Opening the Hand of Thought
Foundations of Zen Buddhist Practice
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Sean Runnette
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For over 30 years, Opening the Hand of Thought has offered an introduction to Zen Buddhism and meditation unmatched in clarity and power. This is the revised edition of Kosho Uchiyama's singularly incisive classic.
This new edition contains even more useful material: new prefaces, an index, and extended endnotes, in addition to a revised glossary. As Jisho Warner writes in her preface, Opening the Hand of Thought "goes directly to the heart of Zen practice...showing how Zen Buddhism can be a deep and life-sustaining activity." She goes on to say, "Uchiyama looks at what a person is, what a self is, how to develop a true self not separate from all things, one that can settle in peace in the midst of life."
By turns humorous, philosophical, and personal, Opening the Hand of Thought is above all a great book for the Buddhist practitioner. It's a perfect follow-up for the listener who has heard Zen Meditation in Plain English and is especially useful for those who have not yet encountered a Zen teacher.
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Tibetans call their cherished tradition of Buddhism a "wish-fulfilling jewel tree" for its power to generate bliss and enlightenment within all who absorb its teachings. This path to enlightenment, it is taught, requires more than a sitting meditation practice alone. With The Jewel Tree of Tibet, honored scholar and teacher Robert Thurman brings these insights to you as they were meant to be transmitted, through the spoken word.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Takes A Couple Listens... But Worthwhile
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By: Robert Thurman
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Buddhism Is Not What You Think
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Best-selling author and renowned Zen teacher Steve Hagen penetrates the most essential and enduring questions at the heart of the Buddha's teachings: How can we see the world in each moment, rather than merely as what we think, hope, or fear it is? How can we base our actions on reality, rather than on the longing and loathing of our hearts and minds? How can we live lives that are wise, compassionate, and in tune with reality? And how can we separate the wisdom of Buddhism from the cultural trappings and misconceptions that have come to be associated with it?
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great message, annoying narrator
- By Pamela Radtke on 11-28-19
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The Most Important Thing, Volume 1
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- Narrated by: Adyashanti
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“Question your assumptions; lean far into the unknown. Question it all.” So says Adyashanti in The Most Important Thing, Volume 1 - an invitation to look past the surface of our personal stories to discover the timeless truths within. Across eight hours of intimate talks, Adyashanti encourages you to open to the possibility of grace, embrace those aspects of life that call you to serve, and discover the innate vitality in every single moment.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Inspires direction and clarity for deep progress
- By Anonymous User on 02-08-19
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Counsels from My Heart
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- Narrated by: Simon Callow
- Length: 2 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Counsels from My Heart is one of the few volumes of teachings by Dudjom Rinpoche, a legendary meditation master of the Nyingma lineage of Tibetan Buddhism, to become available in English. It features talks to students presented in Dudjom Rinpoche's characteristically incisive and direct style, bringing the timeless heart-counsels of this great teacher vividly to life.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Content is exceptional, narration is absurd.
- By JDKC on 09-01-21
By: Dudjom Rinpoche
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The Heart of Compassion
- The Thirty-Seven Verses on the Practice of a Bodhisattva
- By: Dilgo Khyentse, Padmakara Translation Group
- Narrated by: John Telfer
- Length: 8 hrs
- Unabridged
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What would be the practical implications of caring more about others than about yourself? This is the radical theme of this extraordinary set of instructions, a training manual composed in the fourteenth century by the Buddhist hermit Ngulchu Thogme, here explained in detail by one of the great Tibetan Buddhist masters of the twentieth century, Dilgo Khyentse. In the Mahayana tradition, those who have the courage to undertake the profound change of attitude required to develop true compassion are called bodhisattvas.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A commentary to be read and contemplated upon over and over
- By Rachel on 08-05-20
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Buddha is as Buddha Does
- The 10 Original Practices for Enlightened Living
- By: Lama Surya Das
- Length: 5 hrs and 8 mins
- Original Recording
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Of all the Buddha's teachings, perhaps his greatest gift can be found in "the Bodhisattva ideal", a template for living in the world as an "Awakener", a servant of the highest good for all. With his previous best-sellers including Awakening the Buddha Within, American-born Tibetan Buddhist teacher Lama Surya Das has made the helpful, healing insights of the Buddha accessible to millions.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Puts the heart into mindfulness meditation
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The World Could Be Otherwise
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- By: Norman Fischer
- Narrated by: Norman Fischer
- Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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In frightening times, we wish the world could be otherwise. With a touch of imagination, it can be. Imagination helps us see what’s hidden, and it shape-shifts reality’s roiling twisting waves. In this inspiring reframe of a classic Buddhist teaching, Zen teacher Norman Fischer writes that the paramitas, or “six perfections” - generosity, ethical conduct, patience, joyful effort, meditation, and understanding - can help us reconfigure the world we live in.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Master piece
- By Andrew Lenards on 02-08-20
By: Norman Fischer
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Buddha in Your Mirror
- Practical Buddhism and the Search for Self
- By: Woody Hochswender, Greg Martin, Ted Morino
- Narrated by: Dan Worren
- Length: 4 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 120
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 104
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Story5 out of 5 stars 105
While the notion that “happiness can found within oneself” has recently become popular, Buddhism has taught for thousands of years that every person is a Buddha, or enlightened being, and has the potential for true and lasting happiness. Through real-life examples, the authors explain how adopting this outlook has positive effects on one’s health, relationships, and career and gives new insights into world environmental concerns, peace issues, and other major social problems.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Best Book on SGI Buddhism/ Nichiren Buddhism
- By S. Randel on 12-27-20
By: Woody Hochswender, and others
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50 Spiritual Classics
- By: Tom Butler-Bowdon
- Narrated by: Richard Poe
- Length: 10 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 216
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 90
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 89
Discover the books that have already changed the lives of millions. This unabridged guide to the literature of the spirit surveys 50 of the all-time classics, giving you their key ideas, insights, and applications - everything you need to know to start benefiting from these legendary works.
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3 out of 5 stars
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useful as review or starting point
- By connie on 01-03-09
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The Meaning of Happiness
- The Quest for Freedom of the Spirit in Modern Psychology and the Wisdom of the East
- By: Alan Watts
- Narrated by: Kern Schmidt
- Length: 7 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 165
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 147
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 142
Deep down, most people think that happiness comes from having or doing something. Here, in Alan Watts’s groundbreaking third book (originally published in 1940), he offers a more challenging thesis: authentic happiness comes from embracing life as a whole in all its contradictions and paradoxes, an attitude that Watts calls the “way of acceptance.” Drawing on Eastern philosophy, Western mysticism, and analytic psychology, Watts demonstrates that happiness comes from accepting both the outer world around us and the inner world inside us,
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3 out of 5 stars
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Good Concepts Hard to Follow Along
- By Ryan on 04-13-20
By: Alan Watts
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What Is Zen?
- Plain Talk for a Beginner's Mind
- By: Norman Fischer, Susan Moon
- Narrated by: Norman Fischer, Susan Moon
- Length: 6 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 86
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 74
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 72
The question-and-answer format makes this introduction to Zen especially easy to understand - and also to use as a reference, as you can easily look up just the question you had in mind. The esteemed Zen teacher Norman Fischer and his old friend and teaching colleague Susan Moon (both of them in the lineage of Shunryu Suzuki, author of Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind) give this collaborative effort a playful tone: Susan asks a question on our behalf, Norman answers it, and then Sue challenges him.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Zen; An Introduction
- By Michael on 08-15-16
By: Norman Fischer, and others
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The Monk and the Philosopher
- A Father and Son Discuss the Meaning of Life
- By: Jean-Francois Revel
- Narrated by: David Shaw-Parker
- Length: 14 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 43
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 40
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 39
Twenty-seven years ago, Matthieu Ricard gave up a promising career as a scientist to study Tibetan Buddhism - not as a detached observer but by immersing himself in its practice under the guidance of its greatest living masters. Years later, this project was born, and Richard met with his father, Jean-Francois Revel - a French philosopher who became world famous for his challenges to both Communism and Christianity. At an inn, these two profoundly thoughtful men explored questions that have occupied humankind throughout its history.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The dialogues themselves proved tranquility is attainable.
- By Mingster on 05-16-19
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The Bhagavad Gita
- A Walkthrough for Westerners
- By: Jack Hawley
- Narrated by: Jack Hawley
- Length: 5 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 368
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 309
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 306
The Bhagavad Gita has been called India's greatest contribution to the world. In this audio version of his classic book The Bhagavad Gita: A Walkthrough for Westerners, Jack Hawley makes its wisdom clear to Western seekers.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Bhagavad Gita: A Walkthrough for Westerners
- By Tammy on 10-12-12
By: Jack Hawley
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No-Nonsense Buddhism for Beginners
- Clear Answers to Burning Questions About Core Buddhist Teachings
- By: Noah Rasheta
- Narrated by: Will Damron
- Length: 2 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1,410
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,192
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,183
Presented in a practical Q&A format, No-Nonsense Buddhism for Beginners is the most clear-cut introductory guide to understanding the essential concepts of Buddhism and how they relate to your daily life. How is an awakening different from enlightenment? Can agnostics and atheists be Buddhist? In No-Nonsense Buddhism for Beginners, renowned Buddhism teacher and host of the popular Secular Buddhism podcast, Noah Rasheta, delivers an easily accessible introduction to the teachings of Buddhism that answers these common questions and many more.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Perfect for someone curious in Buddism
- By Wolf_CPT on 09-01-19
By: Noah Rasheta
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The End of Your World
- Uncensored Straight Talk on the Nature of Enlightenment
- By: Adyashanti
- Narrated by: Adyashanti
- Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1,184
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,009
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Story5 out of 5 stars 981
Caution Spiritual Seekers: You Might Just Find What You're Looking For! Underneath the turmoil of thought, emotion, and personal will, there is a flow. If you're reading these words, you've probably felt it - the natural movement of life, the truth that beckons below the surface of things. What would happen if you were to stop avoiding this universal energy, and instead completely embrace it?
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5 out of 5 stars
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quietly blasting through the usual zen-fare
- By rebecca purcell on 06-15-13
By: Adyashanti
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Zen; An Introduction
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Crooked Cucumber
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Shunryu Suzuki, author of the beloved classic Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind, is lovingly remembered as one of the greatest spiritual teachers of the 20th century - whose legacy is felt in every facet of American Zen. This monumental biography of Suzuki, written and read by his student David Chadwick, weaves together a rich tapestry of stories and memories of Suzuki’s students, family, and friends. In this updated and revised audiobook edition, Chadwick also offers rare excerpts from archived recordings of Suzuki’s teachings in the great Zen master's own voice.
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Beautiful narration
- By Maurice Echeverria on 08-03-22
By: David Chadwick
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Ordinary Wonder
- Zen Life and Practice
- By: Charlotte Joko Beck, Brenda Beck Hess
- Narrated by: Barbara Barnes
- Length: 6 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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In this collection of never-before-published teachings by Charlotte Joko Beck, one of the most influential Western-born Zen teachers, she explores our “core beliefs” - the hidden, negative convictions we hold about ourselves that direct our thoughts and behavior and prevent us from experiencing life as it is. Wryly humorous and relatable, Beck uses powerfully clear language to show how our lives present us with daily opportunities to move from thinking to experiencing, from compulsivity to confidence, and from anguish to peace.
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Thank you
- By fred on 08-01-21
By: Charlotte Joko Beck, and others
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Opening to Oneness
- A Practical and Philosophical Guide to the Zen Precepts
- By: Nancy Mujo Baker
- Narrated by: Kathleen Li
- Length: 6 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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In Opening to Oneness, Zen teacher Nancy Baker offers a detailed path of practice for Zen students planning to take the precepts and for anyone, Buddhist or non-Buddhist, interested in deepening their personal study of ethical living.
By: Nancy Mujo Baker
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The Three Pillars of Zen
- Teaching, Practice, and Enlightenment
- By: Roshi Philip Kapleau
- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
- Length: 14 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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In this classic work of spiritual guidance, the founder of the Rochester Zen Center presents a comprehensive overview of Zen Buddhism. Exploring the three pillars of Zen - teaching, practice, and enlightenment - Roshi Philip Kapleau, the man who founded one of the oldest and most influential Zen centers in the United States, presents a personal account of his own experiences as a student and teacher, and in so doing gives listeners invaluable advice on how to develop their own practices.
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Enlightenment achieved
- By S. C. Miller on 08-21-18
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The Noble Eightfold Path
- Way to the End of Suffering
- By: Bhikkhu Bodhi
- Narrated by: Neha Shroff
- Length: 5 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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This audiobook offers a clear, concise account of the Eightfold Path prescribed to uproot and eliminate the deep underlying cause of suffering—ignorance. Each step of the path is believed to cultivate wisdom through mental training, and includes an enlightened and peaceful middle path that avoids extremes. The theoretical as well as practical angles of each of the paths—right view, right intention, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right concentration—are illustrated through examples from contemporary life.
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Simplified Version of Do's and Don'ts for Path
- By St. Paul on 12-23-22
By: Bhikkhu Bodhi
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- Ruth N. Radford
- 05-07-24
Breaks thru Zen's opacity
Sean's narration is spot on. A long time personal favorite, very pleased to revisit 20 after first reading it.
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- Otto Hannah
- 09-07-23
One of the best books on Zazen
Uchiyama Roshi was one of the great masters of the twentieth century. Listen carefully and use his words as a guide to practice.
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- Amazon Customer
- 06-23-23
Excellent book for Zen/Chan practitioners!
Love everything about this book. Smoothly takes you to an effective practice, clearing all the possible confusions regards this amazing practice. Also the narrator voice is right for this type of book. Thank you so much.
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- RshLoudash
- 11-15-23
Very beautiful, essential
Opening the Hand of Thought is the best zen book I’ve ever read. It’s practical in its direction and beautiful in how it inspires and teaches.
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- Shukin
- 05-15-24
Very well read
I have read and reread this book countless times over the years since it was first published. To have it in audio form is to feel like I’m listening to a dharma Talk. Like all of Buddhist teachings it takes time I understand such a simple message. 
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- DL
- 11-04-24
Buddhist knowledge not found anywhere else in such a comprehensive way!
Superb! The best book I’ve read on the subject! I would caution beginners to have an open mind as some of the ideas are advanced but it’s a great read for the novice and you can re listen to it! Each time you listen it will sound like it’s the first time you’re hearing it due to your Understanding of the deeper meanings.
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