This book is the basis of Vipassana meditation. You can not find the scent of fennel or thyme in a cookbook. But you can understand the process to carry out elaborate dishes. Krishnamurti wrote "there is no path that lead to the truth." It's the same, the fragrance of life can not be replaced. This book will not make you discover the path but it gives you the basics to understand what we believe. There can not be any purpose to not be.