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An inspiring audiobook that will help listeners rediscover their values and discover a way to truly live life to the fullest.
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- overcome isolation.
Each section closes with a contemplation to help integrate the teachings into your life.
This audiobook is about getting back in touch with your values, so you can live energetically, authentically, and lovingly. This an invitation to close the gaps we create between ourselves and others-to wake up to ourselves and the world around us.
It’s time to live wholeheartedly.
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 159
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Using delightful and deceptively powerful stories from everyday experiences, beloved Buddhist teacher Sylvia Boorstein demystifies spirituality, charts the path to happiness through the Buddha's basic teachings, and presents the means to eliminate hindrances and see clearly to develop a realistic course toward wisdom and compassion. A wonderfully engaging guide, full of humor, memorable insights, and love. Boorstein, known by friends and colleagues as a "Jewish grandmother bodhisattva," is highly-skilled in making the universal wisdom of traditional Buddhist teachings available to all.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Simple and elegant
- By Barbara on 01-11-03
By: Sylvia Boorstein
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How Can I Help?
- Stories and Reflections on Service
- By: Paul Gorman, Ram Dass
- Narrated by: Paul Brion
- Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 71
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Not a day goes by without our being called upon to help one another - at home, at work, on the street, on the phone. We do what we can. Yet so many questions come up to complicate this natural response. In this practical helper's companion, the authors explore a path through these confusions and provide support and inspiration for us in our efforts as members of the helping professions, as volunteers, as community activists, or simply as friends and family trying to meet each other's needs.
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1 out of 5 stars
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what's the point?
- By luis on 05-08-24
By: Paul Gorman, and others
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How Not to Be a Hot Mess
- A Survival Guide for Modern Life
- By: Craig Hase, Devon Hase
- Narrated by: Craig Hase, Devon Hase
- Length: 4 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 31
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 27
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The dumpster fire of life rages on, but you got this. Practice six rules to keep you grounded, weather the storm, and actually be a decent person. It may seem like the world is going to hell in a hand basket right now. Whether it's big stuff like politics and climate change, or just the daily spin of paying your bills, getting to work on time, and fending off social media trolls, we can all admit, modern life ain't easy.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Perfect Book for All That is Going On In the World
- By Eric Poole on 04-14-20
By: Craig Hase, and others
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Love Hurts
- Buddhist Advice for the Heartbroken
- By: Lodro Rinzler
- Narrated by: Lodro Rinzler
- Length: 2 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 219
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 191
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Buddhism has a lot to say about suffering - and there are likely few times we suffer more intensely than when we break up with a romantic partner. It feels like you may never recover sometimes. But Lodro Rinzler has wonderfully good news for those suffering heartbreak: The 2,500-year-old teachings of the Buddha are the ultimate antidote for emotional pain. And you don't need to be a Buddhist for them to apply to you.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I agree...
- By Amazon Customer on 03-20-20
By: Lodro Rinzler
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Fail, Fail Again, Fail Better
- Wise Advice for Leaning into the Unknown
- By: Pema Chödrön
- Narrated by: Pema Chödrön
- Length: 1 hr and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 973
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 818
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When her granddaughter was accepted to Naropa University, the celebrated author Pema Chödrön promised that she'd speak at the commencement ceremony. Fail, Fail Again, Fail Better contains the wisdom shared on that day. "What do we do when life doesn't go the way we hoped?" begins Pema. "We say 'I'm a failure.'" But what if failing wasn't just "okay"... but the most direct way to becoming a more complete, loving, and fulfilled human being?
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5 out of 5 stars
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The perfect listen at the perfect time!
- By BARBARA J NELSON on 01-22-16
By: Pema Chödrön
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Buddhist Boot Camp
- By: Timber Hawkeye
- Narrated by: Timber Hawkeye
- Length: 2 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 912
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 781
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Buddhism is all about training the mind, and boot camp is an ideal training method for this generation's short attention span. The chapters in this audiobook can be listened in any order, and are simple and easy to understand. Each story, inspirational quote, and teaching offers mindfulness-enhancing techniques that anyone can relate to. You don't need to be a Buddhist to find the Buddha's teachings motivational. As the Dalai Lama says, "Don't try to use what you learn from Buddhism to be a Buddhist; use it to be a better whatever-you-already-are."
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5 out of 5 stars
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Simply and profound
- By julieannmickel on 04-25-15
By: Timber Hawkeye
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Things No One Else Can Teach Us
- Turning Losses into Lessons
- By: Humble the Poet
- Narrated by: Humble the Poet
- Length: 6 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 281
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 244
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Every one of us endures setbacks, disappointments, and failures that can incapacitate us. But we don’t have to let them. Instead, we can use these events as opportunities for growth. In Things No One Else Can Teach Us, Humble the Poet flips the conventional script for happiness and success, showing us how our most painful experiences can be our greatest teachers.
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4 out of 5 stars
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HTP’S STORY AND LESSONS LEARNED
- By jaga on 11-04-19
By: Humble the Poet
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Nothing Holy About It
- The Zen of Being Just Who You Are
- By: Tim Burkett
- Narrated by: Fajer Al-Kaisi
- Length: 8 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 93
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According to legend, when the founder of Zen Buddhism was asked about the main principle of his holy teaching, he replied that there was "nothing holy about it!" Now, a millennium and a half later, Tim Burkett reveals how and why the wisdom of nonholiness is the key to a joyful heart. You don't need to go looking for something sacred - the happiness you seek is right where you are.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Beautiful words
- By Asiyah on 05-04-17
By: Tim Burkett
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Awakening Joy
- 10 Steps That Will Put You on the Road to Real Happiness
- By: James Baraz, Shoshana Alexander
- Narrated by: James Baraz, Shoshana Alexander
- Length: 13 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 164
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Joy is not for just the lucky few - it's a choice anyone can make. In this groundbreaking book, based on his popular course, James Baraz helps you discover a path to the happiness that's right in front of you, offering a step-by-step program that will reorient your mind away from dissatisfaction and distraction and toward the contentment and delight that is abundantly available in our everyday lives. You can decide to be happy.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I listen to Awakening Joy over and over
- By Love Coach, Annette Carpien, PCC on 04-14-16
By: James Baraz, and others
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Meditations on Intention and Being
- Daily Reflections on the Path of Yoga, Mindfulness, and Compassion
- By: Rolf Gates
- Narrated by: Kevin Kenerly
- Length: 9 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 46
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Presented in the form of 365 inspirational daily reflections, Gates helps listeners - from experienced yogis to novices seeking a little tranquility - to fundamentally reconsider their relationships with their minds, their bodies, and the universe around them through self-reflection.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Loved This Book
- By Brittney on 11-24-16
By: Rolf Gates
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A Fierce Heart
- Finding Strength, Courage, and Wisdom in Any Moment
- By: Spring Washam
- Narrated by: Spring Washam
- Length: 6 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 48
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 43
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Spring Washam is a founder of the East Bay Meditation Center, the most diverse and accessible meditation center in the United States. In A Fierce Heart, she shares her contemporary, unique interpretation of the Buddha's 2,500-year-old teachings that get to the heart of mindfulness, wisdom, and compassion. Woven throughout the book are stories from her life, family, and community, along with soulful and unexpected stories of compassion in action from all over the world.
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5 out of 5 stars
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inspirational
- By Aaron M. Fabun on 01-31-21
By: Spring Washam
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When Things Fall Apart
- Heart Advice for Difficult Times
- By: Pema Chodron
- Narrated by: Christy Meyer
- Length: 5 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 155
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 128
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How can we live our lives when everything seems to fall apart—when we are continually overcome by fear, anxiety, and pain? The answer, Pema Chödrön suggests, might be just the opposite of what you expect. Here, in her most beloved and acclaimed work, Pema shows that moving toward painful situations and becoming intimate with them can open up our hearts in ways we never before imagined. Drawing from traditional Buddhist wisdom, she offers life-changing tools for transforming suffering and negative patterns into habitual ease and boundless joy.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Shame
- By Morgan T. on 01-30-23
By: Pema Chodron
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Walking Each Other Home
- Conversations on Loving and Dying
- By: Mirabai Bush, Ram Dass
- Narrated by: Ram Dass, Mirabai Bush
- Length: 6 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 431
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 364
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We all sit on the edge of a mystery. We have only known this life, so dying scares us - and we are all dying. But what if dying were perfectly safe? What if you could approach dying with curiosity and love? What if dying were the ultimate spiritual practice? Walking Each Other Home: Conversations on Loving and Dying reunites lifelong friends Ram Dass and Mirabai Bush, who speak on the spiritual opportunities in the dying process. They share intimate personal experiences and timeless practices for every aspect of this journey.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wow - the love comes through
- By Dan Lentine on 09-13-18
By: Mirabai Bush, and others
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Backbone
- The Modern Man's Ultimate Guide to Purpose, Passion and Power
- By: David H. Wagner
- Narrated by: David H. Wagner
- Length: 10 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 105
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 92
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What does it mean to be a powerful, happy man in today's world? What does it take for a man to know himself, know his mission in life, and live a life of strength, honour and wisdom? In Backbone, the modern man finally has a self-help audiobook worthy of his masculinity. This audiobook won't ask you to get in touch with your feminine side if you want to embrace change. It's a straight-talking, down-to-earth and funny guide to get you working with your masculinity instead of against it.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Not for me
- By Ben W on 09-01-16
By: David H. Wagner
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Sit Down to Rise Up
- By: Shelly Tygielski
- Narrated by: Shelly Tygielski
- Length: 7 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 37
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 31
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 31
The practice of mindfulness is most often touted for its profound mind, body, and spirit benefits. Shelly Tygielski here shows that mindfulness can also be a powerful tool for spurring transformative collective action. In a winning combination of memoir, manifesto, and how-to, Tygielski shares her evolution from a Jerusalem-born child of traditional Sephardic Orthodox parents to a middle-class American suburban youth who questioned her faith to a young executive in corporate America.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Relevant and Motivating
- By Shelly G on 07-01-22
By: Shelly Tygielski
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Living Beautifully with Uncertainty and Change
- By: Pema Chödrön
- Narrated by: Lisa Coleman
- Length: 4 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 191
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 151
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We live in difficult times. Life so often seems like a turbulent river threatening to drown us and destroy our world. Why, then, shouldn’t we cling to the certainty of the comfortable - to our deep-seated habits and familiar ways? Because, Pema Chödrön teaches, that kind of fear-based clinging keeps us from the infinitely more powerful experience of being fully alive.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Book for the Times
- By Elizabeth H. Callison on 07-02-20
By: Pema Chödrön
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What If This Is Heaven?
- By: Anita Moorjani
- Narrated by: Anita Moorjani
- Length: 6 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 526
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Following her near-death experience as shared in the New York Times best-seller Dying to Be Me, Anita Moorjani knows well the truths that exist beyond common knowledge and acceptance. The clarity she has gained has led her to further understand who she was born to be. Part of that truth has involved contemplating the cultural myths infused into our everyday lives. Passed down from generation to generation, these myths are pervasive and influential.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent Follow-up to Dying to Be Me
- By Gillian Culff on 06-19-19
By: Anita Moorjani
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- Julie A Fisher
- 02-05-21
Calming Audiobook
I very much enjoyed this audiobook and have since bought the paperback. It is one that I will revisit and recommend often. Thank you, Koshen.
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- Sarah Y.
- 06-07-22
Beautifully written
I genuinely enjoyed this book so much and can say I learned a lot from all the stories. Thank you Koshin!
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- JPN
- 08-26-19
Wonderful story teller with wise advice to live by
I've had the pleasure of listening to Koshin Paley Ellison a few times in person and he is a beautiful presence with a wonderful smile and a twinkle in his eyes. His book is a series of chapters that becomes interwoven with stories from his life and the wisdom of his precepts. He gives you what he's learned and asks the reader/listener a few questions at the end of each chapter to think about. It's only a little over four hours long. Find a quite place, make a cup of tea/coffee, turn off your phone and just listen. "When this day has passed, your days of life will be decreases by one," he writes. So spend a few hours with him. If nothing, you'll be a little wiser and more at peace. Thank you Koshin.
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- Amy
- 12-26-19
Wow.
Just Wow. Ok Ok.....I’ll elaborate for the sake of encouragement. :) The stories are relatable and the truth spoken applies universally. Your desire to move in the direction of your values and authentic core will be stirred. Lean in (preaching to myself here). Thank You for the courage and vulnerability and love that went into this. God is on display in and through You!
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- Hani Chaabo
- 01-16-20
One word: BEAUTIFUL
Koshin pours his life and heart out onto the pages. I felt I got to know him and learned from his struggles. I got inspired by his application of zen teachings onto his tragedies and joys. I laughed and was constantly entertained by the New Yorker in him. I listened to him every morning through the audible book and it soothed me. I will miss mornings with him. highly recommended for anyone looking for an honest vulnerable transformation, or just a great read by a very special human.
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