Amy Schmidt: Amita (Amy) Schmidt LCSW is a psychotherapist and Vipassana meditation teacher. She was the resident teacher at the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts for six years. She currently has a private practice in Hawaii with a special focus on anxiety, depression, and trauma.

'An inspiring and beautiful book about one of our most beloved elders, a modern Buddhist saint', Jack Kornfield 'Reading these reflections of Dipa Ma rouses the faith that being in her presence always did: a mind at peace and a heart of complete loving kindness is a human possibility.' - Sylvia Boorstein, author of It's Easier than You Think 'This book, like Dipa Ma, is simple, straightforward, and powerful.' - Alice Walker, author of The Colour Purple