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Buddhism audiobook

  • By: Joan Duncan Oliver
  • Narrator: Joan Duncan Oliver
  • Category: Buddhist, Philosophy
  • Length: 4 hours 50 minutes
  • Publisher: Macmillan Audio
  • Publish date: April 30, 2019
  • Language: English
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Buddhism Audiobook Summary

This program includes an introduction read by the author.

A modern guide to the teachings of Buddhism.

Buddhism: An Introduction to the Buddha’s Life, Teachings, and Practices is an indispensable guide to a 2,600-year-old wisdom tradition that has transformed the lives of millions across centuries and around the world. Readers will learn how Siddhartha Gautama became the Buddha, one of the most influential spiritual leaders of all time, and discover how they too can follow his revolutionary methods to attain happiness and inner freedom. Along with accessible overviews of central teachings–the Four Noble Truths, the Eightfold Path, karma, core virtues like kindness and compassion, and more–Buddhism covers such basics as:

– the three main Buddhist traditions–Theravada, Mahayana, and Vajrayana–historically and their relevance today
– the role of meditation and mindfulness in Buddhist practice
– step-by-step instruction in key Buddhist practices

Writing in an engaging, approachable style, author Joan Duncan Oliver outlines the fundamentals of Buddhism for every listener, revealing its timeless truths and their relevance for finding peace in uncertain times. A practitioner of Buddhist meditation for forty years, Oliver has written extensively on Buddhist wisdom and its application to daily life. Her practical approach makes Buddhism an essential modern guidebook to an ancient tradition.

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Buddhism Audiobook Narrator

Joan Duncan Oliver is the narrator of Buddhism audiobook that was written by Joan Duncan Oliver

JOAN DUNCAN OLIVER is a contributing editor at Tricycle: The Buddhist Review and an award-winning journalist whose work has appeared in such publications as The New York Times, O: the Oprah Magazine, Health, Shambhala Sun, and The Best Buddhist Writing 2005. Her books include Happiness, Good Karma, Coffee with the Buddha, The Meaning of Nice, and Commit to Sit, an anthology of articles from Tricycle. A Buddhist practitioner for 40 years, she has studied with teachers from the Zen, Vipassana, and Tibetan Buddhist traditions, and from Bon, the indigenous religion of Tibet.

About the Author(s) of Buddhism

Joan Duncan Oliver is the author of Buddhism

Buddhism Full Details

Narrator Joan Duncan Oliver
Length 4 hours 50 minutes
Author Joan Duncan Oliver
Category
Publisher Macmillan Audio
Release date April 30, 2019
ISBN 9781250203373

Subjects

The publisher of the Buddhism is Macmillan Audio. includes the following subjects: The BISAC Subject Code is Buddhist, Philosophy

Additional info

The publisher of the Buddhism is Macmillan Audio. The imprint is Macmillan Audio. It is supplied by Macmillan Audio. The ISBN-13 is 9781250203373.

Global Availability

This book is only available in the United States.

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