Bestsellers
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The Tibetan Book of the Dead
- First Complete Translation
- By: Gyurme Dorje - translator, Graham Coleman, Thupten Jinpa - editor, and others
- Narrated by: Gyetrul Jigme Rinpoche, Graham Coleman, Thupten Jinpa
- Length: 13 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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One of the greatest works created by any culture and overwhelmingly the most significant of all Tibetan Buddhist texts in the West, The Tibetan Book of the Dead has had a number of distinguished translations, but none encompassed the work in its entirety....
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Can’t Understand Narrator
- By Rod on 10-17-23
By: Gyurme Dorje - translator, and others
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Old Path White Clouds
- Walking in the Footsteps of the Buddha
- By: Thich Nhat Hanh
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
- Length: 16 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Drawn directly from 24 Pali, Sanskrit, and Chinese sources, and retold by Thich Nhat Hanh in his inimitably beautiful style, this book traces the Buddha's life....
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Breathtaking accomplishment!
- By Karamelfun on 05-14-16
By: Thich Nhat Hanh
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Shōbōgenzō
- The Treasure House of the Eye of the True Teaching
- By: Eihei Dōgen
- Narrated by: Brian Nishii
- Length: 55 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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The Shōbōgenzō is the recognized spiritual masterpiece by the 13th- century Japanese Sōtō Zen Master Eihei Dōgen. It is comprised of discourses that he gave to his disciples, in person or in writing, at various times between 1231 and his death 22 years later at age 53....
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I'm just amazed
- By Amazon Customer on 05-01-21
By: Eihei Dōgen
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Embracing the Unknown
- Life Lessons from the Tibetan Book of the Dead
- By: Pema Chödrön
- Narrated by: Pema Chödrön
- Length: 3 hrs and 20 mins
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Pema Chödrön presents her first live talk on the Tibetan Book of the Dead. Experience one of today’s most beloved spiritual teachers at her best as she helps us navigate fear, doubt, and uncertainty with a compassionate and open heart....
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so helpful and insightful
- By debadventurer on 02-23-19
By: Pema Chödrön
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The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha
- A Translation of the Majjhima Nikāya
- By: Bhikkhu Ñānamoli, Bhikkhu Bodhi
- Narrated by: Taradasa
- Length: 47 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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This book offers a complete translation of the Majjhima Nikāya, or Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha, one of the major collections of texts in the Pāli Canon, the authorised scriptures of Theravada Buddhism....
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I can't believe it's FINALLY an audible book!
- By Yetanotherguy on 12-08-19
By: Bhikkhu Ñānamoli, and others
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The Long Discourses of the Buddha
- A Translation of the Dīgha Nikāya
- By: Bhikkhu Sujato
- Narrated by: Taradasa
- Length: 24 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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The Long Discourses of the Buddha (Dīgha Nikāya) is the first of the five Nikāyas (Collections) in the Sutta Pitaka and has its own particular character. Unlike the others which contain thousands of shorter discourses (suttas), it comprises just 34 but of much longer length....
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Good in the beginning, good in the middle...
- By Boguslaw on 05-28-21
By: Bhikkhu Sujato
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The Tibetan Book of the Dead
- First Complete Translation
- By: Gyurme Dorje - translator, Graham Coleman, Thupten Jinpa - editor, and others
- Narrated by: Gyetrul Jigme Rinpoche, Graham Coleman, Thupten Jinpa
- Length: 13 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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One of the greatest works created by any culture and overwhelmingly the most significant of all Tibetan Buddhist texts in the West, The Tibetan Book of the Dead has had a number of distinguished translations, but none encompassed the work in its entirety....
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Can’t Understand Narrator
- By Rod on 10-17-23
By: Gyurme Dorje - translator, and others
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Old Path White Clouds
- Walking in the Footsteps of the Buddha
- By: Thich Nhat Hanh
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
- Length: 16 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Drawn directly from 24 Pali, Sanskrit, and Chinese sources, and retold by Thich Nhat Hanh in his inimitably beautiful style, this book traces the Buddha's life....
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Breathtaking accomplishment!
- By Karamelfun on 05-14-16
By: Thich Nhat Hanh
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Shōbōgenzō
- The Treasure House of the Eye of the True Teaching
- By: Eihei Dōgen
- Narrated by: Brian Nishii
- Length: 55 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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The Shōbōgenzō is the recognized spiritual masterpiece by the 13th- century Japanese Sōtō Zen Master Eihei Dōgen. It is comprised of discourses that he gave to his disciples, in person or in writing, at various times between 1231 and his death 22 years later at age 53....
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I'm just amazed
- By Amazon Customer on 05-01-21
By: Eihei Dōgen
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Embracing the Unknown
- Life Lessons from the Tibetan Book of the Dead
- By: Pema Chödrön
- Narrated by: Pema Chödrön
- Length: 3 hrs and 20 mins
- Original Recording
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Pema Chödrön presents her first live talk on the Tibetan Book of the Dead. Experience one of today’s most beloved spiritual teachers at her best as she helps us navigate fear, doubt, and uncertainty with a compassionate and open heart....
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so helpful and insightful
- By debadventurer on 02-23-19
By: Pema Chödrön
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The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha
- A Translation of the Majjhima Nikāya
- By: Bhikkhu Ñānamoli, Bhikkhu Bodhi
- Narrated by: Taradasa
- Length: 47 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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This book offers a complete translation of the Majjhima Nikāya, or Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha, one of the major collections of texts in the Pāli Canon, the authorised scriptures of Theravada Buddhism....
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I can't believe it's FINALLY an audible book!
- By Yetanotherguy on 12-08-19
By: Bhikkhu Ñānamoli, and others
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The Long Discourses of the Buddha
- A Translation of the Dīgha Nikāya
- By: Bhikkhu Sujato
- Narrated by: Taradasa
- Length: 24 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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The Long Discourses of the Buddha (Dīgha Nikāya) is the first of the five Nikāyas (Collections) in the Sutta Pitaka and has its own particular character. Unlike the others which contain thousands of shorter discourses (suttas), it comprises just 34 but of much longer length....
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Good in the beginning, good in the middle...
- By Boguslaw on 05-28-21
By: Bhikkhu Sujato
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I Am That
- This Is Perfect, This Is Whole
- By: Osho
- Narrated by: Osho
- Length: 26 hrs and 26 mins
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Using the Upanishadic vision, Osho contrasts the teachings of Buddha, J. Krishnamurti, and the Vedas, and explains how these different teachings have relevance to the way we live today....
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Expand your point of view
- By scott morris on 04-28-24
By: Osho
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After Buddhism
- Rethinking the Dharma for a Secular Age
- By: Stephen Batchelor
- Narrated by: Stephen Batchelor
- Length: 17 hrs and 40 mins
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Some 25 centuries after the Buddha started teaching, his message continues to inspire people across the globe, including those living in predominantly secular societies....
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Eye opening
- By Christopher F. Wilson on 12-20-15
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The Connected Discourses of the Buddha
- A Translation of the Saṃyutta Nikaya
- By: Bhikkhu Bodhi
- Narrated by: Taradasa
- Length: 57 hrs and 58 mins
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This volume offers a complete translation of the Saṃyutta Nikāya, The Connected Discourses of the Buddha, the third of the four great collections in the Sutta Pitaka of the Pāli Canon....
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Easy to understand...
- By Munair on 04-09-21
By: Bhikkhu Bodhi
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Principal Texts of the Khuddaka Nikāya, Volume 1
- By: anonymous, various translators
- Narrated by: Elizabeth English, Jinananda, Ratnadhya, and others
- Length: 25 hrs and 10 mins
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The Khuddaka Nikāya is different from the other four Nikāyas of the Sutta Pitaka in the Theravada Pāli Canon in that rather than being a single work it is, as its customary translation ‘Minor Anthologies’ suggests, a collection of independent works....
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Vimānavatthu and Petavatthu
- By Boguslaw on 01-15-23
By: anonymous, and others
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White Lotus
- An Explanation of the Seven-Line Prayer to Guru Padmasambhava
- By: Jamgon Mipham, Padmakara Translation Group - translator
- Narrated by: Wulstan Fletcher
- Length: 2 hrs and 51 mins
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The text called the “Seven-Line Prayer” is said to contain the most sacred and important teachings of the Nyingma school and is recited daily by many Tibetan Buddhists. White Lotus unlocks the secret of the prayer and explains its meaning on many levels....
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Reads like Mother’s Milk
- By Anonymous User on 12-02-22
By: Jamgon Mipham, and others
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Surangama Sutra
- By: Charles Luk - translator
- Narrated by: Ratnadhya
- Length: 9 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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The Surangama Sutra, one of the most important works of Mahayana Buddhism, dates from some time before the 8th Century when the first Chinese translation was written, probably from an Indian original....
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Bardo Thödol
- El Libro Tibetano de los Muertos
- By: Padmasambhava
- Narrated by: Artur Mas
- Length: 3 hrs and 50 mins
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El Bardo thodol, más conocido en Occidente como El libro tibetano de los muertos, es una guía de instrucciones para los moribundos y los...
By: Padmasambhava
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Principal Texts of the Khuddaka Nikāya, Volume 2
- By: anonymous, various translators
- Narrated by: Elizabeth English, Jinananda, Ratnadhya, and others
- Length: 25 hrs and 33 mins
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This is Volume 2 of Dharma Audiobooks’ ground-breaking overview of Principal Texts of the Khuddaka Nikāya, the fifth section of the Sutta Pitaka in the Theravāda Pāli Canon....
By: anonymous, and others
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Principal Texts of the Khuddaka Nikāya, Volume 3
- By: Anonymous, I. B. Horner - translator
- Narrated by: Ratnadhya, Taradasa
- Length: 22 hrs and 55 mins
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In this, the final volume in Dharma Audiobooks’ compilation of the Principal Texts of the Khuddaka Nikāya, the major work, and in some ways the most unusual, is Milinda’s Questions....
By: Anonymous, and others
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The Lankavatara Sutra
- By: D.T. Suzuki
- Narrated by: Ratnadhya
- Length: 13 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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The Lankavatara Sutra, dating from the early years of the Common Era, sometime before 443, is one of the most important Mahayana Buddhist texts, not least because of its influence on later Tibetan, Chinese and Japanese Buddhism....
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Excellent!
- By Skeet Fortner on 11-09-23
By: D.T. Suzuki
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Reflections on Silver River
- Tokme Zongpo's Thirty-Seven Practices of a Bodhisattva
- By: Ken McLeod
- Narrated by: Ken McLeod
- Length: 4 hrs and 46 mins
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Reflections on Silver River consists of a new translation of Tokme Zongpo's Thirty-Seven Practices of a Bodhisattva and a verse-by verse commentary.
By: Ken McLeod
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The Dhammapada
- A Translation of the Buddhist Classic with Annotations
- By: Gil Fronsdal
- Narrated by: Gil Fronsdal
- Length: 2 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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In this renowned translation of Buddhism’s most widely read scripture, freshly updated for a new generation of listeners, Gil Fronsdal provides extensive explanatory notes and easy-to-understand insight for practice....
By: Gil Fronsdal
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Buddhism for Beginners: Plain and Simple Guide to Buddhist Philosophy Including Zen Teachings, Tibetan Buddhism, and Mindfulness Meditation
- By: Judith Yandell
- Narrated by: Christine M Cochrane
- Length: 3 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Many people hear the word "Buddhism", and they think it is a religion. However, a person of any religion can bring Buddhist principles into their life without giving up their religious beliefs....
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LGBT Statements
- By james camoza on 05-11-20
By: Judith Yandell
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The Buddha Said
- Meeting the Challenge of Life's Difficulties
- By: Osho
- Narrated by: Osho
- Length: 35 hrs and 57 mins
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Osho, one of the best-known and most provocative spiritual teachers of our time, presents The Sutra of 42 Chapters—a scripture compiled in the first century C.E by a Chinese emperor. Two thousand five hundred years have passed since Buddha delivered the sutras on which this series is based.
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Listening to Osho is listening to wisdom itself
- By Guilherme on 05-23-19
By: Osho
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The Heart of Meditation
- Discovering Innermost Awareness
- By: His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Jeffrey Hopkins - editor/translator
- Narrated by: Brian Nishii
- Length: 3 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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The Dalai Lama deftly connects how training the mind in compassion for other beings is directly related to - and in fact a prerequisite for - the very pinnacle of Buddhist meditation....
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What a deep book....
- By Cian on 01-31-18
By: His Holiness the Dalai Lama, and others
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Buddha's Noble Eightfold Path
- By: Urgyen Sangharaskhita
- Narrated by: Kulananda
- Length: 5 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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The Eightfold Path is the most widely known formulation of the Buddha's teaching....
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Excellent
- By Anthony on 06-22-07
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Buddhism
- Beginner’s Guide to Understanding and Practicing Buddhism to Become Stress & Anxiety Free
- By: Michael Williams
- Narrated by: Peter Berkrot
- Length: 6 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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An ancient and deeply revered practice, Buddhism is even more popular now than it has been in decades. The secret behind its steady rise is due in part to the plethora of benefits Buddhism reaps upon those who practice it and apply its teachings to their lives....
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Smooth Flow of Beautiful Content
- By Renée Hamilton-McNealy on 10-09-18
By: Michael Williams
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The Diamond Sutra
- The Buddha Also Said...
- By: OSHO
- Narrated by: OSHO
- Length: 13 hrs and 47 mins
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In this series of talks, Osho offers his unique interpretation of the Buddha's words, writing in an easy, humorous, and conversational style....
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A true teacher of the Buddhist texts
- By Mike on 04-01-16
By: OSHO
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The White Lotus
- Bodhidharma’s Thundering Words on Buddha
- By: OSHO
- Narrated by: OSHO
- Length: 20 hrs and 17 mins
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Do you see the meditativeness of the trees surrounding you? Such stillness! Just as you are listening to me, they are listening to me, not even a leaf moving. The birds are singing....
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Heard one you heard them all
- By Nevets on 03-19-23
By: OSHO
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The Dhammapada Vol. 09
- Compassion – The Ultimate Flowering of Love
- By: Osho
- Narrated by: Osho
- Length: 15 hrs and 40 mins
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The Dhammapada is a collection of sayings of the Gautama the Buddha in verse form and one of the best-known Buddhist scriptures. This is volume nine of a 12-volume series of Osho Talks, bringing Buddha's Dhammapada into the 21st century....
By: Osho
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A Garland of Views
- A Guide to View, Meditation, and Result in the Nine Vehicles
- By: Padmasambhava, Jamgon Mipham, Padmakara Translation Group
- Narrated by: Simon Callow
- Length: 2 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Padmasambhava’s text is a core text of the Nyingma tradition because it provides the basis for the system of nine vehicles (three sutra vehicles and six tantra vehicles) that subsequently became the accepted way of classifying the different Buddhist paths in the Nyingma tradition....
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Like Mother’s Milk
- By Anonymous User on 04-05-23
By: Padmasambhava, and others
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The Essence of Chan
- A Guide to Life and Practice According to the Teachings of Bodhidharma
- By: Guo Gu
- Narrated by: Daniel Henning
- Length: 3 hrs and 21 mins
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Clear and illuminating commentary on one of Bodhidharma's most important texts is designed to help Chan practitioners apply timeless and essential advice to their practice....
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GOOD
- By JK on 08-15-23
By: Guo Gu
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The Heart of Understanding
- Commentaries on the Prajñaparamita Heart Sutra
- By: Thich Nhat Hanh
- Narrated by: Thich Nhat Hanh
- Length: 1 hr and 55 mins
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In this recording, Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh lectures on the Heart of the Prajñaparamita Sutra, which is regarded as the essence of Buddhist teachings. To this day, the Heart Sutra is recited daily in Mahayana temples and practice centers throughout the world....
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Peaceful
- By Anonymous User on 12-29-23
By: Thich Nhat Hanh
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The Path to Peace
- A Buddhist Guide to Cultivating Loving-Kindness
- By: Ayya Khema
- Narrated by: Nicolette McKenzie
- Length: 3 hrs and 36 mins
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The Venerable Ayya Khema was beloved for her crystal-clear presentation, the extremely practical guidance she always gave, and the open-hearted quality of her teachings. In The Path to Peace, she presents a complete course in the active and intentional process to cultivate peace....
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LovingKindness is the Cure
- By Jamie on 01-03-23
By: Ayya Khema
New releases
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Reflections on Silver River
- Tokme Zongpo's Thirty-Seven Practices of a Bodhisattva
- By: Ken McLeod
- Narrated by: Ken McLeod
- Length: 4 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Reflections on Silver River consists of a new translation of Tokme Zongpo's Thirty-Seven Practices of a Bodhisattva and a verse-by verse commentary. Ken McLeod's plain and simple English beautifully reflects the simplicity and directness of the original Tibetan. McLeod's commentary is full of provocative questions and inspiring descriptions of what it means to be awake and present in your life. Practical instruction, brief and to the point, is found in each of the verse commentaries.
By: Ken McLeod
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From Siddhartha to Cyberspace: AI's Journey through Buddhism"
- Powered By Artificial Intelligence
- By: Raj C Vaidyamath
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 2 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Embark on a captivating journey through the rich tapestry of Buddhism, from Siddhartha's quest for enlightenment to Buddhism's place in the modern world. Guided by the power of AI, this book delivers a comprehensive exploration of Buddhism, its history, doctrines, practices, and societal influences, shedding light on its enduring wisdom and relevance.
By: Raj C Vaidyamath
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Dharma Bums of the Apocalypse
- A Beat-Inspired Journey into the Heart of American Existentialism
- By: W J O'Reilly
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 2 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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In his latest novel, DHARMA BUMS OF THE APOCALYPSE, W.J. O'Reilly takes readers on a hallucinatory odyssey through the backroads and byways of America, and deep into the psyche of a generation grappling with the fundamental questions of existence. Part road trip narrative, part metaphysical meditation, the book is a daring and ambitious work that pushes the boundaries of contemporary fiction and establishes O'Reilly as an unsettling voice in American letters. The story follows an unnamed narrator as he sets out on a cross-country motorcycle journey, seeking to escape the suffocating ...
By: W J O'Reilly
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Autumn Writings
- By: Kanto Tsukamoto
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 1 hr and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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We are now moving forward on completing this series of books that share the lectures of my teacher and the founder of the Enkyoji Buddhist Network, Rev. Kanto Tsukamoto. As with many projects it takes lots of energy and time to bring them to completion. So as you can imagine, it is a great accomplishment to fulfil such a wish that started many years ago. The most powerful reason that I wish to share these lectures with everyone is because of their simplicity and the easy-to-grasp explanations that Tsukamoto Sensei uses to share many very profound teachings. In being his student, he has ...
By: Kanto Tsukamoto
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Stories Told By Nichiren
- A Search for Symbolic, Mythological and Cultural Context
- By: Aaron Brachfeld
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 3 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Children and adults alike will enjoy reading about the Stone Tiger, the Pardoned Prisoner, King Rinda’s White Horses, the Turtle Under the Ocean, the Calligrapher’s Son and the Merchant Who Became a Horse: these captivating stories were originally told in ancient Japan to illustrate the challenging concepts of the Lotus Sutra, yet present enduring relevance even centuries later to a now globalized practice of Buddhism. Today, Nichiren’s stories remain as entertaining and controversial as ever. And in a search for symbolic, mythological and cultural context, six of these stories have ...
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The AI voice is a bit distracting.
- By Layne C. Bryant on 04-05-24
By: Aaron Brachfeld
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Three Early Vajrayana Treatises
- The Accomplishment of Wisdom and Means, The Accomplishment of Gnosis and the Accomplishment of Non-Duality
- By: Laul Jadusingh
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 14 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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This work is a translation of three early Indian Vajrayana treatises from the Sanskrit by three of the early Buddhist Tantric adepts renowned as Mahasiddhas, numbering by the most accepted account eighty-four, who flourished in the medieval era of India from the 8th-12th centuries C.E. The three authors are related by guru-disciple lineal succession, though the first two Anangavajra and Indrabhuti were most likely contemporaries and the third, Laksimnkara was the sister of Indrabhuti and hence his contemporary also. The treatises expound the world-view of Tantric Buddhism, (a.k.a. as ...
By: Laul Jadusingh
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Reflections on Silver River
- Tokme Zongpo's Thirty-Seven Practices of a Bodhisattva
- By: Ken McLeod
- Narrated by: Ken McLeod
- Length: 4 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Reflections on Silver River consists of a new translation of Tokme Zongpo's Thirty-Seven Practices of a Bodhisattva and a verse-by verse commentary. Ken McLeod's plain and simple English beautifully reflects the simplicity and directness of the original Tibetan. McLeod's commentary is full of provocative questions and inspiring descriptions of what it means to be awake and present in your life. Practical instruction, brief and to the point, is found in each of the verse commentaries.
By: Ken McLeod
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From Siddhartha to Cyberspace: AI's Journey through Buddhism"
- Powered By Artificial Intelligence
- By: Raj C Vaidyamath
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 2 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Embark on a captivating journey through the rich tapestry of Buddhism, from Siddhartha's quest for enlightenment to Buddhism's place in the modern world. Guided by the power of AI, this book delivers a comprehensive exploration of Buddhism, its history, doctrines, practices, and societal influences, shedding light on its enduring wisdom and relevance.
By: Raj C Vaidyamath
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Dharma Bums of the Apocalypse
- A Beat-Inspired Journey into the Heart of American Existentialism
- By: W J O'Reilly
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 2 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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In his latest novel, DHARMA BUMS OF THE APOCALYPSE, W.J. O'Reilly takes readers on a hallucinatory odyssey through the backroads and byways of America, and deep into the psyche of a generation grappling with the fundamental questions of existence. Part road trip narrative, part metaphysical meditation, the book is a daring and ambitious work that pushes the boundaries of contemporary fiction and establishes O'Reilly as an unsettling voice in American letters. The story follows an unnamed narrator as he sets out on a cross-country motorcycle journey, seeking to escape the suffocating ...
By: W J O'Reilly
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Autumn Writings
- By: Kanto Tsukamoto
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 1 hr and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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We are now moving forward on completing this series of books that share the lectures of my teacher and the founder of the Enkyoji Buddhist Network, Rev. Kanto Tsukamoto. As with many projects it takes lots of energy and time to bring them to completion. So as you can imagine, it is a great accomplishment to fulfil such a wish that started many years ago. The most powerful reason that I wish to share these lectures with everyone is because of their simplicity and the easy-to-grasp explanations that Tsukamoto Sensei uses to share many very profound teachings. In being his student, he has ...
By: Kanto Tsukamoto
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Stories Told By Nichiren
- A Search for Symbolic, Mythological and Cultural Context
- By: Aaron Brachfeld
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 3 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Children and adults alike will enjoy reading about the Stone Tiger, the Pardoned Prisoner, King Rinda’s White Horses, the Turtle Under the Ocean, the Calligrapher’s Son and the Merchant Who Became a Horse: these captivating stories were originally told in ancient Japan to illustrate the challenging concepts of the Lotus Sutra, yet present enduring relevance even centuries later to a now globalized practice of Buddhism. Today, Nichiren’s stories remain as entertaining and controversial as ever. And in a search for symbolic, mythological and cultural context, six of these stories have ...
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The AI voice is a bit distracting.
- By Layne C. Bryant on 04-05-24
By: Aaron Brachfeld
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Three Early Vajrayana Treatises
- The Accomplishment of Wisdom and Means, The Accomplishment of Gnosis and the Accomplishment of Non-Duality
- By: Laul Jadusingh
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 14 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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This work is a translation of three early Indian Vajrayana treatises from the Sanskrit by three of the early Buddhist Tantric adepts renowned as Mahasiddhas, numbering by the most accepted account eighty-four, who flourished in the medieval era of India from the 8th-12th centuries C.E. The three authors are related by guru-disciple lineal succession, though the first two Anangavajra and Indrabhuti were most likely contemporaries and the third, Laksimnkara was the sister of Indrabhuti and hence his contemporary also. The treatises expound the world-view of Tantric Buddhism, (a.k.a. as ...
By: Laul Jadusingh