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101 Zen Stories

By: Paul Beck
Narrated by: Freda Cooper
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Written in the 13th century by Japanese Zen master Muju. Well-known koans in the collection include "A Cup of Tea", "The Sound of One Hand", "No Water", "No Moon", and "Everything Is Best". Includes the soundtrack The Mysterious Sound of Wind in the Bamboo - a 43 minute collection of Zen-inspired Japanese music by The Matsu Take Ensemble.

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Stories are good.

The mix is inconsistent so the flutes are annoying and distracting, would have preferred not to have them.

Could have done without flutes

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Some of these stories were really great and I could meditate on them and take some lessons from them. Other lessons didn't seem to make any sense, had no context, and left me more confused than anything. I am not a Zen master or disciple so maybe if the story was above my head having a bit of background or narration of the story would have been helpful.

I enjoyed the narration. She was pleasant and told the stories well. I also loved the music.

Overall, worth listening to but not definitely could have been better.

Narration and some context would be helpful

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Lovely Zen tales read with a lovely voice. The music, though, is even more lovely than the tales! It is played with each story, then there is a long segment of uninterrupted music at the end of the 101 tales. What a beautiful ending it was! I plan to use this uninterrupted music for meditation...or whenever I need to soothe my soul...

Namaste... Jade Dragon

Lovely Tales

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Love this narrator, wish she'd done more. Music is a little loud sometimes, but I still love it.

Zen Koans

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This audio is filled with great Zen stories some old and some new. It is accompanied throughout with oriental music in each chapter. The last 11 chapters are just pure soothing Asian music. A good bargain for the price and well worth a listen. Freda Cooper does an excellent performance with her narration of these classical Zen Stories. I enjoyed it very much.

Well worth the price

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