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Beyond Mindfulness in Plain English

By: John Peddicord, Bhante Henepola Gunaratana
Narrated by: Fajer Al-Kaisi
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Countless people worldwide have made Mindfulness in Plain English a beloved and best-selling classic in almost a dozen languages. Now, after nearly two decades, Bhante helps meditators of every stripe take their mindfulness practice to the next level - helping them go, in a word, beyond mindfulness. In the same warm, clear, and friendly style, Bhante introduces the listener to what have been known for centuries as the jhanas - deeply calm, joyous, and powerful states of meditation that, when explored with the clearly presented tools in this book, can lead to a life of insight and unshakeable peace.

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  • 10-18-16

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not a bad guide regarding mediation as a practice and using it in every day life. The story lost me at the various infinite levels of nirvana. probably not a good book for beginners to zen Buddhism.

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Horrible Pali pronunciation

The reader must learn to pronounce Pali words correctly and leave more space before and after section headers. He does the same with "In the Buddha's Own Words" by Bhikkhu Bodhi. It is hard to listen to him.

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Bad narration

Bhante Gunaratana's books are amazing. He packs tons of information in with great style and approachability. But the choice in narrators is wrong for this book. He mispronounces important key terms so often that its distracting and off-putting. For instance he pronounces jhana as gee-hana. I'd rather read the print edition.

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Must read

If your interest in meditation ! Most get for beginners or novices. It taught me so much and gave me so much motivation

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Topic

Not really what I was looking for, but I was able to gather some good information.

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Great listen

The deep explanation of the jannah is wonderfully done! Thank you for this journey. It definitely helps understand meditative states much better.

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Very interesting book

Found this book very interesting in order to see the deeper inside of mindfulness in meditative practice

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Somewhat disappointing

I felt the author was unnecessarily verbose, belaboring each detail . This made it more difficult to glean the information I was looking for. I was looking for a more concise approach with less side commentary . I found it distracting .

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Very good book for serious meditators

It gives you a practical understanding of Jhana in Theravada Buddhism. The type of jhana that the average Joe can do.

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Excellent

An easy read, narrator's voice is soothing. This book is clear and thorough, I now understand the concept of mindfulness. Q

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