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Osho
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This audiobook includes a special original recording from the author's talk, "The Secret of Secrets".
Discover a deeper understanding of meditation through an investigation into the subtle workings of the mind, focusing on the body, with Osho's Aspects of Meditation, Book 1.
The West has taken to meditation with great enthusiasm. We contemplate. We concentrate. We embrace mindfulness techniques and a multitude of mantras. We have undertaken to “do” meditation.
The Aspects of Meditation series is comprised of brief, precious texts in which Osho shows us the core of meditation is not about sitting silently or chanting a mantra. It is, instead, a question of understanding the subtle workings of the mind. In book one, Osho reintroduces us to our body, focusing on the “root” of the human, the soul.
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life changing
- By Andrew F. on 07-07-20
By: Eknath Easwaran
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Meditation for Beginners
- By: Jack Kornfield
- Narrated by: Jack Kornfield
- Length: 2 hrs and 16 mins
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In Meditation for Beginners, renowned teacher Jack Kornfield uses clear language and step-by-step guidance to show us how to start - and stick with - a daily meditation practice. From the basics of how to get started to dealing with distractions, this complete course introduces us to the Insight tradition of meditation that has helped practitioners throughout the ages cultivate profound inner calm and a lasting capacity for happiness.
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Basic intro for novices without any actual meditations
- By Barry McDonald on 04-12-18
By: Jack Kornfield
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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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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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A true teacher.
- By Bend Yoga on 02-22-15
By: Max Strom
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Still the Mind
- An Introduction to Meditation
- By: Alan Watts
- Narrated by: Alan Watts
- Length: 1 hr and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Mark Watts compiled this work from his father's extensive journals and audiotapes of famous lectures he delivered, in his later years, across the country. In three parts Alan Watts explains the basic philosophy of meditation, how individuals can practice a variety of meditations, and how inner wisdom grows naturally.
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Classic Alan Watts.
- By Dan R. on 10-24-17
By: Alan Watts
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If the Buddha Got Stuck
- A Handbook for Change on a Spiritual Path
- By: Charlotte Kasl
- Narrated by: Renée Raudman
- Length: 8 hrs and 8 mins
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Charlotte Kasl's perennial favorites If the Buddha Dated and If the Buddha Married have inspired readers with their empowering blend of spiritual and psychological insights. Her third "If the Buddha" book, If the Buddha Got Stuck, is a wise yet lighthearted book that will speak to anyone who's ever experienced being stuck in life and wanted to break free.
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i like the author's blend of spirituality
- By dayle on 01-09-12
By: Charlotte Kasl
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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
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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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A total game-changer -in enabling tru renunciation
- By Brian on 10-27-15
By: Lama Zopa Rinpoche, and others
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Natural Meditation
- A Guide to Effortless Meditative Practice
- By: Dean Sluyter
- Narrated by: Dean Sluyter
- Length: 8 hrs and 26 mins
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Whether you're a complete novice or you've "tried it before," veteran meditation teacher Dean Sluyter's relaxed, down-to-earth approach will help you test-drive a variety of meditative techniques, such as breath, sound, the senses, the sky, and the simple sense of "I" and discover which ones fit you best. You'll discover that the key to meditation is effortlessness and find all the practical tips you need for adapting these methods to your own life,as you live it, even for a few minutes a day.
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A voice as soothing as the text!
- By Bix Gomez on 05-05-15
By: Dean Sluyter
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The Art of Power
- By: Thích Nhất Hạnh
- Narrated by: Lloyd James
- Length: 6 hrs and 27 mins
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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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The Distilled Wisdom of a Happy Being
- By John on 01-09-08
By: Thích Nhất Hạnh
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Turning the Mind Into an Ally
- By: Sakyong Mipham, Pema Chödrön
- Narrated by: Neil Hellegers
- Length: 5 hrs and 44 mins
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Strengthening, calming, and stabilizing the mind is the essential first step in accomplishing nearly any goal. Growing up American with a Tibetan twist, Sakyong Mipham talks to Westerners as no one can: in idiomatic English with stories and wisdom from American culture and the great Buddhist teachers. Turning the Mind Into an Ally makes it possible for anyone to achieve peace and clarity in their lives.
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easy* intro to meditation
- By Philo on 07-03-18
By: Sakyong Mipham, and others