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Before it was a religion, a culture, or even a system of meditation, what was Buddhism? On Buddhism Without Beliefs, celebrated teacher, translator, and former Buddhist monk Stephen Batchelor takes us back to the first years after the Buddha's awakening to reveal the root insights of Buddhism hidden beneath centuries of history and interpretation.
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Meshel Laurie has had a very varied career, but whether she's working the front desk at a brothel or anchoring drive-time radio, it's always had one common thread: she is a self-confessed workaholic. Thankfully, over the years she's learnt to temper her tendencies with a bit of Buddhist perspective - and you can too! Meshel shares her own experiences with wit and wisdom and explores how to navigate the modern workplace (and stay sane).
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This user’s guide to Buddhist basics takes the most commonly asked questions - beginning with “What is the essence of the Buddha’s teachings?” - and provides simple answers in plain English. Thubten Chodron’s responses to the questions that always seem to arise among people approaching Buddhism make this an exceptionally complete and accessible introduction - as well as a manual for living a more peaceful, mindful, and satisfying Life.
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Calming narrator.
- By Cassandra Simm on 17-01-2018
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Peace Is Every Step
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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.
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Publisher's Summary
In this simple yet important book, Noah Rasheta takes profound Buddhist concepts and makes them easy to understand for anyone trying to become a better whatever-they-already-are.
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- Cassandra Simm
- 03-03-2018
Simply Beautiful
A perfect explanation of Secular Buddhism. It's simple, easy to follow and, of course, practical.
I like Noah's no-nonsense reading through the book which made it easy to take notes while listening.
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- 匿名
- 28-09-2018
Great Read
This book is the best foundation for studying secular Buddhism. Definitely recommend Noah's podcast too!
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- Zack
- 12-12-2016
Great content, mediocre performance
Mr. Rasheta's writing was concise and very thoughtful, but the performance of the audiobook itself was lacking.
The delivery was very monotone, and each sentence seemed to run into the next, without any clear demarcation.
Overall, though - it was a good, quick audiobook for anyone interested in the secular flavor of Buddhism.
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- Kimberly Whitefield
- 05-01-2017
Highly recommended
Content was excellently put and seamless. The editing needs a little more sound spacing between sentences, subheadings, and chapters sometimes.
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- Paula
- 26-11-2016
Valuable messages to live by
Although this is a short book, the author so eloquently and simply explains the valuable teachings of Buddhism as a way of living your life in a nut shell. He provides many relatable examples through his personal stories and parables as he touches on the most fundamental principles. If you put these teachings into practice and not just read this book as a voyeur, it will change your life. This book can be thought of as a small pocket manual to live life by as you learn let go of your preconceived notions of reality. What sets this book apart from all others is the continuous teachings that can be found through the author's podcast and website on Secular Buddhism.
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- SpeckledFreckle
- 19-01-2017
Great glimpse into secular buddhism
I really enjoyed this book and look forward to reading more about secular buddhism. The reading by the author was pleasant, as I always prefer to hear the author read their own words, but it wasn't the very best audio recording of a book I've ever heard. The timing could have been improved a bit. Overall: great book and would recommend it!
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- bentley
- 06-01-2017
Quick overview of Secular Buddhism
I really enjoyed this book. It was a quick reminder (or introduction) of some of the key teachings of Buddhism from a secular lens.
I wish he would have gone deeper into certain topics, but I understand that wasn't the point of this book.
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- Daniel
- 08-11-2019
A little gem
Consider spending the short time it takes to listen to this little gem. Light, unpretentious, direct and to the point, well balanced, with excellent, non-dogmatic illustrations of Buddhism’s main points. It fills without being filling. I’ve recommended lots of books to family and friends, but this one I’ll consider giving as a gift, because it seemed like a gift to me when I was done.
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- mATT
- 16-08-2019
drop it
short and to the point. great go a short trip to the city. enlightening stories throughout.
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- Lisa D Bean
- 04-07-2019
Everyone on the planet should read or listen to this book!s
As someone who is going through cognitive dissonance related to a religious community that I have grown up in, Noah’s calm narration and well researched philosophy has helped me immensely.
His words will help you find more meaning in your life whether you are an atheist (or anti theist), agnostic, Christian, Muslim, or any other religion. I want to share this with my spouse and grown children and their spouses. Way to go Noah!!! You nailed it, and I will never be the same.
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- Amazon Customer
- 07-03-2019
it's aight
a lot of reused stories but for $5 it's hard to complain. 3 words remaining...
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- Harley
- 25-01-2019
yes!
Just like his podcast, Secular buddhism, this book provides a lot of insight amd is well done! Love that similar to his podcast this book gives tons of examples of using buddhism in your everyday life . Great book if you are on a spiritual journey not a religious journey
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- Alan Roche
- 25-12-2016
Such a lovely book.
Purchased as an audio book, this was such a pleasure to listen to. For me personally, it's the most meaningful book on Buddhism I've come across. I would highly recommend it.
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- adam r siddals
- 25-11-2019
very interesting. worth another listen
a quick listen but some profound takeaways. some of it seemed a bit heady and might require another listen through to absorb more but a great introduction into the concepts of Buddhism from a secular standpoint - which as an atheist made it much more relatable.
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- Merren
- 28-09-2018
Very easy introduction to buddism
Revommend as a quick and easy introduction to buddism. Book is not too long and very 'approachable'. Narration was good.