It is advisable for a first (or 2nd) approach already favorable persons, or for practitioners wanting a more practical and less academic presentation
Although more complete and enjoyable to read; for FIRST touch it seems preferable to choose other books, smaller, less comprehensive but more "journalistic" or "témoignange personel, as some of the Dalai Lama or Mathieu Ricard or" the path starts where you are "Pema Chodron.