More disappointment
I was very disappointed in thee didactic, dull, and heavy tone of this book. I've practised buddhism for more than 25 years, and honestly find the approach outlined in this book among the least attractive, least helpful, and most naive of the many books I've read. The title 'to Make Our Life Happy and Meaningful' especially rings false to me. Of course this is a lovely thought but I didn't read anything in the contents of the book and the practice it describes which made me happy or which clarified anything. Instead it left me confused and irritated. Perhaps some of the awkward writing is due to translation difficulties, though the book credits no translators -- a point of suspicion, as an enlightened author always credits his or her translator -- and one that added to the didactic, pedantic tone of The New Meditation Handbook.

Clear and Meaningful
I use the New Meditation Handbook everyday. Its structure is so helpful in establishing a daily practice and each meditation is presented so clearly and beautifully. I recommend this book to anyone who sincerely wishes to bring about a deep change in their mind.

I still use the meditations from this book every day!
I have used this book for 12 years. Everytime I read it I glean something else from it. This book contains the essence in a very condensed but powerful form of all Buddha's 84,000 teachings. This presentation is the 'Lam Rim' or 'Stages of the Path To Enlightenment' presentation of all Buddha's teachings that the great Buddhist teacher Atisha arranged for the Tibetans. This arrangement has been central to the Kadampa lineage, as well as the Kagyu tradition for a thousand years. This was the central teaching of Lama Tsongkapa.

This arrangement is really good for busy and distracted people like me! So beautiful.

This is the practical daily sitting meditation advice, including how to set up a shrine and the meaning of the prayers, which compliment Geshe Kelsang's Introduction to Buddhism: An Explanation of the Buddhist Way of Lifeand Transform Your Life: A Blissful Journey.'

Practical Instruction
I am so pleased to have found this book! As a beginner to meditation, I really connect with the idea of meditation being about familiarizing my mind with a virtuous object, as opposed to trying to "clear" my mind. The instructions here are very clear and have yielded good result in terms of my own ability to deal with the stresses of every day life. I would recommend this to anyone interested in meditation who doesn't quite know where to start. (Probably also good for seasoned meditators).

An adequate guide for the new meditator
This book divides the LamRim into 21 analytical meditations, which the reader is to progress through one at a time, in a series, and then start again at the beginning. It provides an adequate introduction to its subject.