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Eight Mindful Steps to Happiness
- Walking the Path of the Buddha
- Narrated by: Julian Elfer
- Length: 9 hrs and 41 mins
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In the same engaging style that has endeared him to listeners of Mindfulness in Plain English, Bhante Gunaratana delves deeply into each step of the Buddha's most profound teaching on bringing an end to suffering: the noble eightfold path. With generous and specific advice, Eight Mindful Steps to Happiness offers skillful ways to handle anger, to find right livelihood, and to cultivate loving-friendliness in relationships with parents, children, and partners, as well as tools to overcome all the mental hindrances that prevent happiness. Whether you are an experienced meditator or someone who's only just beginning, this gentle and down-to-earth guide will help you bring the heart of the Buddha's teachings into every aspect of your life.
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Based on more than 20 years of research and spiritual practice, written by a man who is both a spiritual practitioner and award-winning scientist, Essential Spirituality shows how you can apply the seven practices central to all the world's major religions in your daily life. Filled with stories, myths, case histories, prayers, and practical advice, this extraordinary work has the power to change your life.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Highly recommended
- By Mark on 05-13-04
By: Roger Walsh MD PhD, and others
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Buddhism for Mothers
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Buddhism for Mothers explores the potential to be with your children in the all-important present moment; to gain the most joy out of being with them. How can this be done calmly and with a minimum of anger, worry and negative thinking? How can mothers negotiate the changed conditions of their relationships with partners, family and even with friends? Using Buddhist practices, Sarah Napthali offers ways of coping with the day-to-day challenges of motherhood.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Focusing on negative didn't help me...
- By Sarah on 04-04-11
By: Sarah Napthali
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Joy on Demand
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- By: Chade-Meng Tan
- Narrated by: Telly Leung
- Length: 7 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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In Joy on Demand, Chade-Meng Tan shows that you don't need to meditate for hours, days, months, or years to achieve lasting joy - you can actually get consistent access to it in as little as 15 seconds. Explaining joy and meditation as complementary things that naturally reinforce each other, Meng explains how these two skills form a virtuous cycle and, once put into motion, become a solid practice that can be sustained in daily life.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Distilled actionable mindfulness
- By R. Russell on 09-26-16
By: Chade-Meng Tan
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When Things Fall Apart
- Heart Advice for Difficult Times
- By: Pema Chodron
- Narrated by: Christy Meyer
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- Unabridged
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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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The Wise Heart
- A Guide to the Universal Teachings of Buddhist Psychology
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- Narrated by: Jack Kornfield
- Length: 7 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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You have within you an unlimited capacity for extraordinary love, for joy, for communion with life, and for unshakable freedom - and here is how to awaken it. In The Wise Heart, celebrated author and psychologist Jack Kornfield offers an accessible, comprehensive, and illuminating guide to the universal teachings of Buddhist psychology. He shows you how to use powerful Buddhist insights and practices to go beyond the trap of "self-improvement".
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5 out of 5 stars
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Awesome!
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By: Jack Kornfield
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Meditations from the Mat
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As more and more people in the West pursue yoga in its various forms, whether at traditional centers, in the high-powered atmosphere of sports clubs, or on their own, they begin to realize that far from being just another exercise routine, yoga is a discipline of the body and the mind. The 365 meditations included in this book offer a way to integrate the mindfulness that yoga teaches into everyday life.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Mindfulness in Action
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The rewards of mindfulness practice are well proven: reduced stress, improved concentration, and an overall sense of well-being. But those benefits are just the beginning. Mindfulness in action - mindfulness applied throughout life - can help us work more effectively with life's challenges, expanding our appreciation and potential for creative engagement.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Brilliant Narration, Sound Advice
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By: Chögyam Trungpa
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Living Beautifully with Uncertainty and Change
- By: Pema Chödrön
- Narrated by: Lisa Coleman
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- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 188
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 148
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Story5 out of 5 stars 146
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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A Path with Heart
- A Guide Through the Perils and Promises of Spiritual Life
- By: Jack Kornfield
- Narrated by: Jack Kornfield
- Length: 3 hrs and 16 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 707
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 542
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 529
Jack Kornfield's A Path with Heart has been acclaimed as the most significant book yet about American Buddhism, a definitive guide to the practice of traditional mindfulness in America today. On this audio edition, Kornfield teaches the key principles of Buddhism's cherished vipassana (insight) tradition and puts them into direct service, with the unique needs of the contemporary seeker in mind.
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1 out of 5 stars
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NOT THE BOOK
- By E Carroll on 06-07-18
By: Jack Kornfield
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Emotional Rescue
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- By: Dzogchen Ponlop
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 5 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 44
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 38
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 38
In this book, renowned Buddhist teacher Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche leads us through the three steps of his Emotional Rescue Plan. First, Mindful Gap is the practice of creating a safe distance between you and your emotions, which gives you the psychological space to work with their energy. Clear Seeing involves recognizing the bigger picture. Finally, Letting Go is the practice of releasing stressful physical and emotional energy through physical exercise, relaxation, and awareness.
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5 out of 5 stars
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fresher than a new radiohead lp
- By Bob Sawey on 10-11-16
By: Dzogchen Ponlop
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The Art of Power
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- Narrated by: Lloyd James
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- Unabridged
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 310
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 306
Power is one of the central issues in our lives. From work to personal relationships, the struggle for power plays a pivotal role and, more often than not, prevents us from attaining freedom and happiness. The bottom-line mentality in our culture seeps unnoticed into every other part of our lives. Thich Nhat Hanh illustrates how our current understanding of power leads us on a never-ending search for external markers like job title or salary.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Distilled Wisdom of a Happy Being
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By: Thích Nhất Hạnh
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Buddha is as Buddha Does
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- By: Lama Surya Das
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- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 85
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 58
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 58
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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By: Lama Surya Das
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No Mud, No Lotus
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- By: Thich Nhat Hanh
- Narrated by: Saunil Daru
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- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 127
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 105
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Story5 out of 5 stars 105
The secret to happiness is to acknowledge and transform suffering, not to run away from it. Here, Thich Nhat Hanh offers practices and inspiration transforming suffering and finding true joy. Thich Nhat Hanh acknowledges that because suffering can feel so bad, we try to run away from it or cover it up by consuming. We find something to eat or turn on the television. But unless we’re able to face our suffering, we can’t be present and available to life, and happiness will continue to elude us.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Beautiful book, needs narration change
- By Dansk Ridder on 06-21-23
By: Thich Nhat Hanh
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No-Nonsense Buddhism for Beginners
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- By: Noah Rasheta
- Narrated by: Will Damron
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- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1,371
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,157
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,148
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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A Life Worth Breathing
- A Yoga Master's Handbook of Strength, Grace, and Healing
- By: Max Strom
- Narrated by: Max Strom
- Length: 7 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 621
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We can do more with this life. We all know it, we all wish for it, but just how to do itthat eludes us. In his new book, A Life Worth Breathing, internationally renowned yoga teacher and spiritual philosopher Max Strom shows us the way. His groundbreaking book reaches past expected dogma in a language that is vital, inspired, and accessible. Strom leads us on a journey of self-discovery as we excavate our past in order to have a better understanding of our present.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A true teacher.
- By Bend Yoga on 02-22-15
By: Max Strom
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- By Sara on 12-18-14
By: Chögyam Trungpa, and others
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Buddhism
- One Teacher, Many Traditions
- By: His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Thubten Chodron
- Narrated by: Fajer Al-Kaisi
- Length: 12 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Buddhism is practiced by hundreds of millions of people worldwide, from Tibetan caves to Tokyo temples to redwood retreats. To an outside viewer, it might be hard to see what they all have in common. In Buddhism, His Holiness the Dalai Lama and American Buddhist nun Thubten Chodron map out with clarity the convergences and the divergences between the two major strains of Buddhism - the Sanskrit traditions of Tibet and East Asia and the Pali traditions of Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia.
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Very complete instructions on Buddhism.
- By Ricardo on 07-07-19
By: His Holiness the Dalai Lama, and others
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The Energy of Prayer
- How to Deepen Your Spiritual Practice
- By: Thich Nhat Hanh
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
- Length: 2 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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In this extraordinary celebration of spirituality, The Energy of Prayer demonstrates the relevance of prayer in our daily lives. Thich Nhat Hanh reveals how the energy of prayer and meditation allow us to reconnect with our higher selves while satisfying our basic need to connect with the world as a whole. With a generous spirit that acknowledges the many different types and functions of prayer, The Energy of Prayer provides a guide for deepening our spiritual practice through the use of prayer.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great narration elevates this
- By Mark on 07-01-16
By: Thich Nhat Hanh
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No Self, No Problem
- Awakening to Our True Nature
- By: Anam Thubten, Sharon Roe - editor
- Narrated by: Fred Stella
- Length: 4 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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AnamThubten, in remarkably easy-to-understand language, provides teachings for doing exactly that, based on the wisdom of the Buddhist traditions. He illuminates the path of going beyond the misconceptions of the ego to experience the reality of our true nature, which is already enlightened. He communicates with clarity, humor, and refreshing honesty, lighting the way to a life full of love, compassion, and true satisfaction.
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3 out of 5 stars
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This book gets a little "preachy"
- By Ammon Anderson on 06-25-15
By: Anam Thubten, and others
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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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5 out of 5 stars
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Enlightenment achieved
- By S. C. Miller on 08-21-18
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- Mark Thompson
- 07-21-17
Great book to help improve your happiness
Loved it I want to listen to it over and over. I think I can improve myself and become happier using his teachings.
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- Kelley Prince
- 01-17-19
enlightening
really great and inspiring read. i would definitely recommend this book to anyone seeking the truth.
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- Sandy
- 04-23-18
Very helpful guide
Not everyone would appreciate this book, but if you’re seeking, and if you’re open to the Buddhist ideas, this book has a lot to offer. Practical, very insightful, lots of wisdom.
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- Tiago Pereira
- 12-21-21
Great despite simplistic morality reasoning
At first, I was thinking this book would be too shallow given the first morality-centric chapters. Those chapters don't hold many profound insights on morality. It does get better though when the author focuses more on the concentration and wisdom aspects of the eight-fold path to happiness.
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- M-Squad
- 11-24-17
Best book on Buddhism I have read so far.
This work methodically covers the most important aspects of Buddhism as a practice. The 8 Fold Path is HOW to reduce and even end suffering. This is the Buddha's whole point of what it is that you need to do.
It's fine if you don't agree with some of the more extreme ideas in the book. You don't have to. Anything you choose to take from it will help.
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- BizzieBrain
- 03-05-21
Great study guide
Great for someone looking into ways too focus the mind and avoid distractions, anxiety, stress, etc.
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- ricardo
- 02-20-18
Magnificent explanation of the path
Bhante Gunaratana is one of the world’s great Dhamma teachers. His explanations of each step are concise and based upon his long years as a practitioner and teacher. His intellectual honesty and ability to help the listener to focus are magnificent. I am most grateful to Bhante. The narration was excellent.
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- Brett
- 10-27-20
very well written and perfectly narrated
very well written in a plain, easy to understand manner. Narration was excellent, assumed it was the author he was so good.
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- Khosro Peiravi
- 02-26-22
A book for every home!…
Very kindly put together techniques for just about anyone who feels there’s more to this life than lifestyle and fun events to look for to seek pure happiness….!
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- Christopher E Lane
- 05-28-23
Highly Recommended
This is a fantastic piece of work, written in layman terms, performed excellently and easy to understand. If you have any questions about the number of lists that the Buddha has provided us for learning, this is an excellent beginning, middle, and end book to add to your library
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