This book was given to me from my sister as a christmas present. It is wonderful for anyone curious of the Buddhist faith. it explains the basics and the indepth in nice and simple words. at first i was turned off because of the 'complete idiots' title, because c'mon, i'm no idiot! (i'm a moron, thank-you-very-much) but it really is just for the common joe man while still giving us of intellect the fruit of the religion. read it! it's great.