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Title: Mystics Magazine: Buddhist Mystical Theology

Subtitle: A Conversation with Charaka and Acvagosha

Author: Marilynn Hughes

Narrator: Dave Wright

Format: Unabridged

Length: 55 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-10-14

Publisher: The Out-of-Body Travel Foundation!

Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Buddhism & Eastern Religions

Publisher's Summary:

Mystics Magazine: Buddhist Mystical Theology - A Conversation with Charaka and Acvagosha.

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Title: The Oral Transmissions of the 52 Soto Zen Buddhist Ancestors

Subtitle: An Overview

Author: Marilynn Hughes

Narrator: Dave Wright

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 56 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-19-13

Publisher: The Out-of-Body Travel Foundation!

Ratings: 2.5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Buddhism & Eastern Religions

Publisher's Summary:

Shakyamuni Buddha founded the path of the successive 52 Soto Zen Ancestors when he awakened to the Way. The transmissions of the teachings to the 52 Ancestors in Zen Buddhist Tradition were never meant to reach the eyes of laymen. The Denkoroku: The Record of the Transmission of Light was originally written only for the eyes of Zen monks.

Shasta Abbey's late Abbess, Jiyu Kennett, who translated the text into English often said that the long sentences used in Zen would likely annoy Americans. But she made the decision to share some of the deeper teachings of Zen with the lay public even if they were unable to penetrate into the deeper meaning of the words. This audiobook gives you an overview and insight into a subject otherwise only understood through lengthy study. (For more info - www.outofbodytravel.org)

Members Reviews:

Typos, Irrelevant Uppercase, and Repetition

This book was a complete and total waste of money. It shows up in searches because it refers to several prominent authors. It's full of typographical errors, misspellings, constant repetition of the same sentence (my guess is to bulk up the content), and capital letters in places where it makes absolutely no sense. I regret the purchase of this book and actually put it in the recycling. It's a waste even to give it to the library.

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Title: What God Said

Subtitle: The 25 Core Messages of Conversations with God that will Change Your Life and the World

Author: Neale Donald Walsch

Narrator: Neale Donald Walsch

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 19 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-01-13

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 170 votes

Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

Publisher's Summary:

Inspired by his nine-book Conversations with God series, many people have asked Neale Donald Walsch to find a way to deliver the most essential pieces of Gods message to us in a more succinct way.

The result is a concise audiobook detailing and expanding just what we need to know about life and how to live it. Bringing their many conversations over the years into sharper focus than ever before, Walsch in What God Said encourages listeners to cast aside religious and cultural trappings. To experience life as fallible - and human - beings, open minded, open-hearted, and all-embracing, and to build on, broaden, and enrich our ancient story.

But to move forward on this ever-expanding and encompassing spiritual voyage means not only understanding what Walsch considers the most important insights of his Conversations with God, but also applying them in the most practical of ways. And so Walsch has included solid suggestions on how to apply each of the 25 Core Messages in daily life, The author says that should humanity begin carrying these messages forward, starting today, they can literally change the world.

Members Reviews:

A wery good summary of the books.

I would recommend that you start with book 1 2 and 3. These are the most important books you possible will ever read. And if you only could read one book in your life READ BOOK 1 it's that important.

Honestly knowing & Loving of God at its best !

Where does What God Said rank among all the audiobooks youve listened to so far?

Next to Tomorrow's God this audiobook is my personal favorite.

What other book might you compare What God Said to and why?

All of the CWG books are summarized in this newest in depth analysis of humanities new spirituality. I am in awe of this new age theological study.

What does Neale Donald Walsch bring to the story that you wouldnt experience if you just read the book?

Neale's voice gives unique emphasis & interpretation to the book's sublime cosmological meanings. My comprehension id enhanced without eye fatigue for extended hours while I'm engaged in housework and routine tasks.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

"You're God is killing you." ~CWG

Any additional comments?

These core conversations with God expose the distortions & cultural myths misconceiving the true Nature of God Within each of us. Religious is largely old paradigm fear based & punitive God images. Fear based beliefs enslave humanity's mind, justifying domination of our earth & each other. They perpetuate a primitive warlike species destroying it's ecology & itself in blame & victimization. Now God offers each of us to know God within, without the illusion of religious superiority.

Another wonderful book!

The CWG books/teachings have answered most of the many questions Ive had for years. I am a preachers kid. Ive been involved in children and music ministry for most of my life. Altho I enjoyed this and felt like I was a help to my church community, I secretly searched for answers I couldnt find....till I discovered Deepak Chopra and that led to Neale Donald Walsh. I would recommend all of Mr Walschs books to anyone that can open their mind.

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Title: Understanding Buddhism

Author: Nolan Pliny Jacobson

Narrator: Jeremy Donahue

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 18 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-01-13

Publisher: University Press Audiobooks

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Buddhism & Eastern Religions

Publisher's Summary:

"Understanding Buddhism is one of the most beautiful and least-known books on Buddhism in English, a series of fresh, often stunningly original, essays." (Huston Smith and Philip Novak, Buddhism: A Concise Introduction)

"Understanding Buddhism is at once historical, philosophical, dialogic, and humanistic. Jacobson's approach is profoundly intercultural and universal." (Kenneth K. Inada)

The book is published by Southern Illinois University Press.

Critic Reviews:

Understanding Buddhism is an extremely well organized study, reflecting clear thinking and lucid style. The scholarly approach is outstanding. The width and depth of the author's knowledge of both Western and Buddhist traditional ideas are far beyond what is often presented as a comparative study. (Herbert Guenther)

Members Reviews:

Avoid!

Confusing and not to the point. You read over and over again, wondering if the author was high on drugs when writing or just too eager to cover up his unsubstantial arguments with a mystifying language.

Instead of footnotes there are endnotes, which makes it hard to immediately see Jaconsons sources, which at times are very dated, and even the endnotes are incomplete, so you have to skip to the bibliography to find the year of the sources.

It's not a scienticic study, but more of a dishonest propagandistic writing, directed toward practising buddists who have the desire to be confirmed in their beliefs, a few examples being:

1. Buddhism is described as merely a philosophy, which it's not. Buddhism is full of magic, belief in former buddhas if the shape of animals and men, gods and heavens. Nothing wrong with that at all (makes it more interesting), but leaving that aspect of buddhism out, even denying it, is dishonest.

2. Buddhism is idealized, and the good bodhisatvas are compared with non buddhist persons like Napoeon. Ergo: buddhism is better than anything else. No wonder only Jacobson's friend Guenther is almost the only one reviewing it on the last page.

3. Buddhism is described as the only thought system that can liberate people from egoism, which shows that Jacobson hasn't studied other religions. When Christianity is mentioned it is always misrepresented.

4. Buddhism is described as being ahead of its time. Only in the 20th century thinkers like Wittgenstein came up with ideas of relativeness. I think Jacobson has missed Heraclitus, Plato and the Christian or Islamic mystics completely.

5. Full of long quotes that aren't commented.

6. He mixes theravada with mayayana when it pleases his argument, making the whole book almost unreadable.

7. He keeps repeating that buddhism is the only religion or theory that is not self-centered, but begins the book with an autobiography.

That is only the first 50 pages or so. I find it very difficult to read this lousy book, although I enjoy reading about buddhism. I would recommend any other book on buddhism.

Fabulously brilliant author

This "reviewer" is obviously disconnected from this subject in a self distructive way. Having attended many lectures by Jacobson, rest assured he was one of the greatest philosophers of religion of our time. He is highly regarded within his field and beloved by colleagues and students world wide. He was received at the highest levels of academia in his field and was an amazingly compassionate and brilliant writer and lecturer.

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Title: Notes on Spirit Rock

Subtitle: Visit to Monday Evening Buddhism Class with Jack Kornfield

Author: Peter Menkin

Narrator: Ralph Morocco

Format: Unabridged

Length: 28 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-24-13

Publisher: Peter Menkin

Ratings: 2 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Buddhism & Eastern Religions

Publisher's Summary:

Spirit Rock is not a New Age Center, per se. Located in San Francisco's Bay Area (Marin County's Woodacre), Spirit Rock is home to Buddhists. They are not Zen Buddhists, as they emphasized. They are Theravada, as is one of their founding members the teacher and popular writer Jack Kornfield.

Where it is located, Marin County, many find Spirit Rock a refreshing and spiritual place to visit and take for a retreat. Marin County, and in specific Southern Marin, is not a place for Christian worship. So says a study on religious practice in Marin. One anecdotal piece of evidence indicates religious interest in San Francisco's Bay Area Marin County. One librarian at the Tiburon library says most spiritual and religious books in their library are New Age. Christian reading isn't of interest. Jack Kornfield, the Buddhist teacher, is a popular writer and many read his books here in San Francisco Bay Area and the United States.

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Titolo: Il Buddha e la sua dottrina [The Buddha and His Doctrine]

Autore: Alessandro Costa

Narratore: Silvia Cecchini

Formato: Unabridged

Durata: 6 hrs and 44 mins

Lingua: Italiano

Data di pubblicazione: 05-07-13

Editore: Collina d'oro

Categoria: Religion & Spirituality, Buddhism & Eastern Religions

Riepilogo Editore:

In questo saggio la dottrina buddhista viene descritta raffrontandola non solo al pensiero indiano precedente (brahmanesimo) ma al pensiero occidentale successivo. Ne risulta un lavoro interessante e scorrevole. Completano lopera la storia della vita di Gitamo Siddharta, tre discorsi del Buddha e una raccolta di brevi poesie di monaci e monache.

Please note: This audiobook is in Italian.

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Title: From Death to Birth

Subtitle: Understanding Karma and Reincarnation

Author: Rajmani Tigunait

Narrator: D. C. Rao

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 13 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-05-13

Publisher: Himalayan Institute

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 29 votes

Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Buddhism & Eastern Religions

Publisher's Summary:

What happens when we die? How does our present life shape our future? What part of us survives death? From Death to Birth takes us on a vivid tour of the soul's journey from one lifetime to another, revealing little known or understood aspects of spiritual life along the way. Through a series of lively stories drawn from the ancient scriptures and his own experience, Pandit Rajmani Tigunait reveals the truth about karma, how we create it, why it becomes our destiny, and how we can use it to shape the future of our dreams.

Critic Reviews:

Pandit Rajmani generously reveals little known and little understood aspects of spiritual life, which makes this book a veritable treasure. (Georg Feuerstein, Director, Yoga Research Center, Yoga World)

In From Death to Birth, Pandit Rajmani Tigunait provides an in-depth study of the process of karma and rebirth, with many detailed examples and interesting stories to highlight the great truths that he has gathered from the Yoga tradition.... It is perhaps the most illuminating study of the subject to come out in recent years. (David Frawley, Director, American Institute of Vedic Studies)

Members Reviews:

loved this

Many stories from the puranas, ramayana, and upanishads expounded upon to explain life's purpose.

I picked this up after listening to a book about mantras by the same author. I would also highly recommend that one.

Deep..Rich

Easy and analytical understanding of Hindu views of Karma, Sanchit Karma, Samskara,,potential karma, dormant karma, active karma etc.

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Title: The Importance of the Tao

Subtitle: A Short Essay

Author: Dennis Waller

Narrator: Ted Brooks

Format: Unabridged

Length: 47 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-11-13

Publisher: Dennis Waller

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Buddhism & Eastern Religions

Publisher's Summary:

Tôi yêu các bn mi lúc mi ni

This essay is an introduction on the Tao Te Ching exploring the three points of truth, love ,and the interconnectedness of the life. It is written in a modern style using the pop music of Kenny Loggins, Bruce Springsteen, and David Gates to illustrate the points. The purpose of this essay is to serve as a companion to the Tao Te Ching. It is for those who wish to dive deeper into the essence of the Tao while living in the modern world.

It also shows how, after all these years, the Tao is just as relevant today as it was when it was written. It offers an interesting and unique look at one of the most important text of mankind.

"You've got to learn to live with what you can't rise above." - Bruce Springsteen

"Cause when you're done with this world, you know the next is up to you." - John Mayer

"All my life has been a struggle in trying to get free. But this world I created turned out to be only about me. Forgetting we are brothers." - Kenny Loggins

"The mystery of life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced." - Soren Kierkegaard

Truth - "Truth is within ourselves; it takes no rise from outward things, whatever you may believe. There is an inmost center in us all, where truth abides in fullness."

Love - "Now is the moment to dive as deep as your dream. Love is the greatest freedom when you love a courageous person. It allows for an entirely different experience of life than the freedom of journeying alone. Wherever you are, you know you are loved, not only by God, but by a mirror of yourself." - Kenny Loggins

Innerconnectedness of life - "All my life has been a struggle in trying to get free. But this world I created turned out to be only about me. Forgetting we are brothers." - Kenny Loggins

Members Reviews:

An experience to cherish

Would you listen to The Importance of the Tao again? Why?

Yes. The assay has a lot of information and I would like to make sure I didn't miss anything. Mr. Waller is a true expert in his field.

What was one of the most memorable moments of The Importance of the Tao?

I love the distinction between the ego and the truth. We so often confuse the two and Mr. Waller explains the difference very clearly.

What does Ted Brooks bring to the story that you wouldnt experience if you just read the book?

Mr. Brooks' delivery is flawless. His smooth performance allowed me to focus on the author's words rather than the delivery, which is what I personally prefer when listening to audiobooks on my long drives.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

Drop your ego. It gets in the way of the divine truth, therefore in the way of your happiness.

Any additional comments?

Mr. Waller has opened for me a much needed window with this short assay. I'm hooked on The Tao.

Tao?

An ok book and ok narration illustrated with lyrics from songs by Kenny logins and Bruce Springsteen.

It isn't directly about Taoism, in my opinion, but it is a reminder to lead an altruistic and thoughtful life and is presented in a "Kindly" way.

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Title: Let Your Bones Dance

Subtitle: Dongshan's Dharma Bodies

Author: John Daido Loori

Format: Original Recording

Length: 38 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-01-12

Publisher: Dharma Communications

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Buddhism & Eastern Religions

Publisher's Summary:

There is a music in us, an inner voice which is audible to our teachers, but not always to us. We cant express this music using others words or others ways of seeing things. Yet the expression of it is the vital thing; its not enough to embody it - we have to be able to communicate that truth.

Daido Roshi encourages us to "let our bones dance", to respond, and to sing with others in such a way that it creates a voice that doesnt belong to anyone - our collective voice. That is true expression, true intimacy; that is truth, which in turn leads to true compassion that we can activate in the world.

Members Reviews:

This book is not true to label.

This book seemed like a book about dancing when I read the synopsis but in fact it was a Buddhist sermon.

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Title: Losing My Religion

Subtitle: Hu Ch'ao Asks about Buddha

Author: Konrad Ryushin Marchaj

Format: Original Recording

Length: 43 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-01-12

Publisher: Dharma Communications

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Buddhism & Eastern Religions

Publisher's Summary:

Everything in our practice turns back to each of us as individuals; practice is always right here and now. What does it mean to do away with all beliefs, meanings, systems, and religions? How does complete, wholehearted practice illuminate our responsibilities for our own lives - and for our whole world?