Buddhism & Eastern Religions
Learn about struggles on the path to enlightenment from the lives of revered yogis, swamis,
gurus, spiritual revolutionaries, and His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
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The Art of Happiness
- By: His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Howard C. Cutler MD
- Narrated by: Howard C. Cutler MD
- Length: 3 hrs and 18 mins
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The Dalai Lama is probably one of the only people who, if you ask him if he's happy, even though he's suffered the loss of his country, will give you an unconditional "yes." What's more...
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Great ideas...poorly read.
- By John on 08-29-04
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The Art of Happiness
- Narrated by: Howard C. Cutler MD
- Length: 3 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 11-07-00
- Language: English
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Confucius
- And the World He Created
- By: Michael Schuman
- Narrated by: Steven Menache
- Length: 12 hrs and 47 mins
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Touching on philosophy, history, and current affairs, Confucius tells the vivid, dramatic story of the enigmatic philosopher whose ideas remain at the heart of East Asian civilization....
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all you need to know about the Chinese
- By Luke on 03-02-16
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Confucius
- And the World He Created
- Narrated by: Steven Menache
- Length: 12 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 03-31-15
- Language: English
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Gandhi
- The Years That Changed the World, 1914-1948
- By: Ramachandra Guha
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 36 hrs and 11 mins
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Author Ramachandra Guha has drawn on 60 different archival collections to reconstruct social and political activist Mohandas Gandhi's life and work....
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Well researched and heart touching
- By M Umar Khan on 02-01-21
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Gandhi
- The Years That Changed the World, 1914-1948
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 36 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 03-12-19
- Language: English
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The Revolutionary Life of Freda Bedi
- British Feminist, Indian Nationalist, Buddhist Nun
- By: Vicki Mackenzie
- Narrated by: Vicki Mackenzie, Maggie Ollerenshaw
- Length: 7 hrs and 36 mins
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A fascinating biography of Freda Bedi, an English woman who broke all the rules of gender, race, and religious background to become a revolutionary in the fight for Indian independence....
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An outstanding read! My horizons were expanded.
- By Janis Wabnitz on 10-22-19
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The Revolutionary Life of Freda Bedi
- British Feminist, Indian Nationalist, Buddhist Nun
- Narrated by: Vicki Mackenzie, Maggie Ollerenshaw
- Length: 7 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 07-25-17
- Language: English
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The New Path
- My Life with Paramhansa Yogananda
- By: Swami Kriyananda
- Narrated by: Swami Kriyananda
- Length: 20 hrs and 50 mins
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The New Path tells the story of a young American's spiritual quest....
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Awful! Grandiose, loves to listen to himself talk
- By Jill on 04-26-12
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The New Path
- My Life with Paramhansa Yogananda
- Narrated by: Swami Kriyananda
- Length: 20 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 01-07-10
- Language: English
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The Life of the Buddha
- By: Bhikkhu Ñanamoli
- Narrated by: Hayward Morse, Leighton Pugh, Nicolette McKenzie, and others
- Length: 16 hrs and 5 mins
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This unique biography, told in a lively manner through six 'voices', presents the Buddha's revolutionary solution for humanity that lends to the end of ill will, craving and delusion....
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Too many narrators
- By CrimsonArrow on 12-30-17
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The Life of the Buddha
- Narrated by: Hayward Morse, Leighton Pugh, Nicolette McKenzie, John Foley, Jinananda
- Length: 16 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 07-22-16
- Language: English
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The Swami Who Inspired the World
- A Glimpse of the Great Sage Vivekananda, an Abbreviated Selection from Nivedita's Writings
- By: David Christopher Lane
- Narrated by: Emma Jordan
- Length: 2 hrs and 42 mins
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This book is an abbreviated selection from the original 1910 book, The Master as I Saw Him, written by Bhagini ("Sister") Nivedita. Although there are now a number of newer publications of this classic, I thought it might be helpful to come out with an abbreviated edition....
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The Swami Who Inspired the World
- A Glimpse of the Great Sage Vivekananda, an Abbreviated Selection from Nivedita's Writings
- Narrated by: Emma Jordan
- Length: 2 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 05-14-18
- Language: English
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The Snow Leopard
- By: Peter Matthiessen, Pico Iyer - introduction
- Narrated by: Peter Matthiessen
- Length: 7 hrs and 56 mins
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In 1973, Peter Matthiessen and field biologist George Schaller traveled high into the remote mountains of Nepal to study the Himalayan blue sheep....
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Worth the wait
- By Robert on 04-13-14
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The Snow Leopard
- Narrated by: Peter Matthiessen
- Length: 7 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 04-08-14
- Language: English
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The Call of Sedona
- Journey of the Heart
- By: Ilchi Lee
- Narrated by: James Saito
- Length: 6 hrs and 4 mins
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This New York Times best-seller and word-of-mouth-phenomenon takes listeners on a journey through the magical landscape of Sedona....
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Incredible!
- By Nobuko Todd on 03-30-15
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The Call of Sedona
- Journey of the Heart
- Narrated by: James Saito
- Length: 6 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 07-10-12
- Language: English
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Cave in the Snow
- Tenzin Palmo's Quest for Enlightenment
- By: Vicki Mackenzie
- Narrated by: Georgina Sutton, Vicki Mackenzie, Tenzin Palmo
- Length: 9 hrs and 29 mins
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This is the story of Tenzin Palmo, the daughter of a fishmonger from London's East End who became a Tibetan nun....
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Audio version is best format for this book
- By Mark on 06-11-17
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Cave in the Snow
- Tenzin Palmo's Quest for Enlightenment
- Narrated by: Georgina Sutton, Vicki Mackenzie, Tenzin Palmo
- Length: 9 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 09-07-15
- Language: English
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In Love with the World
- A Monk's Journey Through the Bardos of Living and Dying
- By: Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, Helen Tworkov
- Narrated by: Feodor Chin
- Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
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At 36 years old, Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche was a rising star within his generation of Tibetan masters and the respected abbot of three monasteries. Then one night, telling no one, he slipped out of his monastery in India....
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A great story cut short
- By Reader001 on 05-22-19
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In Love with the World
- A Monk's Journey Through the Bardos of Living and Dying
- Narrated by: Feodor Chin
- Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 05-07-19
- Language: English
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At the Eleventh Hour
- The Biography of Swami Rama
- By: Pandit Rajmani Tigunait Ph.D.
- Narrated by: D. C. Rao Ph.D.
- Length: 17 hrs and 41 mins
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On the surface, this is a biography of an accomplished seeker who mastered the practices of yoga and brought a system for understanding the mysteries of body, mind, and spirit to students in the West....
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Thought provoking and insightful
- By Hari on 03-24-15
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At the Eleventh Hour
- The Biography of Swami Rama
- Narrated by: D. C. Rao Ph.D.
- Length: 17 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 04-05-13
- Language: English
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Wake Up
- A Life of the Buddha
- By: Jack Kerouac
- Narrated by: Danny Campbell
- Length: 5 hrs and 12 mins
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Wake Up is Kerouac's retelling of the life of Prince Siddartha Gotama, who abandoned his wealthy family and comfortable home for a lifelong search for Enlightenment....
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I enjoyed Jacks biography of The Buddha
- By Joel on 07-10-23
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Wake Up
- A Life of the Buddha
- Narrated by: Danny Campbell
- Length: 5 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 01-07-09
- Language: English
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Still Here
- Embracing Aging, Changing, and Dying
- By: Ram Dass
- Narrated by: Steve Susskind
- Length: 3 hrs and 5 mins
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Still Here: Embracing Aging, Changing, and Dying is Ram Dass' reflection on the joys, pains, and opportunities that appear as we age...
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Well worth listening to
- By Michael Dale Harrison on 12-16-03
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Still Here
- Embracing Aging, Changing, and Dying
- Narrated by: Steve Susskind
- Length: 3 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 11-29-00
- Language: English
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The Twice-Born
- Life and Death on the Ganges
- By: Aatish Taseer
- Narrated by: Neil Shah
- Length: 8 hrs and 49 mins
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The Brahmins are a caste devoted to sacred learning. But what Aatish Taseer finds in Benares, the holy city of death also known as Varanasi, is a window on an India as internally fractured as his own continent-bridging identity....
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One of the best books I have ever heard!!!
- By Anonymous User on 12-24-24
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The Twice-Born
- Life and Death on the Ganges
- Narrated by: Neil Shah
- Length: 8 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 03-05-19
- Language: English
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Saltwater Buddha
- A Surfer's Quest to Find Zen on the Sea
- By: Jaimal Yogis
- Narrated by: Danny Hughes
- Length: 4 hrs and 30 mins
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Fed up with teenage life in the suburbs, Jaimal Yogis ran off to Hawaii with little more than a copy of Hermann Hesse's Siddhartha and enough cash for a surfboard. His journey takes him from communes to monasteries, from the warm Pacific to the icy New York shore....
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RIpoff Audio Recording
- By Tracey on 03-22-19
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Saltwater Buddha
- A Surfer's Quest to Find Zen on the Sea
- Narrated by: Danny Hughes
- Length: 4 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 07-26-18
- Language: English
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The Unknowing Sage
- The Life and Work of Faqir Chand
- By: David Christopher Lane
- Narrated by: Paul Stefano
- Length: 3 hrs and 28 mins
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This book contains Faqir Chand's unique autobiography which was dictated shortly before his death in Urdu and translated during his lifetime into English....
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many technical issues
- By Anonymous in Silicon Valley on 06-13-16
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The Unknowing Sage
- The Life and Work of Faqir Chand
- Narrated by: Paul Stefano
- Length: 3 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 04-18-16
- Language: English
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