after its publication. Butterfield is honest and eloquent. Other reviewers have focused on his criticism of Choegyam Trungpa, Osel Tendzin, and the Shambhala organization in general, but for me the great value of the book is his recounting of the transformative experience of doing the Tibetan Buddhist preliminary practices--prostrations, going for refuge, Vajrasattva purification, mandala offering, guru yoga. I know of no other such personal and sensitive account of these practices, which are for most people what tantric practice is all about. It shows exactly what is the particular value of the tantric practices as opposed to other forms of Buddhist meditation. Butterfield writes very well (he was a professor of English). It is also worth noting that although he criticizes his teachers, he also expresses his gratitude to them. He criticizes their personal behavior, not what they taught.
