• Buddhism for Beginners [Jack Kornfield]

  • By: Jack Kornfield
  • Narrated by: Jack Kornfield
  • Length: 9 hrs
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (1,775 ratings)

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Buddhism for Beginners [Jack Kornfield]

By: Jack Kornfield
Narrated by: Jack Kornfield
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Created specifically to address the questions and needs of first-time students, here is Buddhism's vast spiritual legacy, presented by one of America's leading meditation teachers.
©2001 Jack Kornfield

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I enjoyed it!

I enjoyed this enough to add more Jack Kornfield to my reading list. I am new to meditation and very interested in learning more about Buddhism, this was a nice place to start.

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Perfect for learning the main parts of Buddhism

I wanted an audio book which taught me Buddhism. Many other books on audible which I looked at taught ABOUT Buddhism, as in its history. This book was exactly what I was looking for. It was calm, insightful, and perfectly taught as its in a way which does not force things on you, but allows you to "look for yourself to see if it's true". Coupled with meditation, my life has changed drastically over the past few weeks with the help of this book.

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Wonderful beginner's book

Loved the book and will be continuing my journey with Buddhism. The author speaks in a slow manner, so I've discovered that playing at 1.25x speed makes it more suited to my preferences, lest I be too relaxed from his natural cadence and tenor.

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Very educational and entertaining would recommend to anyone looking for spiritual growth

Great book on Buddhism. I was interested in learning more about the Buddhist nature and now I'm looking forward to reading more thank you



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Jack's the Best

Loved it. Very informative and entertaining as well. Jack Kornfield is an excellent teacher. Fantastic.

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The go-to book for beginners and experts alike

I loved this collection of speeches. They cover every basic of Buddhism in an easy-to-understand fashion. Kornfield speaks rather slowly, so I sped it up to 1.30x.

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beautiful

very good and understandable intro to buddhism. life changing knowledge and wisdom. right living and action will have a great positive effect on your spiritual life and internal peace.

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A must read / listen

To be honest at first I could not establish interest and turned it off, not to think of it for several months. Then I decided to try it again and was captivated. I did not want to stop listening. I highly recommend this to anyone interested in Buddhism or just mindfulness! Sit through the first lesson so you don’t make the same mistake as me.

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Listen, then listen again

When I have described this to friends I have said it’s Buddhism meets the delivery and timing of George Carlin. A great pleasure in both the listening and the learning.

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a sage for our time

Jack Kornfield is a blessing. I found him after listening to quite a bit of Alan Watts. I was immediately put off by his voice - rather like Mr. Rogers - but very quickly I came to love his quiet and gentle approach. This is the only book that I've ever started over as soon as I completed it. I imagine I'll listen to it a third time as well.

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