I am not an objective reviewer because I deeply love Sakya Trinzin and my opinions have been tainted by my deep love and respect I feel for him as a traditional Tibetan teacher. He looks some how like my ancestors and I immediately felt an affinity with him.
My root teacher who shall remain anonymous for this book review, once said that..." I shall build the stupas and others will come and teach in the west".
Indeed Sakya Trinzin is own of these teachers my Guru prophesied would come to teach in the western world and give great transmissions. Driven into exile in 1959 during the Communist revolution. Read this book and shall be properly tutored in Buddhist Dharma.