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How to Discover Our True Nature
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Robina Courtin
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Relish these direct, experiential meditation instructions from the author of the bestselling Introduction to Tantra.
Lama Yeshe tells us that mahamudra is “the universal reality of emptiness, of nonduality” and its unique characteristic is its emphasis on meditation: “With mahamudra meditation there is no doctrine, no theology, no philosophy, no God, no Buddha. Mahamudra is only experience.”
He relies on the First Panchen Lama’s well-known Root Text of Genden Mahamudra, which in a few short pages provides the pith instructions for first overcoming distraction and resting in meditative stillness on the clarity of one’s own mind, and then, with subtle awareness, penetrating its ultimate nature, its emptiness.
As always, Lama Yeshe’s words are direct, funny, and incredibly encouraging. He gets us to go beyond ego’s addiction to a limited sense of self and to taste the lightness and expansiveness of our own true nature.
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- By: Sakyong Mipham, Pema Chödrön
- Narrated by: Neil Hellegers
- Length: 5 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 88
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 74
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Story5 out of 5 stars 73
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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5 out of 5 stars
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easy* intro to meditation
- By Philo on 07-03-18
By: Sakyong Mipham, and others
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The Jewel Tree of Tibet
- The Enlightenment of Tibetan Buddhism
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- Narrated by: Robert Thurman
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Tibetans call their cherished tradition of Buddhism a "wish-fulfilling jewel tree" for its power to generate bliss and enlightenment within all who absorb its teachings. This path to enlightenment, it is taught, requires more than a sitting meditation practice alone. With The Jewel Tree of Tibet, honored scholar and teacher Robert Thurman brings these insights to you as they were meant to be transmitted, through the spoken word.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Takes A Couple Listens... But Worthwhile
- By Lotus54 on 03-21-11
By: Robert Thurman
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Buddha's Noble Eightfold Path
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- Narrated by: Kulananda
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- Unabridged
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 134
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 133
The Eightfold Path is the most widely known formulation of the Buddha's teaching. It is ancient, reaching back to the Buddha's very first discourse, and it is highly venerated as a unique treasury of wisdom and practical guidance. The teaching of the Eightfold Path challenges us to grasp the implications of that vision, and asks us to transform ourselves in its light. Like the teaching itself, this work covers every aspect of life.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent
- By Anthony on 06-22-07
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No-Nonsense Buddhism for Beginners
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- By: Noah Rasheta
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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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Perfect for someone curious in Buddism
- By Wolf_CPT on 09-01-19
By: Noah Rasheta
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Mindfulness in Action
- Making Friends with Yourself through Meditation and Everyday Awareness
- By: Chögyam Trungpa
- Narrated by: Roger Clark
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- Unabridged
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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
- By Susie on 09-29-15
By: Chögyam Trungpa
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Dreams of Light
- The Profound Daytime Practice of Lucid Dreaming
- By: Andrew Holecek
- Narrated by: Arthur Rowan
- Length: 9 hrs
- Unabridged
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With Dream Yoga, Andrew Holecek guided us into Tibetan Buddhism’s nocturnal path to lucid dreaming. Here, he offers in-depth instruction in the tradition’s daytime practices. “Waking experience is also a type of dream”, teaches Holecek, “and things are not as solid and real as we think. This insight is what transforms a non-lucid life into a lucid one.” For those drawn to Tibet’s profound teachings for awakening to the true nature of reality - in the day or night - this guide shows us the way.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Highly enjoyable, but how useful is it actually to spiritual practice?
- By Sunyata on 11-11-21
By: Andrew Holecek
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Buddha is as Buddha Does
- The 10 Original Practices for Enlightened Living
- By: Lama Surya Das
- Length: 5 hrs and 8 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 86
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 59
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 59
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
- By Steven on 01-18-18
By: Lama Surya Das
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Counsels from My Heart
- By: Dudjom Rinpoche
- Narrated by: Simon Callow
- Length: 2 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Counsels from My Heart is one of the few volumes of teachings by Dudjom Rinpoche, a legendary meditation master of the Nyingma lineage of Tibetan Buddhism, to become available in English. It features talks to students presented in Dudjom Rinpoche's characteristically incisive and direct style, bringing the timeless heart-counsels of this great teacher vividly to life.
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4 out of 5 stars
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The World Could Be Otherwise
- Imagination and the Bodhisattva Path
- By: Norman Fischer
- Narrated by: Norman Fischer
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In frightening times, we wish the world could be otherwise. With a touch of imagination, it can be. Imagination helps us see what’s hidden, and it shape-shifts reality’s roiling twisting waves. In this inspiring reframe of a classic Buddhist teaching, Zen teacher Norman Fischer writes that the paramitas, or “six perfections” - generosity, ethical conduct, patience, joyful effort, meditation, and understanding - can help us reconfigure the world we live in.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Master piece
- By Andrew Lenards on 02-08-20
By: Norman Fischer
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The Middle Way
- The Story of Buddhism
- By: Jinananda
- Narrated by: David Timson, Anton Lesser
- Length: 3 hrs and 55 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 157
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 60
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 56
General interest in Buddhism has never been higher. The story and teachings of a man who lived 2,500 years ago have a special resonance for us today, perhaps because he taught a way of life that was not based on belief in a creator god but rather on personal experience. "Test my words for yourself," he said. But what lies behind those distinctive images of the Buddha, seated with unshakeable poise, with eyes half-closed and a slight smile? Jinananda, a Western-born Buddhist, divides the subject into the Three Jewels....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Rocking...
- By LeperSmurf on 11-16-04
By: Jinananda
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Boundless Awareness
- A Loving Path to Spiritual Awakening and Freedom from Suffering
- By: Michael A. Rodriguez, Joan Tollifson
- Narrated by: Leslie Howard
- Length: 7 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 76
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 68
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 69
Written in clear, accessible language, this book seeks to free listeners from their suffering by drawing attention to the direct experience of self as abiding, loving, boundless awareness. Using practical exercises and meditations, the author guides listeners through a process of spiritual awakening, deconstructing self-delusions and integrating a new concept of existence that is free from the suffering of individual selfhood, but which acknowledges the attachments, traumatic experiences, and emotional pain of being human.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Good content but OY, the narration!
- By "lparks0111" on 12-16-20
By: Michael A. Rodriguez, and others
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Meditation and Mantras
- By: Swami Vishnu-Devananda
- Narrated by: Vikas Adam, Shuchi Gokhale
- Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 30
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 22
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Story5 out of 5 stars 22
The modern lifestyle with its excesses and worldly desires, the constant need to be connected, and the rapid development in technology, has made stress and lifestyle-related diseases the norm. The need for meditation, thus, is more acute. Meditation calms the mind, brings focus and enhances the senses, resulting in a better quality of life and work. And with the right Mantras, meditation becomes a highly effective tool in unleashing the immense potential within oneself.
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5 out of 5 stars
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essential for all aspirants on the path
- By Behudet Maat on 05-11-16
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Buddhism Is Not What You Think
- Finding Freedom Beyond Beliefs
- By: Steve Hagen
- Narrated by: Paul Heitsch
- Length: 6 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 55
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 49
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 49
Best-selling author and renowned Zen teacher Steve Hagen penetrates the most essential and enduring questions at the heart of the Buddha's teachings: How can we see the world in each moment, rather than merely as what we think, hope, or fear it is? How can we base our actions on reality, rather than on the longing and loathing of our hearts and minds? How can we live lives that are wise, compassionate, and in tune with reality? And how can we separate the wisdom of Buddhism from the cultural trappings and misconceptions that have come to be associated with it?
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5 out of 5 stars
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great message, annoying narrator
- By Pamela Radtke on 11-28-19
By: Steve Hagen
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Buddhism Plain and Simple
- By: Steve Hagen
- Narrated by: William Hope
- Length: 4 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 474
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 408
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 401
The observations and insights of the Buddha are practical and eminently down to earth, dealing exclusively with awareness in the here and now. Buddhism Plain and Simple offers listeners these fundamental teachings, stripped of cultural trappings that have accumulated around Buddhism over the past 25 centuries.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Thrilled this Is Finally an Audiobook
- By Asha Ember on 01-28-17
By: Steve Hagen
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Paths to God
- Living the Bhagavad Gita
- By: Ram Dass
- Narrated by: Paul Brion
- Length: 11 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 427
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 363
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Story5 out of 5 stars 355
Now, in a fascinating series of reflections, anecdotes, stories, and exercises, Ram Dass gives us a unique and accessible road map for experiencing divinity in everyday life. In the engaging, conversational style that has made his teachings so popular for decades, Ram Dass traces our journey of consciousness as it is reflected in one of Hinduism's most sacred texts. The Gita teaches a system of yogas, or "paths for coming to union with God."
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5 out of 5 stars
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Well, I guess that's this books work taken care of
- By Jeremy Teeter on 11-30-17
By: Ram Dass
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Mindfulness for Beginners
- By: Jon Kabat-Zinn
- Narrated by: Jon Kabat-Zinn
- Length: 2 hrs and 24 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,090
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 837
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Story4 out of 5 stars 810
What if you could profoundly change your life just by becoming more mindful of your breathing? According to Jon Kabat-Zinn, you can. What if "paying attention on purpose and non-judgmentally" could improve your health? Again, according to Dr. Kabat-Zinn, it can.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Profound
- By ArtC on 03-05-10
By: Jon Kabat-Zinn
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Dancing with Life
- Buddhist Insights for Finding Meaning and Joy in the Face of Suffering
- By: Phillip Moffitt
- Narrated by: Fred Stella
- Length: 9 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 85
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 70
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 71
Why do we suffer? Is there a purpose to our pain? Reflecting on his own journey from Esquire magazine editor-in-chief to Buddhist meditation teacher, Phillip Moffitt provides a fresh perspective on the Buddha's ancient wisdom, showing how to move from suffering to new awareness and unanticipated joy. With a strong message of self-empowerment, Dancing with Life offers a prescriptive path for finding joy and peace that will appeal to anyone searching for a more authentic life.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Chop Wood and Carry Water: The Four Noble Truths
- By Rich on 08-13-17
By: Phillip Moffitt
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You don’t need to spend a lifetime purifying and perfecting yourself in order to touch the bliss of enlightenment. Your essential state of being is already one of pure awareness and incorruptible, innate wakefulness. The question is, how can you access this awakened state? How can you free your luminous true nature?
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Mostly a waste of time, unfortunately.
- By Jose on 11-15-19
By: Lama Surya Das
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Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism
- By: Marvin Casper - editor, John Baker - editor, Chögyam Trungpa, and others
- Narrated by: Jim Gimian
- Length: 8 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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In this modern spiritual classic, the Tibetan meditation master Chögyam Trungpa highlights the commonest pitfall to which every aspirant on the spiritual path falls prey: what he calls spiritual materialism. The universal tendency, he shows, is to see spirituality as a process of self-improvement - the impulse to develop and refine the ego when the ego is, by nature, essentially empty. "The problem is that ego can convert anything to its own use," he said, "even spirituality."
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Excellent
- By Mary J. Murphy on 07-25-15
By: Marvin Casper - editor, and others
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Mahamudra: Unlock the Path to Awakening Using Tibetan Buddhist Meditation
- By: Mari Silva
- Narrated by: Ivan Busenius
- Length: 3 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Discover the deep wisdom of Mahamudra. We are all looking for enlightenment and our own way of pursuing it. If you've stumbled upon this audiobook on that journey, then welcome to Tibetan Buddhism and the path of Mahamudra. At its essence, Mahamudra is about life, reality, and our true selves. Not the one you keep hidden and not the one you save for your loved ones, but the one concealed from you by numerous mental distractions. Your desire for enlightenment is your deepest self aching to be freed from meaningless suffering and allowed to exist fully.
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I found it good!
- By Steven H Vitagliano on 01-10-22
By: Mari Silva
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Progressive Stages of Meditation on Emptiness
- By: Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche, Lama Shenpen Hookham - translator
- Narrated by: Ken Cohen
- Length: 3 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Progressive Stages of Meditation on Emptiness is a series of meditation practices on Emptiness, a particular aspect of the Buddha's teachings. The idea is that by beginning with one's first rather coarse commonsense understanding, one progresses through increasingly subtle and more refined stages until one arrives at complete and perfect understanding. Each stage in the process prepares the mind for the next in so far as each step is fully integrated into one's understanding through the meditation process.
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Great Dharma, invaluable description of path
- By Sean on 05-03-18
By: Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche, and others
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The Art of Transforming the Mind
- A Meditator's Guide to the Tibetan Practice of Lojong
- By: B. Alan Wallace
- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
- Length: 10 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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In this book, B. Alan Wallace explains a fundamental type of mental training that is designed to shift our attitudes so that our minds become pure wellsprings of joy instead of murky pools of problems, anxieties, fleeting pleasures, hopes, and frustrations. The lojong—or mind-training—teachings have been the subject of profound study, contemplation, and commentary by many great masters. Wallace shows us the way to develop our capacity for spiritual awareness through his relatable and practical commentary on the mind-training slogans.
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Not as good as I was hoping it would be
- By Diomedes on 01-18-23
By: B. Alan Wallace
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Practice of Lojong
- Cultivating Compassion Through Training the Mind
- By: Traleg Kyabgon, Ken Wilber - foreword
- Narrated by: Julian Elfer
- Length: 6 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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In this volume, Traleg Kyabgon offers a fresh translation of the slogans as well as in-depth new commentary of each. After living among and teaching Westerners for over 20 years, his approach is uniquely insightful into the ways that the slogans could be misunderstood or misinterpreted within our culture. Here, he presents a refreshing and clarifying view, which seeks to correct points of confusion.
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Wonderful book
- By scott on 03-09-16
By: Traleg Kyabgon, and others
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The Foundation of Buddhist Practice
- The Library of Wisdom and Compassion, Volume 2
- By: Thubten Chodron, Dalai Lama
- Narrated by: Peter Aronson
- Length: 11 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Volume 1, Approaching the Buddhist Path, contained introductory material that set the context for Buddhist practice. This second volume, The Foundation of Buddhist Practice, describes the important teachings that will help us establish a flourishing Dharma practice.
By: Thubten Chodron, and others
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- Simply Me
- 01-15-22
Gratitude
I appreciate this text on so many levels. I have listened 2x and will again.
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- Anderson_1
- 02-08-24
Thank you 🙏🏻
No Ryan, please don't (kill yourself) 🙏🏻. etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etcetera.
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- Googly
- 01-08-22
Superb! An Inspiring, beautiful set of dharma teachings on Mahamudra
While not a beginner buddhist (gelugpa tradition) book, like most of the very best dharma retreats, the teachings in this book do have something for early stage students as well as students with many years of practice and experience meditating. This is a “I’ve listened to this many times” audio book, as the narration and content are first rate, and like all of the great teachers, Lama Yeshe completes this with some very inspiring words for all of his students.
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- Big Sur Steve
- 02-13-23
Clear and simple
I’ve read this book twice and plan on reading it several more times before the end of 2023. The book gives very clear and simple explanations on Mahamudra and how to engage in simple meditation techniques.
I would recommend having a teacher and an understanding of Lam Rim before attempting the meditation practices in this book. Since this is highest Tantra Yoga, an initiation by qualified tantric teacher should also be given.
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- Michael Gants
- 01-24-23
What can be said?
I bow down. Beautiful. Wisdom in its purest. I am blessed to have heard this
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- Daniel Pryor
- 03-08-23
Illuminating
You must read listen to this book multiple time, The narration took one listen to be appreciated, then you wouldn’t want a different narrator. The book is full of content, every word had value. The narrator brings it home in a very direct and concise form.
Worth listening to multiple times.
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- Dr Purple
- 05-06-23
Good book. Rotten narration
Very disappointed. Was difficult to get through because of the narrator’s voice and clear detachment from the material.
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- Rose Johnson
- 07-18-22
Excellent
One of the most understandable renditions of an extremely difficult topic. I found it recondite to say the least. I believe I can help me a long ways on the path that I’m going. I am thankful that I was led to it.
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- Anonymous User
- 12-31-22
Very helpful to understand Mahamudra
Its a simple yet profound. First time I listen a full book by Lama Yeshe and now I want to listen to all of them. He has a very simple way to explain deep concepts to the western mind. And what was best is that it is read by Ven Robina.
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- muriel grossmann
- 01-14-23
Fantastic insight shared
What a great listening. With detailed description of meditation. Gives great insight into absolute truth. Highly recommended
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