The Essential Sangharakshita is an anthology, arranged according to the pattern of a mandala, drawn from Sangharakshita's writings in many genres and covering many aspects of Buddhist life and practice, and expressing the author's deep knowledge and love of the Buddhist tradition and of Western culture. Full of images and symbols, personal and traditional stories, logical arguments, poems, and explanations, communicated clearly, accessibly, and warmly, there is something here to give any reader an entrance to the world of the Dharma.