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The Naked Buddha

A Practical Guide to the Buddha's Life and Teachings

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The Naked Buddha

By: Venerable Adrienne Howley
Narrated by: Deidre Rubenstein
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 Buddhism is the fastest-growing religion in Australia. For the many people who are interested in learning more about it, here is a primer on Buddhism and Buddhist practice written in a deceptively simple manner, with an engaging, gentle humor and flavor. Adrienne Howley's purpose is to demystify Buddhism, stripping away the layers of ritual and iconography that have grown up around it over the centuries, and to present the original, basic tenets and practices in a way that will be appealing to Western readers.©1999, 2002, and 2003 Venerable Adrienne Howley (P)2005 Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd. Buddhism

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"A streamlined, appealing primer for everything you wanted to know about Buddhism but were afraid to ask." (Publishers Weekly)
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Buddhism is more about spiritually than religion. The book is spoken lively and use every day language to present the basics precepts of Buddhism and the main variances between Indian, Tibetan and Japanese. If you are looking for a concise introduction this it.

Bouddhisme in plain english and concise

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written perfectly and narrated the same I can't express how happy I am with this book.
will listen to again and I hope there's another novel

Perfection

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very practical guide. Worth reading over and over and over again. lots of hidden gems

Good read

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