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Excerpt from The Training of the Heart by Ajahn Chah
The nature of our heart is such that whenever it clings and grasps there is agitation and confusion. First it might wander over there, then it might wander over here. When we come to observe this agitation, we might think that it’s impossible to train the heart and so we suffer accordingly. We don’t understand that this is the way the heart is. There will be thought and feelings moving about like this even though we are practicing, trying to attain peace. That’s the way it is.
When we have contemplated many times the nature of the heart, then we will come to understand that this heart is just as it is and can’t be otherwise. We will know that the heart’s ways are just as they are. That’s its nature. If we see this clearly, then we can detach from thoughts and feelings. And we don’t have to add on anything more by constantly having to tell ourselves that ”that’s just the way it is”. When the heart truly understands, it lets go of everything. Thinking and feeling will still be there, but that very thinking and feeling will be deprived of power.
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In this lucid classic, beloved teacher Ayya Khema introduces the listener to the essence of the Buddhist path. She addresses the how and why of meditation, providing a clear framework for understanding the nature of karma and rebirth and the entirety of the eightfold path. With specific, practical advice, Ayya Khema illuminates the practices of compassion and sympathetic joy, and offers forthright guidance in working with the hindrances that we all encounter in meditation.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The only book you will ever need.
- By Andrew on 01-10-17
By: Ayya Khema
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How to Practice Dharma
- Teachings on the Eight Worldly Dharmas
- By: Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Gordon McDougall - editor
- Narrated by: Subhash Mandal
- Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 194
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 168
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Buddhism is a house full of treasures – practices for gaining the happiness of future lives, the bliss of liberation and the supreme happiness of enlightenment – but knowing the difference between Dharma and non-Dharma practices is the key that opens the door to all those treasures. No matter how much we know about emptiness, the chakras or controlling our vital energy through kundalini yoga, it's all pointless without this crucial understanding of how to practice Dharma, how to correct our actions.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A total game-changer -in enabling tru renunciation
- By Brian on 10-27-15
By: Lama Zopa Rinpoche, and others
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Sadness, Love, Openness
- The Buddhist Path of Joy
- By: Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche
- Narrated by: Richard Gere
- Length: 3 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 68
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 61
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Story5 out of 5 stars 60
Accessible, playful, and genuine, this concise guide shows how we can incorporate our own daily experiences into our spiritual path and awaken to how things truly are. By embracing sadness, love, and openness in our lives, we develop an altruistic attitude to help all beings who suffer and to reduce our own greed and aggression. This easy-to-listen-to manual by one of the most widely loved and respected Tibetan Buddhist teachers of our time teaches us how to honestly explore and deal with our own hang-ups and neuroses.
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5 out of 5 stars
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For when sadness of impermanence visits.
- By Patriot Holsters on 07-10-19
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The Four Foundations of Mindfulness in Plain English
- By: Bhante Henepola Gunarantana
- Narrated by: Peter Wickham
- Length: 5 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 362
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 312
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 308
In simple and straightforward language, Bhante Gunaratana shares the Buddha's teachings on mindfulness and how we can use these principles to improve our daily lives, deepen our mindfulness, and move closer to our spiritual goals. Based on the classic Satipatthana Sutta, one of the most succinct yet rich explanations of meditation, Bhante's presentation is nonetheless thoroughly modern.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great help for establishing an effective mindfulness practice
- By Marguerite on 09-05-20
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Eight Mindful Steps to Happiness
- Walking the Path of the Buddha
- By: Bhante Henepola Gunarantana
- Narrated by: Julian Elfer
- Length: 9 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 456
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 403
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 401
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.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great straightforward listen!!
- By Michael on 06-03-16
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Meditation in Action
- 40th Anniversary Edition
- By: Chögyam Trungpa, Samuel Bercholz - foreword
- Narrated by: Samuel Bercholz
- Length: 3 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,304
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,108
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,092
This classic teaching by a Tibetan master continues to inspire both beginners and long-time practitioners of Buddhist meditation. Chgyam Trungpa Rinpoche shows that meditation extends beyond the formal practice of sitting to build the foundation for compassion, awareness, and creativity in all aspects of life. He explores the six activities associated with meditation in action - generosity, discipline, patience, energy, clarity, and wisdom - revealing that through simple, direct experience, one can attain real wisdom.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Insightful
- By Irwin on 01-21-15
By: Chögyam Trungpa, and others
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The Heart of Compassion
- The Thirty-Seven Verses on the Practice of a Bodhisattva
- By: Dilgo Khyentse
- Narrated by: John Telfer
- Length: 8 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 168
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 143
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Story5 out of 5 stars 140
What would be the practical implications of caring more about others than about yourself? This is the radical theme of this extraordinary set of instructions, a training manual composed in the 14th century by the Buddhist hermit Ngulchu Thogme, here explained in detail by one of the great Tibetan Buddhist masters of the 20th century, Dilgo Khyentse.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A commentary to be read and contemplated upon over and over
- By Rachel on 08-05-20
By: Dilgo Khyentse
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Training in Compassion
- Zen Teachings on the Practice of Lojong
- By: Norman Fischer
- Narrated by: Norman Fischer
- Length: 6 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 394
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 349
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Lojong is the Tibetan Buddhist practice that involves working with short phrases (called "slogans") as a way of generating bodhichitta, the heart and mind of enlightened compassion. Though the practice is more than a millennium old, it has become popular in the West in only the last 20 years or so - and it has become very popular indeed because it's a practice that one can fit very well into an ordinary life, and because it works.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Best audiobook I have listened to out of hundreds!
- By Mike on 11-30-16
By: Norman Fischer
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Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind
- Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice
- By: Shunryu Suzuki
- Narrated by: Peter Coyote
- Length: 2 hrs and 58 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,179
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,828
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,795
In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's there are few. So begins this most beloved of all American Zen works. Seldom has such a small handful of words provided a teaching as rich as this famous opening line of Shunryu Suzuki's classic. In a single stroke, the simple sentence cuts through the pervasive tendency students have of getting so close to Zen as to completely miss what it's all about. An instant teaching in the first minutes. And that's just the beginning.
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5 out of 5 stars
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terrific book. Horrible recording.
- By Matthew Wash on 06-29-18
By: Shunryu Suzuki
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Breath By Breath
- The Liberating Practice of Insight Meditation
- By: Larry Rosenberg, David Guy, Jon Kabat-Zinn - foreward
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
- Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 466
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 414
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Story5 out of 5 stars 408
Freedom from suffering is not only possible, but the means for achieving it are immediately within our grasp - literally as close to us as our own breath. This is the 2,500-year-old good news contained in the Anapanasati Sutra, the Buddha's teaching on cultivating both tranquility and deep insight through full awareness of breathing. In this book, Larry Rosenberg brings this timeless meditation method to life.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Instructive yet Disheartening
- By Asha Ember on 04-26-18
By: Larry Rosenberg, and others
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Buddhism: A Beginners Guide Book for True Self Discovery and Living a Balanced and Peaceful Life
- Learn to Live in the Now and Find Peace from Within
- By: Sam Siv
- Narrated by: Dan Gallagher
- Length: 2 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,427
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,227
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,215
Find out all about mysterious Buddhism, its origins, its secrets, and its answers to the challenges of modern life. This book contains a basic overview of Buddhism, including the life of Buddha and the various kinds of Buddhism that have developed. It takes a look at all the key concepts and most important teachings, methods, and insights in a way that is easy to understand. Filled with a wealth of common sense and other worldly wisdom, the path to enlightenment is considered.
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5 out of 5 stars
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In Case You Ever Wondered . . .
- By Kathy in CA on 02-22-16
By: Sam Siv
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Don't Believe Everything You Think
- Living with Wisdom and Compassion
- By: Bhikshuni Thubten Chodron
- Narrated by: Graeme Malcolm
- Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 346
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 301
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Thubten Chodron’s illuminating explication of Togmay Zangpo’s revered text, The Thirty-Seven Practices of Bodhisattvas, doesn’t just explain its profound meaning; in dozens of passages she lets her students and colleagues share first-person stories of the ways that its teachings have changed their lives. Some bear witness to dramatic transformations.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Not what I expected...
- By customer on 06-09-15
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For the Benefit of All Beings
- A Commentary on The Way of the Bodhisattva
- By: His Holiness the Dalai Lama
- Narrated by: James Gimian, Wulstan Fletcher
- Length: 4 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 93
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 83
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Story5 out of 5 stars 81
The 14th Dalai Lama, a living embodiment of the bodhisattva ideal, presents here detailed practical guidance based on sections of The Way of the Bodhisattva by Shantideva, the best-known text of Mahayana Buddhism. The Dalai Lama explains this classic and beloved work, showing how anyone can develop a truly "good heart" and the aspiration for the enlightenment of all beings. In this book, the Dalai Lama's profound knowledge is evident - the result of extensive training.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Buddhist prayer
- By Sandra E. Chatelain on 12-18-22
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Training the Mind
- & Cultivating Loving-Kindness
- By: Chögyam Trungpa, Judith L. Lief - editor, Pema Chödrön - foreword
- Narrated by: Roger Clark
- Length: 5 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 960
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 821
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 807
The 59 provocative slogans presented here - each with a commentary by the Tibetan meditation master Chgyam Trungpa - have been used by Tibetan Buddhists for eight centuries to help meditation students remember and focus on important principles and practices of mind training. They emphasize meeting the ordinary situations of life with intelligence and compassion under all circumstances. Slogans include, "Don't be swayed by external circumstances," "Be grateful to everyone," and "Always maintain only a joyful mind."
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5 out of 5 stars
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A great experience
- By Sunnycanuck on 05-27-15
By: Chögyam Trungpa, and others
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Ruling Your World
- Ancient Strategies for Modern Life
- By: Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche
- Narrated by: Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche
- Length: 2 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 32
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 26
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Story4.5 out of 5