29 Best Books on Buddhism
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Think Like a Monk
- By: Jay Shetty
- Narrator: Jay Shetty
- Length: 10 hours 48 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2020
- Language: English
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4.23(39617 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.99 USDJay Shetty, social media superstar and host of the #1 podcast On Purpose, distills the timeless wisdom he learned as a monk into practical steps anyone can take every day to live a less anxious, more meaningful life.When you think like a monk,Jay Shetty, social media superstar and host of the #1 podcast On Purpose, distills the timeless wisdom he learned as a monk into practical steps anyone can take every day to live a less anxious, more meaningful life.
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When you think like a monk, you’ll understand:
-How to overcome negativity
-How to stop overthinking
-Why comparison kills love
-How to use your fear
-Why you can’t find happiness by looking for it
-How to learn from everyone you meet
-Why you are not your thoughts
-How to find your purpose
-Why kindness is crucial to success
-And much more…
Shetty grew up in a family where you could become one of three things–a doctor, a lawyer, or a failure. His family was convinced he had chosen option three: instead of attending his college graduation ceremony, he headed to India to become a monk, to meditate every day for four to eight hours, and devote his life to helping others. After three years, one of his teachers told him that he would have more impact on the world if he left the monk’s path to share his experience and wisdom with others. Heavily in debt, and with no recognizable skills on his resume, he moved back home in north London with his parents.
Shetty reconnected with old school friends–many working for some of the world’s largest corporations–who were experiencing tremendous stress, pressure, and unhappiness, and they invited Shetty to coach them on well-being, purpose, and mindfulness. Since then, Shetty has become one of the world’s most popular influencers. In 2017, he was named in the Forbes magazine 30-under-30 for being a game-changer in the world of media. In 2018, he had the #1 video on Facebook with over 360 million views. His social media following totals over 38 million, he has produced over 400 viral videos which have amassed more than 8 billion views, and his podcast, On Purpose, is consistently ranked the world’s #1 Health and Wellness podcast.
In this inspiring, empowering book, Shetty draws on his time as a monk to show us how we can clear the roadblocks to our potential and power. Combining ancient wisdom and his own rich experiences in the ashram, Think Like a Monk reveals how to overcome negative thoughts and habits, and access the calm and purpose that lie within all of us. He transforms abstract lessons into advice and exercises we can all apply to reduce stress, improve relationships, and give the gifts we find in ourselves to the world. Shetty proves that everyone can–and should–think like a monk. -
Buddhist Boot Camp
- By: Timber Hawkeye
- Narrator: Timber Hawkeye
- Length: 2 hours 38 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: February 19, 2013
- Language: English
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4.25(3787 ratings)
4.25(3787 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0015.99 USDBuddhism is all about training the mind, and boot camp is an ideal training method for this generation’s short attention span. The chapters in this small book can be read in any order, and are simple and easy to understand. Each story,Buddhism is all about training the mind, and boot camp is an ideal training method for this generation’s short attention span. The chapters in this small book can be read in any order, and are simple and easy to understand. Each story, inspirational quote, and teaching offers mindfulness-enhancing techniques that anyone can relate to. You don’t need to be a Buddhist to find the Buddha’s teachings motivational. As the Dalai Lama says, “Don’t try to use what you learn from Buddhism to be a Buddhist; use it to be a better whatever-you-already-are.”
So whether it’s Mother Teresa’s acts of charity, Gandhi’s perseverance, or your aunt Betty’s calm demeanor, as long as you’re motivated to be better today than you were yesterday, it doesn’t matter who inspires you. Regardless of religion, geographical region, race, ethnicity, color, gender, sexual orientation, age, ability, flexibility, or vulnerability, if you do good you feel good, and if you do bad you feel bad.
Buddhism isn’t just about meditating. It’s about rolling up your sleeves to relieve some of the suffering in the world. If you are ready to be a soldier of peace in the army of love, welcome to Buddhist Boot Camp!
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Siddhartha’s Brain
- By: James Kingsland
- Narrator: Steven Crossley
- Length: 10 hours 37 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: April 26, 2016
- Language: English
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4.1(719 ratings)
4.1(719 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0027.99 USDA groundbreaking exploration of the “science of enlightenment,” told through the lens of the journey of Siddhartha (better known as Buddha), by Guardian science editor James Kingsland. In a lush grove on the banks of the Neranjara inA groundbreaking exploration of the “science of enlightenment,” told through the lens of the journey of Siddhartha (better known as Buddha), by Guardian science editor James Kingsland.
In a lush grove on the banks of the Neranjara in northern India–400 years before the birth of Christ, when the foundations of western science and philosophy were being laid by the great minds of Ancient Greece–a prince turned ascetic wanderer sat beneath a fig tree. His name was Siddhartha Gautama, and he was discovering the astonishing capabilities of the human brain and the secrets of mental wellness and spiritual “enlightenment,” the foundation of Buddhism.
Framed by the historical journey and teachings of the Buddha, Siddhartha’s Brain shows how meditative and Buddhist practice anticipated the findings of modern neuroscience. Moving from the evolutionary history of the brain to the disorders and neuroses associated with our technology-driven world, James Kingsland explains why the ancient practice of mindfulness has been so beneficial and so important for human beings across time. Far from a New Age fad, the principles of meditation have deep scientific support and have been proven to be effective in combating many contemporary psychiatric disorders. Siddhartha posited that “Our life is shaped by our mind; we become what we think.” As we are increasingly driven to distraction by competing demands, our ability to focus and control our thoughts has never been more challenged–or more vital.
Siddhartha’s Brain offers a cutting-edge, big-picture assessment of meditation and mindfulness: how it works, what it does to our brains, and why meditative practice has never been more important.
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Going On Being
- By: Mark Epstein
- Narrator: Mark Epstein
- Length: 3 hours 26 minutes
- Publisher: Macmillan Audio
- Publish date: March 01, 2003
- Language: English
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3.98(656 ratings)
3.98(656 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0010.99 USDBefore Mark Epstein became a medical student at Harvard and began training as a psychiatrist, he immersed himself in Buddhism through experiences with such influential Buddhist teachers as Ram Dass, Joseph Goldstein, and Jack Kornfield. The positiveBefore Mark Epstein became a medical student at Harvard and began training as a psychiatrist, he immersed himself in Buddhism through experiences with such influential Buddhist teachers as Ram Dass, Joseph Goldstein, and Jack Kornfield. The positive outlook of Buddhism and the meditative principle of living in the moment came to influence his study and practice of psychotherapy profoundly. Going on Being is Epstein’s memoir of his early years as a student of Buddhism and of how Buddhism shaped his approach to therapy, as well as a practical guide to how a Buddhist understanding of psychological problems makes change for the better possible.
In psychotherapy, Epstein discovered a vital interpersonal parallel to meditation, but he also recognized Western psychology’s tendency to focus on problems, either by attempting to eliminate them or by going into them more deeply, and how this too often results in a frustrating “analysis of analysis.” Buddhism opened his eyes to another way of change. Drawing on his own life and stories of his patients, he illuminates the concept of “going on being,” the capacity we all have to live in a fully aware and creative state unimpeded by constraints or expectations.
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A Call for Revolution
- By: Dalai Lama
- Narrator: Edoardo Ballerini
- Length: 1 hours 30 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: November 13, 2018
- Language: English
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4.1(1140 ratings)
4.1(1140 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.002.99 USDA RALLYING CRY FOR THE WHOLE WORLD, BY ONE OF THE MOST RESPECTED LEADERS OF OUR TROUBLED TIMES. This eloquent, impassioned manifesto is possibly the most important message The Dalai Lama can give us about the future of our world. It’s hisA RALLYING CRY FOR THE WHOLE WORLD, BY ONE OF THE MOST RESPECTED LEADERS OF OUR TROUBLED TIMES.
This eloquent, impassioned manifesto is possibly the most important message The Dalai Lama can give us about the future of our world. It’s his rallying cry, full of solutions for our chaotic, aggressive, divided times: no less than a call for revolution.
Are we ready to hear it?
Are we ready to act?
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Buddhism 101
- By: Arnie Kozak
- Narrator: Fred Sanders
- Length: 7 hours 10 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2017
- Language: English
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3.78(272 ratings)
3.78(272 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDLearn everything you need to know about Buddhism in this clear and straightforward new guide.Buddhism was founded thousands of years ago, and has inspired millions of people with its peaceful teachings. Buddhism 101 highlights and explains theLearn everything you need to know about Buddhism in this clear and straightforward new guide.
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Buddhism was founded thousands of years ago, and has inspired millions of people with its peaceful teachings. Buddhism 101 highlights and explains the central concepts of Buddhism to the modern reader, with information on mindfulness, karma, The Four Noble Truths, the Middle Way, and more.
Whether you’re just looking to understand Buddhism or explore the philosophy in your own life and own journey to Enlightenment, this book gives you everything you need to know! -
Refuge Recovery
- By: Noah Levine
- Narrator: Fred Sanders
- Length: 8 hours 26 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: June 14, 2022
- Language: English
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4.26(486 ratings)
4.26(486 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.99 USDBestselling author and renowned Buddhist teacher Noah Levine adapts the Buddha’s Four Noble Truths and Eight Fold Path into a proven and systematic approach to recovery from alcohol and drug addiction–an indispensable alternative to theBestselling author and renowned Buddhist teacher Noah Levine adapts the Buddha’s Four Noble Truths and Eight Fold Path into a proven and systematic approach to recovery from alcohol and drug addiction–an indispensable alternative to the 12-step program.
While many desperately need the help of the 12-step recovery program, the traditional AA model’s focus on an external higher power can alienate people who don’t connect with its religious tenets. Refuge Recovery is a systematic method based on Buddhist principles, which integrates scientific, non-theistic, and psychological insight.
Viewing addiction as cravings in the mind and body, Levine shows how a path of meditative awareness can alleviate those desires and ease suffering. Refuge Recovery includes daily meditation practices, investigations that explore the causes and conditions of our addictions, and advice and inspiration for finding or creating a community to help you heal and awaken.
Practical yet compassionate, Levine’s successful Refuge Recovery system is designed for anyone interested in a non-theistic approach to recovery and requires no previous experience or knowledge of Buddhism or meditation.
Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.
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The Novice
- By: Ava Lohan
- Narrator: Bridget Bordeaux
- Length: 12 hours 16 minutes
- Publisher: Grey Eagle Publications
- Publish date: May 26, 2022
- Language: English
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3.87(30 ratings)
3.87(30 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDI’m a novice about to take my vows. He’s the embodiment of sin–and the new owner of the convent that’s been my home for the past two years. I shouldn’t want him. Yet from the moment he walks into Mother Superior’sI’m a novice about to take my vows. He’s the embodiment of sin–and the new owner of the convent that’s been my home for the past two years. I shouldn’t want him. Yet from the moment he walks into Mother Superior’s office and threatens to turn Saint Clare into a luxury hotel, all I can think about are those lush lips, tight muscles, and perfect hair–that and the devil’s bargain he proposes: my body in exchange for the convent. For fourteen days, I’m to be with him at Lust, his exclusive sex club–fourteen days obeying his every command. Whatever I do, I can’t let myself fall in love with him…because Kegan Anderson is a beast, and a beast can never love.
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An Appeal to the World
- By: Dalai Lama
- Narrator: Edoardo Ballerini
- Length: 1 hours 24 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: November 07, 2017
- Language: English
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4.2(1026 ratings)
4.2(1026 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0014.99 USDIncludes exclusive bonus audio of the voice of the Dalai Lama as coauthor Franz Alt asks about his views on President Trump, the rise of nationalism, the refugee crisis, the climate catastrophe, and more. In this brief, urgent “appeal to theIncludes exclusive bonus audio of the voice of the Dalai Lama as coauthor Franz Alt asks about his views on President Trump, the rise of nationalism, the refugee crisis, the climate catastrophe, and more.
In this brief, urgent “appeal to the world,” His Holiness the Dalai Lama addresses our time of division, calling on us to draw upon the innate goodness of our shared humanity to overcome the rancor, mistrust, and divisiveness that threaten world peace and sustainability.
“I see with ever greater clarity that our spiritual well-being depends not on religion, but on our innate human nature, our natural affinity for goodness, compassion, and caring for others.”–from An Appeal to the World
Already a major international bestseller, now available in English for the first time: In An Appeal to the World, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet illuminates the way to peace in our time, arguing for a form of universal ethics that goes beyond religion–values we all share as humans that can help us create unity and peace to heal our world.
“All people are united in the pursuit of happiness and the desire to avoid suffering,” His Holiness reminds us. “This is the source of humanity’s greatest achievements.” Our development relies on cooperation, not competition. We need to begin to think and act on “we humans”–we must stop focusing on what divides us and recognize our commonalities. Without secular ethics–what Albert Schweitzer referred to as “reverence for life”–we cannot solve all the problems we face.
Working with trusted collaborator Franz Alt, the Dalai Lama calls on the better angels of our nature to tackle a wide range of contemporary issues, from war, violence, and intolerance to climate change, global hunger, and materialism. Applying the techniques and teachings of Tibetan Buddhism–from listening and contemplation to meditation and nonviolence–His Holiness provides a roadmap forward.
Brief yet profound, An Appeal to the World is an inspiring message of love and optimism that can truly change the world.
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How to See Yourself As You Really Are
- By: His Holiness The Dalai Lama
- Narrator: Jeffrey Hopkins
- Length: 6 hours 56 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2006
- Language: English
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3.86(4346 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.95 USDHIS HOLINESS THE DALAI LAMA REVEALS THE KEY TO ACHIEVING HAPPINESS AND A MEANINGFUL LIFE. In How to See Yourself as You Really Are, the world’s foremost Buddhist leader teaches listeners how to recognize and dispel misguided notions of selfHIS HOLINESS THE DALAI LAMA REVEALS THE KEY TO ACHIEVING HAPPINESS AND A MEANINGFUL LIFE.
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In How to See Yourself as You Really Are, the world’s foremost Buddhist leader teaches listeners how to recognize and dispel misguided notions of self and embrace the world from a more realistic — and loving — perspective.
Step-by-step exercises help listeners shatter their false assumptions and ideas and see the world as it actually exists. His Holiness sets the stage for discovering the reality behind appearances. But getting past one’s misconceptions is only a prelude to right action, and the final section describes how to harness the power of meditative concentration to the service of love, and vice versa, so that true altruistic enlightenment is attained. Enlivened by personal anecdotes and intimate accounts of the Dalai Lama’s own life experiences, How to See Yourself as You Really Are is an inspirational and empowering guide to achieving self-awareness that can be enjoyed by spiritual seekers of all faiths. -
The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down
- By: Haemin Sunim
- Narrator: Lloyd James
- Length: 2 hours 51 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2017
- Language: English
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4.07(17541 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0014.95 USD“Is it the world that’s busy, or is it my mind?” The world moves fast, but that doesn’t mean we have to. In this bestselling mindfulness guide–it has sold more than three million copies in Korea, where it was a #1“Is it the world that’s busy, or is it my mind?”
The world moves fast, but that doesn’t mean we have to. In this bestselling mindfulness guide–it has sold more than three million copies in Korea, where it was a #1 bestseller for forty-one weeks and received multiple Best Book of the Year awards–Haemin Sunim (which means “spontaneous wisdom”), a renowned Buddhist meditation teacher born in Korea and educated in the United States, illuminates a path to inner peace and balance amid the overwhelming demands of everyday life.
By offering guideposts to well-being and happiness in eight areas–including relationships, love, and spirituality–Haemin Sunim emphasizes the importance of forging a deeper connection with others and being compassionate and forgiving toward ourselves.
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The Buddhist on Death Row
- By: David Sheff
- Narrator: Michael Boatman
- Length: 7 hours 32 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2020
- Language: English
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4.27(1557 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDThe #1 New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Boy explores the transformation of Jarvis Jay Masters who has become one of America’s most inspiring Buddhist practitioners while locked in a cell on death row. Jarvis Jay Masters’sThe #1 New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Boy explores the transformation of Jarvis Jay Masters who has become one of America’s most inspiring Buddhist practitioners while locked in a cell on death row.
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Jarvis Jay Masters’s early life was a horror story whose outline we know too well. Born in Long Beach, California, his house was filled with crack, alcohol, physical abuse, and men who paid his mother for sex. He and his siblings were split up and sent to foster care when he was five, and he progressed quickly to juvenile detention, car theft, armed robbery, and ultimately San Quentin. While in prison, he was set up for the murder of a guard–a conviction which landed him on death row, where he’s been since 1990.
At the time of his murder trial, he was held in solitary confinement, torn by rage and anxiety, felled by headaches, seizures, and panic attacks. A criminal investigator repeatedly offered to teach him breathing exercises which he repeatedly refused. Until desperation moved him to ask her how to do “that meditation shit.” With uncanny clarity, David Sheff describes Masters’s gradual but profound transformation from a man dedicated to hurting others to one who has prevented violence on the prison yard, counseled high school kids by mail, and helped prisoners–and even guards–find meaning in their lives.
Along the way, Masters becomes drawn to the principles that Buddhism espouses–compassion, sacrifice, and living in the moment–and he gains the admiration of Buddhists worldwide, including many of the faith’s most renowned practitioners. And while he is still in San Quentin and still on death row, he is a renowned Buddhist thinker who shows us how to ease our everyday suffering, relish the light that surrounds us, and endure the tragedies that befall us all. -
The Art of Communicating
- By: Thich Nhat Hanh
- Narrator: Dan Woren
- Length: 3 hours 18 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: August 13, 2013
- Language: English
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4.1(6833 ratings)
4.1(6833 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.004.99 USDZen master Thick Nhat Hanh, bestselling author of Peace is Every Step and one of the most respected and celebrated religious leaders in the world, delivers a powerful path to happiness through mastering life’s most important skill. How do weZen master Thick Nhat Hanh, bestselling author of Peace is Every Step and one of the most respected and celebrated religious leaders in the world, delivers a powerful path to happiness through mastering life’s most important skill.
How do we say what we mean in a way that the other person can really hear?
How can we listen with compassion and understanding?
Communication fuels the ties that bind, whether in relationships, business, or everyday interactions. Most of us, however, have never been taught the fundamental skills of communication–or how to best represent our true selves. Effective communication is as important to our well-being and happiness as the food we put into our bodies. It can be either healthy (and nourishing) or toxic (and destructive).
In this precise and practical guide, Zen master and Buddhist monk Thick Nhat Hanh reveals how to listen mindfully and express your fullest and most authentic self. With examples from his work with couples, families, and international conflicts, The Art of Communicating helps us move beyond the perils and frustrations of misrepresentation and misunderstanding to learn the listening and speaking skills that will forever change how we experience and impact the world.
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Why Buddhism is True
- By: Robert Wright
- Narrator: Fred Sanders
- Length: 10 hours 29 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2017
- Language: English
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4.01(15826 ratings)
4.01(15826 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDFrom one of America’s most brilliant writers, a New York Times bestselling journey through psychology, philosophy, and lots of meditation to show how Buddhism holds the key to moral clarity and enduring happiness.At the heart of Buddhism is aFrom one of America’s most brilliant writers, a New York Times bestselling journey through psychology, philosophy, and lots of meditation to show how Buddhism holds the key to moral clarity and enduring happiness.
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At the heart of Buddhism is a simple claim: The reason we suffer–and the reason we make other people suffer–is that we don’t see the world clearly. At the heart of Buddhist meditative practice is a radical promise: We can learn to see the world, including ourselves, more clearly and so gain a deep and morally valid happiness.
In this “sublime” (The New Yorker), pathbreaking book, Robert Wright shows how taking this promise seriously can change your life–how it can loosen the grip of anxiety, regret, and hatred, and how it can deepen your appreciation of beauty and of other people. He also shows why this transformation works, drawing on the latest in neuroscience and psychology, and armed with an acute understanding of human evolution.
This book is the culmination of a personal journey that began with Wright’s landmark book on evolutionary psychology, The Moral Animal, and deepened as he immersed himself in meditative practice and conversed with some of the world’s most skilled meditators. The result is a story that is “provocative, informative and…deeply rewarding” (The New York Times Book Review), and as entertaining as it is illuminating. Written with the wit, clarity, and grace for which Wright is famous, Why Buddhism Is True lays the foundation for a spiritual life in a secular age and shows how, in a time of technological distraction and social division, we can save ourselves from ourselves, both as individuals and as a species. -
Savor
- By: Thich Nhat Hanh
- Narrator: Dan Woren
- Length: 8 hours 10 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: January 14, 2015
- Language: English
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3.6(3061 ratings)
3.6(3061 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.004.99 USDCommon sense tells us that to lose weight, we must eat less and exercise more. But somehow we get stalled. We start on a weight-loss program with good intentions but cannot stay on track. Neither the countless fad diets, nor the annual spending ofCommon sense tells us that to lose weight, we must eat less and exercise more. But somehow we get stalled. We start on a weight-loss program with good intentions but cannot stay on track. Neither the countless fad diets, nor the annual spending of $50 billion on weight loss helps us feel better or lose weight.
Too many of us are in a cycle of shame and guilt. We spend countless hours worrying about what we ate or if we exercised enough, blaming ourselves for actions that we can’t undo. We are stuck in the past and unable to live in the present–that moment in which we do have the power to make changes in our lives.
With Savor, world-renowned Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh and Harvard nutritionist Dr. Lilian Cheung show us how to end our struggles with weight once and for all.
Offering practical tools, including personalized goal setting, a detailed nutrition guide, and a mindful living plan, the authors help us to uncover the roots of our habits and then guide us as we transform our actions. Savor teaches us how to easily adopt the practice of mindfulness and integrate it into eating, exercise, and all facets of our daily life, so that being conscious and present becomes a core part of our being.
It is the awareness of the present moment, the realization of why we do what we do, that enables us to stop feeling bad and start changing our behavior. Savor not only helps us achieve the healthy weight and well-being we seek, but it also brings to the surface the rich abundance of life available to us in every moment.
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Peace Is Every Step
- By: Thich Nhat Hanh
- Narrator: Edoardo Ballerini
- Length: 3 hours 29 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2015
- Language: English
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4.3(36381 ratings)
4.3(36381 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0013.95 USDIn the rush of modern life, we tend to lose touch with the peace that is available in each moment. World-renowned Zen master, spiritual leader, and author Thich Nhat Hanh shows us how to make positive use of the situations that usually pressure andIn the rush of modern life, we tend to lose touch with the peace that is available in each moment. World-renowned Zen master, spiritual leader, and author Thich Nhat Hanh shows us how to make positive use of the situations that usually pressure and antagonize us. A ringing telephone can be a signal to call us back to our true selves. Dirty dishes, red lights, and traffic jams are spiritual friends on the path to “mindfulness”–the process of keeping our consciousness alive to our present experience and reality. The most profound satisfactions, the deepest feelings of joy and completeness lie as close at hand as our next aware breath and the smile we can form right now.
Lucidly and beautifully written, Peace Is Every Step contains commentaries, meditations, personal anecdotes, and stories from Nhat Hanh’s experiences as a peace activist, teacher, and community leader. It begins where the listener already is–in the kitchen, office, driving a car, walking–and shows how deep meditative presence is available now. Nhat Hanh provides exercises to increase our awareness of our own body and mind through conscious breathing, which can bring immediate joy and peace. Nhat Hanh also shows how to be aware of relationships with others and of the world around us, its beauty, and also its pollution and injustices. The deceptively simple practices of Peace Is Every Step encourage listeners to work for peace in the world as they continue to work on sustaining inner peace by turning the “mindless” into the mindful.
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Old Path White Clouds
- By: Thich Nhat Hanh
- Narrator: Edoardo Ballerini
- Length: 16 hours 40 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2016
- Language: English
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4.38(4362 ratings)
4.38(4362 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.95 USDOld Path White Clouds presents the life and teachings of Gautama Buddha. Drawn directly from twenty-four Pali, Sanskrit, and Chinese sources, and retold by Thich Nhat Hanh in his inimitably beautiful style, this book traces the Buddha’s lifeOld Path White Clouds presents the life and teachings of Gautama Buddha. Drawn directly from twenty-four Pali, Sanskrit, and Chinese sources, and retold by Thich Nhat Hanh in his inimitably beautiful style, this book traces the Buddha’s life slowly and gently over the course of eighty years, partly through the eyes of Svasti, the buffalo boy, and partly through the eyes of the Buddha himself. Old Path White Clouds is destined to become a classic of religious literature.
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Theravada Buddhism, Simple Guides
- By: Diana St. Ruth
- Narrator: Steven Crossley
- Length: 2 hours 28 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: April 28, 2020
- Language: English
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4.16(29 ratings)
4.16(29 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDThis book will help you appreciate the timeless wisdom of the oldest form of Buddhism in existence, understand what it means to be a Buddhist, recognize the key practices and traditions of Theravada Buddhism, and avoid faux pas inThis book will help you appreciate the timeless wisdom of the oldest form of Buddhism in existence, understand what it means to be a Buddhist, recognize the key practices and traditions of Theravada Buddhism, and avoid faux pas in conversation–both in traveling and personal relationships.
Access the world’s religions through this entry in this series of simple guides that provide concise, accessible introductions to the world’s major religions. Written by experts in the field, these guides offer an engaging and sympathetic description of the key concepts, beliefs, and practices of different faiths. By offering essential insights into the core values, customs, and beliefs of different societies, they also enable visitors to be aware of the cultural sensibilities of their hosts and to behave in a way that fosters mutual respect and understanding. Ideal for spiritual seekers and travelers alike, these guides aim to open the doors of perception.
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Happiness Becomes You
- By: Tina Turner
- Narrator: Adrienne Warren
- Length: 4 hours 39 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2020
- Language: English
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4.18(1138 ratings)
4.18(1138 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDTina Turner–living legend, icon to millions, and author of the “brave and wry” (Vulture) memoir My Love Story–returns with a deeply personal book of wisdom that explores her longstanding faith in Buddhism and provides a guideTina Turner–living legend, icon to millions, and author of the “brave and wry” (Vulture) memoir My Love Story–returns with a deeply personal book of wisdom that explores her longstanding faith in Buddhism and provides a guide to these timeless principles so you can find happiness in your own life.
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I dedicate this book to you…
in honor of your
unseen efforts to
triumph over each problem
life sends your way.
Tina is a global icon of inspiration. And now, with Happiness Becomes You: A Guide to Changing Your Life for Good, Tina shows how anyone can overcome life’s obstacles–even transform the “impossible” to possible–and fulfill our dreams. She shows how we, too, can improve our lives, empowering us with spiritual tools and sage advice to enrich our unique paths.
Buddhism has been a central part of Tina Turner’s life for decades and, in music, film, and live performances, she has shined as an example of generating hope from nothing, breaking through all limitations, and succeeding in life. Drawing from the lessons of her own life, from adversity to stratospheric heights, Tina effortlessly shows how the spiritual lessons of Buddhism help her transform from sorrow, adversity, and poverty into joy, stability, and prosperity.
Now, Tina offers the wisdom of an extraordinary lifetime in Happiness Becomes You making this the perfect gift of inspiration for you or a loved one.
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Riding the Lightning
- By: Anthony Almojera
- Narrator: Anthony Almojera
- Length: 8 hours 41 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: June 07, 2022
- Language: English
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3.88(431 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.99 USD‚ÄúAn intense look at the high-stakes world of a NYC paramedic in the months before and after COVID-19 altered our landscape.‚Äù‚ÄîDamon Tweedy, MD, author of Black Man in a White Coat: A Doctor’s Reflections on Race and‚ÄúAn intense look at the high-stakes world of a NYC paramedic in the months before and after COVID-19 altered our landscape.‚Äù‚ÄîDamon Tweedy, MD, author of Black Man in a White Coat: A Doctor’s Reflections on Race and Medicine
The education of a New York City paramedic, whose tales of tragedy and transcendence over a single year culminate in the greatest challenge the city’s emergency medical system has ever faced: COVID-19.
As a seasoned paramedic and union leader, Anthony Almojera thought he could handle anything his job threw at him. Like many medical first responders, he came from a troubled background and carried the traumas of the city as well as its triumphs. He had grown up in the rough-and-tumble Park Slope of the 1980s, been homeless for a time, and had watched murder, addiction, and hopelessness consume those closest to him. But he had dedicated his life to helping people in need, and while every day was filled with tragedy—stabbings, shootings, accidents, suicides—it also brought moments of uplift: births, resuscitations, and rescues that reminded Anthony and his coworkers why EMS was the most thrilling job on earth, even if the pay was lousy and the hours were long.
So when a strange new virus began spreading in New York, Anthony and his fellow medics were ready. They had done the biohazard drills; they knew the procedures, and how to handle the sick and the bereaved. They believed that their lives and training had prepared them for this new challenge. But the months ahead would prove them wrong, and would push New York’s EMS workers, and Anthony himself, to the breaking point—and beyond.
Following one paramedic into hell and back, Riding the Lightning tells the story of New York City’s darkest days through the eyes of its frontline medical workers and the community they serve: ordinary people who will continue to make New York an extraordinary place long after it has been reborn from the ashes of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Living with the Devil
- By: Stephen Batchelor
- Narrator: Stephen Batchelor
- Length: 6 hours 19 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2019
- Language: English
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4.03(523 ratings)
4.03(523 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.95 USDStephen Batchelor’s seminal work on humanity’s struggle between good and evil In the national bestseller Living with the Devil, Batchelor traces the trajectory from the words of the Buddha and Christ, through the writings of Shantideva,Stephen Batchelor’s seminal work on humanity’s struggle between good and evil
In the national bestseller Living with the Devil, Batchelor traces the trajectory from the words of the Buddha and Christ, through the writings of Shantideva, Milton, and Pascal, to the poetry of Baudelaire, the fiction of Kafka, and the findings of modern physics and evolutionary biology to examine who we really are and to rest in the uncertainty that we may never know. Like his previous bestseller, Buddhism without Beliefs, Living with the Devil is also an introduction to Buddhism that encourages listeners to nourish their “buddha nature” and make peace with the devils that haunt human life. He tells a poetic and provocative tale about living with life’s contradictions that will challenge you to live your life as an existence imbued with purpose, freedom, and compassion–rather than habitual self-interest and fear.
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Reconciliation
- By: Benazir Bhutto
- Narrator: Rita Wolf
- Length: 12 hours 34 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: February 12, 2008
- Language: English
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3.81(1742 ratings)
3.81(1742 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0027.99 USDFrom the former Prime Minister of Pakistan, who finished writing this extraordinary book just days before her assassination, comes a groundbreaking vision of how to bridge the widening gap between the Islamic world and the West. Benazir BhuttoFrom the former Prime Minister of Pakistan, who finished writing this extraordinary book just days before her assassination, comes a groundbreaking vision of how to bridge the widening gap between the Islamic world and the West.
Benazir Bhutto returned to Pakistan in October 2007, after eight years of exile, hopeful that she could be a catalyst for change. Upon a tumultuous reception, she survived a suicide-bomb attack that killed nearly 200 of her countrymen. But she continued to forge ahead, with more courage and conviction than ever, since she knew that time was running out–for the future of her nation, and for her life. In Reconciliation, Bhutto recounts in gripping detail her final months in Pakistan and offers a bold new agenda for how to stem the tide of Islamic radicalism and to rediscover the values of tolerance and justice that lay at the heart of her religion. After reading this book, it will become even clearer what the world has lost by her assassination.
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Good Life, Good Death
- By: Nawang Gelek Rimpoche
- Narrator: Brian Nishii
- Length: 4 hours 2 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2019
- Language: English
Regular Price:Try for $0.0016.95 USDWho are we? Where did we come from? Where are we going? How do we get there? Many have asked these questions, and many have attempted to answer them. But there is another question Good Life, Good Death asks us to contemplate: How does the idea ofWho are we? Where did we come from? Where are we going? How do we get there? Many have asked these questions, and many have attempted to answer them. But there is another question Good Life, Good Death asks us to contemplate: How does the idea of life after death affect how we live our lives?
Gelek Rimpoche tells stories of the mystical Tibet he lived in, as well as the contemporary America he became a citizen of, and shares the wisdom of the great masters. He asks us to open our minds and see if we can entertain a bigger picture of life after life, even for a moment. He makes the connection between powerful emotions such as anger, obsession, jealousy, and pride, and our past as well as our future.
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Infinite Life
- By: Robert Thurman
- Narrator: Robert Thurman
- Length: 12 hours 25 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2019
- Language: English
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4.05(225 ratings)
4.05(225 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.95 USDOne of is America’s most popular and charismatic Buddhists writes about taking responsibility for our own happiness and our actions. Infinite Life demonstrates that our every action has infinite consequences for ourselves and others, here andOne of is America’s most popular and charismatic Buddhists writes about taking responsibility for our own happiness and our actions.
Infinite Life demonstrates that our every action has infinite consequences for ourselves and others, here and now, and after we are gone. Thurman introduces the seven Transcendent Virtues to reconstructing body and mind carefully in order to reduce the negative consequences and cultivate the positive. In his powerful, pragmatic style, Thurman delivers life-changing lessons on the virtues and emotions. He invites us to take responsibility for our actions and their consequences while we revel in the knowledge that our lives are truly infinite.
Infinite Life is the ultimate guidebook to understanding our place in the universe and realizing how we can personally succeed while helping others.
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Coming to Our Senses
- By: Jon Kabat-Zinn
- Narrator: Jon Kabat-Zinn
- Length: 3 hours 9 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: November 05, 2013
- Language: English
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3.95(3174 ratings)
3.95(3174 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0014.98 USDCome to your senses with the definitive guide to living a meaningful life from a world expert in the connection between mindfulness and physical and spiritual wellbeing. “[The] journey toward health and sanity is nothing less than anCome to your senses with the definitive guide to living a meaningful life from a world expert in the connection between mindfulness and physical and spiritual wellbeing.
“[The] journey toward health and sanity is nothing less than an invitation to wake up to the fullness of our lives as if they actually mattered . . .” –Jon Kabat-Zinn, from the Introduction
Jon Kabat-Zinn changed the way we thought about awareness in everyday life with his now-classic introduction to mindfulness, Wherever You Go, There You Are. Now, with Coming to Our Senses, he provides the definitive book for our time on the connection between mindfulness and our physical and spiritual wellbeing. With scientific rigor, poetic deftness, and compelling personal stories, Jon Kabat-Zinn examines the mysteries and marvels of our minds and bodies, describing simple, intuitive ways in which we can come to a deeper understanding, through our senses, of our beauty, our genius, and our life path in a complicated, fear-driven, and rapidly changing world.
In each of the book’s eight parts, Jon Kabat-Zinn explores another facet of the great adventure of healing ourselves — and our world — through mindful awareness, with a focus on the “sensescapes” of our lives and how a more intentional awareness of the senses, including the human mind itself, allows us to live more fully and more authentically. By “coming to our senses” — both literally and metaphorically by opening to our innate connectedness with the world around us and within us — we can become more compassionate, more embodied, more aware human beings, and in the process, contribute to the healing of the body politic as well as our own lives in ways both little and big.
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Falling Awake
- By: Jayne Ann Krentz
- Narrator: Jayne Ann Krentz
- Length: 10 hours 58 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: July 31, 2015
- Language: English
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4.18(49 ratings)
4.18(49 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.99 USDWhen a dream researcher and a government agent meet, a waking nightmare begins. A suspicious hit-and-run leads them into a perilous web of passion, betrayal, and murder. -
Buddha’s Office
- By: Dan Zigmond
- Narrator: Dan Zigmond
- Length: 3 hours 59 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: December 03, 2019
- Language: English
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3.72(151 ratings)
3.72(151 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.98 USDCan enlightenment be found at the office? From the co-author of Buddha’s Diet comes another book that shows how the wisdom of Buddha can apply to our modern lives — this time exploring how Buddha’s guidance can help us navigate the... Read more
Can enlightenment be found at the office? From the co-author of Buddha’s Diet comes another book that shows how the wisdom of Buddha can apply to our modern lives — this time exploring how Buddha’s guidance can help us navigate the perils of work life.Without setting foot in an office, Buddha knew that helping people work right was essential to helping them find their path to awakening. Now more than ever, we need Buddha’s guidance. Too many of us are working long hours, dealing with difficult bosses, high-maintenance coworkers, and non-stop stress. We need someone to help remind us that there is a better way. With Buddha’s wisdom at the core of every chapter, Buddha’s Office will help you learn how to stop taking shortcuts and pay more attention, care for yourself and others, deal with distractions, and incorporate Buddha’s ageless instructions into our modern working life.
It’s time to wake up and start working in a more enlightened way. One that is right for you, right for our health, right for your sanity, and right for the world.
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The Hate U Give
- By: Angie Thomas
- Narrator: Bahni Turpin
- Length: 11 hours 50 minutes
- Publisher: Balzer + Bray
- Publish date: February 28, 2017
- Language: English
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4.49(655328 ratings)
4.49(655328 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0027.99 USD8 starred reviews * Goodreads Choice Awards Best of the Best * William C. Morris Award Winner * National Book Award Longlist * Printz Honor Book * Coretta Scott King Honor Book * #1 New York Times Bestseller! “Absolutely riveting!”8 starred reviews * Goodreads Choice Awards Best of the Best * William C. Morris Award Winner * National Book Award Longlist * Printz Honor Book * Coretta Scott King Honor Book * #1 New York Times Bestseller!
“Absolutely riveting!” –Jason Reynolds
“Stunning.” –John Green
“This story is necessary. This story is important.” —Kirkus (starred review)
“Heartbreakingly topical.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“A marvel of verisimilitude.” —Booklist (starred review)
“A powerful, in-your-face novel.” —Horn Book (starred review)
Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Khalil was unarmed.
Soon afterward, his death is a national headline. Some are calling him a thug, maybe even a drug dealer and a gangbanger. Protesters are taking to the streets in Khalil’s name. Some cops and the local drug lord try to intimidate Starr and her family. What everyone wants to know is: what really went down that night? And the only person alive who can answer that is Starr.
But what Starr does–or does not–say could upend her community. It could also endanger her life.
And don’t miss On the Come Up, Angie Thomas’s powerful follow-up to The Hate U Give.
Want more of Garden Heights? Catch Maverick and Seven’s story in Concrete Rose, ngie Thomas’s powerful prequel to The Hate U Give.
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The Healing Power of Mindfulness
- By: Jon Kabat-Zinn
- Narrator: Jon Kabat-Zinn
- Length: 7 hours 30 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: November 20, 2018
- Language: English
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3.84(155 ratings)
3.84(155 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0022.98 USDDiscover how mindfulness can help you with healing. More than twenty years ago, Jon Kabat-Zinn showed us the value of cultivating greater awareness in everyday life with his now-classic introduction to mindfulness, Wherever You Go, There You Are.Discover how mindfulness can help you with healing.
More than twenty years ago, Jon Kabat-Zinn showed us the value of cultivating greater awareness in everyday life with his now-classic introduction to mindfulness, Wherever You Go, There You Are. Now, in TheHealing Power of Mindfulness, he shares a cornucopia of specificexamples as to how the cultivation of mindfulness can reshape your relationship with your own body and mind–explaining what we’re learning about neuroplasticity and the brain, how meditation can affect our biology and our health, and what mindfulness can teach us about coming to terms with all sorts of life challenges, including our own mortality, so we can make the most of the moments that we have.
Originally published in 2005 as part of a larger book titled Coming to Our Senses, The Healing Power of Mindfulness features a new foreword by the author and timely updates throughout the text. If you are interested in learning more about how mindfulness as a way of being can help us to heal, physically and emotionally, look no further than this deeply personal and also “deeply optimistic book, grounded in good science and filled with practical recommendations for moving in the right direction” (Andrew Weil, MD), from one of the pioneers of the worldwide mindfulness movement.
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