It was an excellent book for the purposes of interior examination, for the growing of virtues. It gives exact cataloguing of moral imperfection, including sexual which are very on the ball. I do think there are practical applications of meditation that would be helpful in changing attitudes and of course the idea of loving people in an expansive meditation is excellent. It is of course missing the christian aspect of acceptance of suffering rather than avoidance.....and the definition of hope is rather paper thin. As a translation from tibetan it is rather an uneven business, some of it is very clear and crisp but other parts where particular religious terms are used the translation is most confusing. It makes it feel like a manual with assorted mythology attached.