Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche, a Tibetan lama and abbot, talks about the Buddhist understanding of compassion, loving kindness, and concern for others. The book will be useful to anyone who sincerely strives to help seriously ill patients and would like to strengthen this desire, avoiding professional callousness and indifference. Its pages contain a lot of valuable information for those who care for the terminally ill, and all those involved in the education and training of doctors and medical personnel.