A pithy, thoroughly engaging three-talk seminar that brings Marpa and his significance to the lineage to life, in particular making the connections between his experience and teaching style and our contemporary Western involvement with the dharma. Topics include the necessity of total commitment, letting go of expectations, experiencing confusion as a stepping-stone to sanity, and the teacher-student relationship. Links Marpa's life as "householder-farmer" with ours, of combining jobs, family, and meditation practice, and studying and teaching the dharma to others.