True refuge

Drawing on the Buddhist framework of three refuges, this book shows readers how to draw on their own capacities when life becomes painful or unsettling. Its aim is to help people find steadiness and a more open way of meeting hardship.

The author, Tara Brach, is a psychologist and meditation teacher who blends Buddhist teachings with Western psychological understanding. Her approach treats the three refuges, the Buddha, the Dharma and the Sangha, as sources of guidance and support that anyone can turn to in daily life.

Written for a general audience rather than for specialists, the book suits readers who are dealing with fear, loss or stress and want a practical, reflective path rooted in a long contemplative tradition.