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Accidental Buddhist: Mindfulness, Enlightenment and Sitting Still by Dinty W. Moore - cassette - In this succinct reading by Jack Hawkins, author Moore relates how persistent dissatisfaction and a hollowness in his life led him, a college writing professor, to investigate the resurgence of Buddhism.
Alan Watts Teaches Meditation by Alan W. Watts - cassette - Alan Watts has become known as the West's foremost interpreter of Eastern thought, and one of the most original philosophers of this century. Fortunately for us, he is also witty, articulate, insightful, very entertaining, and a pleasure to listen to. In this audio collection, Alan Watts is all of those things and more, as he explains meditation in its historical context and shares his personal understanding of the richness it can bring to your life.
Anger: Wisdom for Cooling the Flames by Thich Nhat Hanh, Ken McLeod (Reader) - CD - Anger can be one of the most frustrating emotions, carrying us headlong away from ourselves and depositing us into separation and dismay. Vietnamese monk and world teacher Thich Nhat Hanh tackles this most difficult of emotions in Anger. A master at putting complex ideas into simple, colorful packages, Nhat Hanh tells us that, fundamentally, to be angry is to suffer, and that it is our responsibility to alleviate our own suffering. The way to do this is not to fight our emotions or to "let it all out" but to transform ourselves through mindfulness.
Art and Science of Meditation by Joseph Goldstein - Real Player
http://www.buddhanet.net/audio-meditation.htm
Art of Happiness: A Handbook for Living by Howard C. Cutler, His Holiness the Dalai Lama - CD
The Art of Living: Vipassana Meditation as Taught By S.N. Goenka by S.N. Goenka (narrator), William Hart - 1999 - audio cassette
The Art of Mindful Living: How to Bring Love, Compassion by Thich Nhat Hanh - CD - Zen meditation master and Nobel Peace Prize nominee Thich Nhat Hanh offers his practical teachings about how to bring love and mindful awareness into our daily experience. These rare moments were recorded during a family meditation retreat. Kind – purposeful – illuminating – here is an abundant treasure of traditional gathas (teachings) that unify meditation practice with the challenges we face in today’s world. Enhanced features include traditional Vietnamese music performed by the monks and nuns of Plum Village, a meditation practice from Thich Nhat Hanh’s Mindful Movements video, and an interview with the author.
Asian Classics Institute - acidharma.org
Asian Classics Institute of Los Angeles - dedicated to the serious study and personal practice of the original teachings of the Buddha, and for those wanting to learn more about this tradition. Links to audio and video podcasts from Lama Marut.
Awakening Compassion: Meditation Practice for Difficult Times
by Pema Chodron - CD
Awakening the Buddhist Heart: Integrating Love, Meaning and Connection into Every Part of Your Life (Abridged) - by Surya Das (Read by the author) - Audio Cassette - Surya Das's breezy delivery makes his teachings come off like colorful conversation. In the third installment of his bestselling "Awakening" series, America's most popular lama shows us how to integrate inner and outer practices. Our inner spirituality, he says, can never be separate from our relationships with others. With his trademark clarity, he integrates his teachings with light- hearted anecdotes and down-to-earth practices. Basic meditation, for instance, can help us create a gap between our knee-jerk judgments and our reactions, allowing for calm, wise relations.
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Basic Buddhist Wisdom by Michael Toms, Thich Nhat Hanh - cassette
A Beginner's Guide to Buddhism: A Short Course on This Powerful Eastern Philosophy by Jack Kornfield - CD - For more than 2,500 years, Buddhism has offered an unfailing path to the world's people, incluidng Americans in ever-increasing numbers. Now bestselling author Jack Kornfield illuminates Buddhism's core teachings with this clear and compact audio guide. From the "lion's roar" of the Four Noble Truths, to the story of how Siddhartha attained enlightenment under the Bodhi Tree, to the real treasure of the Eightfold Path, here are the essentials of Buddhism's history, traditions, and daily practices. Includes a classic meditation with commentary.
Beginner's Guide to Meditation by Joan Borysenko - CD - On this CD program, Joan Z. Borysenko leads you through the specifics of three distinct forms of mediation and discusses the common pitfalls that sabotage meditation practice. With depth and humor, Joan shows you which form of meditation is best for you, and points out that by making meditation a daily part of your life, better health and peace of mind are just a few breaths away!
Beginner's Mind: 3 Classic Meditation Practices Especially for Beginners by Jack Kornfield (reader), Sharon Salzberg, Shinzen Young (reader) - 1999 - cassette - The secret of meditation practice, taught the great Zen master Suzuki Roshi, is shosin, beginners mind, a boundless and original mind that is compassionate and alert, and empty to receive all possibilities. Now three leading voices in American Buddhism gather together to teach the traditional meditation techniques that make this supreme awareness state open to anyone with Beginners Mind.
Being Peace by Thich Nhat Hanh - CD - This collection of teachings by noted Vietnamese Buddhist monk and peace activist Thich Nhat Hanh will be eagerly read by those concerned about world peace. Rev. Thich claims that world peace starts with the individual's acquiring inner peace. He challenges the reader in warm and anecdotal dialogues:"Have we wasted our hours and days? Are we wasting our lives? . . . Practicing Buddhism is to be alive to each moment." Meditation, says the author, is not an escape from the difficult present but an active form of service to society, directing us to understanding and compassion toward all suffering humanity. The author terms this "engaged Buddhism." Free of jargon and eminently practical, this wise and joyous book celebrates the spirituality inherent in daily life.
Breathing Exercise by Thich Nhat Hanh - free on line - Real Player
http://www.beliefnet.com/story/43/story_4371_1.htmlBuddhadasa Bhikkhu's tapes - many audio files
http://www.suanmokkh.org/audio_01.htm
Buddha's Teachings by Buddha - cassette
Buddhism by Kingsley, Winston Lee King - cassette - In this series you'll learn about religious differences and also about their many similarities. It describes the beliefs practices and spiritual and moral commitments of the world's great religious traditions. It also examines each religion's scriptures identifies its outstanding thinkers and discusses its attitude and relationship to society.
Buddhism and Cultural Studies
http://www.tedfriedman.com/archives/2005/04/buddhism_and_cu.php
Buddhism for Beginners: A Complete Course on the Heart of the Buddha's Teaching by Jack Kornfield, Eli Jaxon-Bear - cassette - Created specifically to address the questions and needs of first-time students, this full-length retreat on audio guides participants through Buddhism’s cornerstone teachings, including the Four Noble Truths, the Eightfold Path to freedom, understanding karma, the Ten Perfections for opening the heart, the inner tools of samadhi and prajna (concentration and insight), and many other essential principles. Includes meditations, teaching parables, poetry, and inspiring true accounts gathered from Buddhism’s 2,500-year-old legacy.
Buddhism in America: Examine the Future of Buddhism by Lama Surya Das - cassette
Buddhism Plain & Simple by Steve Hagen - cassette - Hagen's concise work, a brief introduction to Zen Buddhism, is arranged in a straightforward manner with lucid explanations. He describes techniques for meditation, making this a rather practical recording. Reading this abridgment of his own work, the Zen priest's soft, serene voice is pleasing to the ear; the pace is unhurried, allowing the listener to grasp the material.
Buddhism: The Religion on No-Religion by Alan Watts - cassette
Buddhism Without Beliefs by Stephen Batchelor - cassette
Buddhist Chanting - MP3 - many chants
http://www.buddhanet.net/audio-chant.htmBuddhist Songs
http://www.buddhanet.net/audio-songs_english.htm
Buddhist Tantra: Teachings and Practices for Touching Enlightenment With the Body by Reginald A. Ray - CD - The popular or "exoteric" teachings of Tibetan Buddhism are known to millions – yet, the universe of its esoteric or "tantric" teachings remains hidden to all but a few. With Buddhist Tantra, Naropa University’s Reginald Ray offers a landmark recording to address this need. In 12 in-depth sessions distilled from his years as a practitioner, meditation teacher, and scholar, Ray takes us into the secret heart of the Vajra World to explore: the tantric view of human nature and reality, detailed teachings on the major dimensions of Vajrayana practice, preparation for initiates, the role of the "tantric mentor," and much more. Includes descriptions of specific visualizations, liturgies, inner yogas of the tantric way, as well as the "essence teachings" of Mahamudra Dzogchen.
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Calm Waters by Thich Nhat Hanh - free on line - Real Player
http://www.beliefnet.com/story/43/story_4371_1.html
Chanting Breath by Breath: With the Monks and Nuns of Plum Village by Thich Nhat Hanh - CD - In Plum Village, the practice of chanting in English is a flower, slowly blossoming. The chants and music on this compact disk are some of the first petals to open on this beautiful flower. Chanted by the resident community of Plum Village in 2002, this recording includes most of the chants contained in the Plum Village Chanting and Recitation Book, some live tracks from a monastic precepts ordination ceremony, and a traditional incense offering chanted by Thich Nhat Hanh in Vietnamese.
Comfortable With Uncertainty: 108 Teachings by Pema Chodron, Tami Simon (Reader) - CD - Comfortable with Uncertainty offers a progressive program of spiritual study with Tibetan Buddhist nun and bestselling author Pema Chödrön. Inspired by the Buddhist tradition of the 108-day retreat, Pema Chödrön offers essential concepts and practices to help listeners become a "warrior-bodhisattva," who courageously takes up the path of awakening compassion both for oneself and others.
Courage to Be Happy: Jewish/Buddhist Teaching Stories on Gratitude, Compassion, and Mindful Awakening by Sylvia Boorstein (Reader) - cassette
Creative Visualization Meditations by Shakti Gawain - CD - A primer on creative visualization, this program provides practical techniques for using mental imagery and affirmation as a way to produce positive change in one's life. A pioneer in the world consciousness movement, Gawain has a soothing, pleasant voice that patiently leads the listener through each visualization exercise.
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Dharma Messages - many audio files - listen on line with Windows Media Player
http://www.seattlebetsuin.com/dharma_messages.htmDharma Talks - many audio files
http://www.edepot.com/budstream.html
Dalai Lama in America: Cultivating Compassion by His Holiness the Dalai Lama - CD - The Dalai Lama explores the three levels of understanding. Understanding derived through listening or study, understanding derived through reception and thinking, and understanding derived through meditation and practice. Through meditation, we can generate genuine compassion and by clearing away attachment and aversion, we can better practice compassion in our daily life.
Dharma Talks - MP3 & RealAudio.
http://www.dharmafriendship.org/audio/index.htmlDharma Talks - MP3
http://www.buddhanet.net/audio-talks.htm
Digital Dhamma Recording in RealAudio and/or Windows Media - many audio file
http://watthai.net/sounds.htm
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Eastern Way by Joseph Campbell - CD - actual lectures, listeners will feel as though they are part of Campbell's seminars. His infectious charm and obvious passion for mythology and religion come through clearly in his educational anecdotes. Novices and buffs alike will learn much as Campbell illuminates the philosophies of the East with a grace and passion rarely seen in this decade.
Effective Meditations for Inner Peace and Happiness by Contemporary Meditation - cassette - Peace and happiness are yours with these easy techniques. Great for calming your mind and enabling you to reach and maintain a more positive, loving state of awareness and contentment.
Ethics for the New Millennium by His Holiness the Dalai Lama - CD - "This is not a religious book," asserts the Dalai Lama about a volume that's his most outspoken to date on moral and social issues. "My aim has been to appeal for an approach to ethics based on universal rather than religious principles." The Dalai Lama adopts this approach because, he notes, the majority of humanity ignores religion, the traditional vehicle for ethics, yet observation shows him that happiness, which he discerns as the prime human goal, depends upon "positive ethical conduct."
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Five Classic Meditations by Shinzen Young - CD - Young's calm, relaxing voice guides listeners through a wonderful series of meditations and easy-to-implement spiritual instructions. Experience five meditative traditions--mantra, vipassana, loving kindness, karma yoga, and kabbalah.
From Fear to Fearlessness: Teachings on the Four Great Catalysts of Awakening by Pema Chodron - CD -
(also available in cassette) - Essentially a review of familiar spiritual and metaphysical concepts, Chodron's lecture is a useful guide for beginners or a refresher course for those already "on the path." While it seems this material would have been more effective as a studio recording, rather than a meandering live lecture, Chodron knows her way around the lessons of karma, acceptance, and letting go. A more focused approach would benefit this recording, but if you're a fan of Chodron, you'll enjoy getting a sense of her personality and delivery.Four Traditions of Tibetan Buddhism: Personal Experience, History, and Comparisons - scroll down page - http://www.berzinarchives.com/comparison_buddhist_traditions/
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Gate Gate Paragate ParasamGate
http://www.spokanebuddhisttemple.org/Audio/GateGateParaGate.mp3
Getting Unstuck: Breaking Your Habitual Patterns & Encountering Naked Reality by Pema Chodron - CD - An urge comes up, we succumb to it, and it becomes stronger. We reinforce our cravings, habits, and addictions by giving in to them repeatedly. Pema Chödrön guides us through this "sticky feeling" and offers us tools for learning to stay with our uneasiness, soften our hearts toward others, and ourselves and live a more peaceful life in the fullness of the present moment.
Going Home: Jesus and Buddha as Brothers by Thich Nhat Hanh - cassette - rebirth vs. eternal life, God vs. nirvana, and so on. After praising the differences between Christianity and Buddhism, Nhat Hanh proceeds to dissolve them in virtuosic style.
Going On Being: Buddhism and the Way of Change--A Positive Psychology for the West by Mark Epstein - cassette - Epstein sets out to elucidate how Buddhist meditation can work with psychotherapy to guide people off the rocky shoals of "psychological emptiness" and into the deep flowing water of being.
Golden Buddha by Clive Cussler, J. Charles (Reader), Craig Dirgo - CD - An organization of intelligent and superbly proficient mercenaries, known as the Corporation, is headquartered on the ship Oregon, a seagoing marvel of science and technology disguised as an ancient, rust-bucket cargo vessel.
Great World Religions Buddhism CD Course by Malcolm Eckel - Professor Eckels lectures on the history and practice of Buddhism offer an enlightening look at this multifarious religious tradition, which grew out of Hinduism and spread from India into Asia and, eventually, to the rest of the world.
Grief Process: Meditations for Healing by Stephen Levine - CD - Through a series of deeply-felt guided exercises that he has shared and refined with meditation groups, hospice residents, and others caught in the wake of physical and emotional grief Stephen Levine demonstrates awareness techniques available to everyone seeking true healing.
Guided Mindfulness Meditation by Jon Kabat-Zin - CD - Perhaps no other person has done more to bring mindfulness meditation into the contemporary landscape of America than Jon Kabat-Zinn. Th rough a number of research studies, and through Kabat-Zinn’s pioneering work at the University of Massachusetts Medical School where he is founder of its world-renowned Stress Reduction Clinic, mindfulness is finally being recognized as a highly effective tool for dealing with stress, chronic pain, and other illnesses.
Guided Meditation: Revitalize Mind, Body and Spirit by Kelly Howell - CD - This best-selling Brain Sync classic has helped hundreds of thousands of people to explore and experience meditation. You are guided to create an inner sanctuary, a place where you can go to regenerate the very core of your self. Your body begins to relax as your mind transcends daily clutter. Negative thoughts are dramatically swept away by brilliant flashes of insight and understanding.
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Heart Sutra chant
http://www.spokanebuddhisttemple.org/Audio/englishheartsutra.mp3Heart Sutra - Real Player - http://www.dzogchen.org/chant/heartsutra.htm
How to Expand Love: Widening the Circle of Loving Relationships by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Jeffrey, Hopkins - CD - In this simple primer on compassion and kindness, the Dalai Lama teaches that "if we really want happiness, we must widen the sphere of love."
How to Practice: The Way to a Meaningful Life (Unabridged)
by Bstan-Dzin-Rgya-Mtsh, Jeffrey, Ph.D. Hopkins (Editor), Dalai Lama - CD - another profound offering from the exiled Tibetan Buddhist leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Westerners may be confused by the book's title, assuming that it focuses solely on Buddhist meditation and prayer techniques. Though it does address meditation and prayer, at its core this is a book that demonstrates how day-to-day living can be a spiritual practice.
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If the Buddha Were in Love by Charlotte Sophia Kasl - cassette
Inner Art of Meditation by Jack Kornfield - CD - Kornfield, an ordained Buddhist monk, seasoned master, and author, conducts a series of five sessions on Vipassanna, or insight meditation. Vipassana shows how to incorporate Buddhist teaching into everyday living experiences, such as eating, driving, and walking. Kornfield instructs his class on developing an awareness of the present in order to reawaken the capacity to live more fully, compassionately, wisely, and lovingly.
Introducing Buddhism by Chris Pauling - cassette
Introduction To Buddhism: An Explanation Of The Buddhist Way of Life by Gueshe Kelsang Gyatso - CD
also available in cassettes - Sington's precise British diction and soothing voice are the perfect backdrop for discovering the Buddhist religion as taught by Gyatso. This is a calming, informative look at Buddhism.
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Jesus Was Not a Christian and Buddha Was Not a Buddhist by Scott Morrison - cassette
Jewel Tree of Tibet: The Enlightenment Engine of Tibetan Buddhism by Robert Thurman - cassette - Based on Thurman's six-lesson retreat on Tibetan Buddhism, this accessible book guides readers through the process of enlightenment.
Journey of Lady Buddha by Dmae Roberts - CD
Joyful Path of Good Fortune: The Complete Buddhist Path to Enlightenment by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso - CD - We all have the potential for self-transformation, and a limitless capacity for the growth of good qualities, but to fulfill this potential we need to know what to do at every stage of our spiritual journey. This book offers step-by-step guidance on the meditation practies which will lead us to lasting inner peace and happiness. With extraordinary clarity, all of Buddha's teachings are explained with precision and are enriched by stories and illuminating analogies. This presentation originates from the Stages of the Path fo Enlightenment, or Lamrim, composed by the 11th century Indian Buddhist master Atisha.
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Kalachakra: The Tantric Buddhist Ritual Given by His Holiness the Dalai Lama by Bojan Brecelj - CD
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Life Story of Milarepa by Ken Albertsen - CD - Besides the audio book, you get the illustrated e-book version for no extra charge! Milarepa was a Tibetan Buddhist renunciate who roamed the northern slopes of the Himalayas 900 years ago. The easy-going narrative is like a talking meditation, and takes the listener through the stages of his fascinating life, such as: the suffering of his childhood and the extreme challenges of his young adult years. Throughout Tibet, Milarepa is renown for his severe ascetic discipline of walling himself in to secluded caves for years on end - in pursuit of spiritual enlightenment. His is a richly woven and inspiring story which includes some biographical sketches of his three predecessors in the Kagyu lineage, namely: Tilopa, Naropa, and Marpa The Translator.
Liberation upon Hearing in the Between by Robert Thurman - CD - Robert Thurman illuminates the Tibetan Book of the Dead with up-to-date insights for modern audiences.
Live in a Better Way: Reflections on Truth, Love and Happiness by His Holiness the Dalai Lama - CD - the Dalai Lama's student Singh, a university professor in India, has pulled together six talks delivered in New Delhi from 1988-1997. "In order to practice Buddhism, you have to first know about the mind," begins this labyrinthine journey that is ostensibly aimed at all people, not just Buddhist practitioners.
Living Buddha, Living Christ by Thich Nhat Hanh - CD - In this popular work Hahn, a Vietnamese Zen monk, offers some parallels between Eastern and Western spiritual practice in an accessible style that will please general readers.
Living Everyday Zen by Charlotte Beck - CD - Living Everyday Zen collects essential insights from Charlotte Joko Beck's half-century of teaching into three vivid CDs. Here, this legendary Zen teacher and bestselling author talks to people from every spiritual tradition on the topics of: * Zen: to clearly see you are life itself and not separated from life * Wearing out your "if onlies" to discover for yourself that fulfillment is only in the moment * Meditation: awareness of what is--directly perceived * Closing the gap between the "I" and the "That," and more "We enter a discipline like Zen practice so that we can learn to live in a sane way," explains Charlotte Joko Beck. "Ultimately the result of Zen practice is working better in the office, raising our kids better, and having better relationships." With Living Everyday Zen, she offers the timeless wisdom of this venerable tradition in an accessible, down-to-earth style that will help students new and old lead lives of benefit to all.
Loving-Kindness Meditation: Learning to Love Through Insight Meditation
by Sharon Salzberg - cassette - Join Sharon Salzberg in this thorough course that will teach you a gentle, six-stage meditation drawn from the vipassana tradition. Learn to: melt feelings of isolation; awaken true compassion, even for those who have hurt you; free yourself from needless suffering, and more. Includes 7-page study guide
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Mandala of the Enlightened Feminine by Tsultrim Allione - CD - The Mandala of the Enlightened Feminine is a complete, accessible curriculum designed to support women in their pursuit of enlightenment through the dakini wisdom energies.
Meaning of Life: Buddhist Perspectives on Cause and Effect by Dalai Lama (Author), Jeffrey Hopkins (Introduction), Ken McLeod (Reader) - CD - a collection of lectures given in London in 1984 on the Buddhist worldview
Meditating With the Body: Six Tibetan Buddhist Meditations for Touching Enlightenment With the Body by Reginald A. Ray - CD - body-based meditation provides a powerful way for us to "digest" the events and experiences of our day. It allows us to open our awareness and deepen our sense of being so that our minds become clearer, our emotions more flowing, and our lives more grounded.
Meditation by Stuart Wilde - cassette
Meditation Course by J. Parker - cassettes
Meditation for Beginners by Jack Kornfield - CD - Start Meditating Today with This Beginner's Guide. Have you ever thought about trying meditation, but didn't know how to get started? On Meditation for Beginners, trusted teacher Jack Kornfield uses clear language and step-by-step demonstrations to show you how simple it is to start - and stick with - a daily meditation practice.
Meditation for Peaceful Dying: For End of Life Patients, their families and friends by Belleruth Naparstek - cassette - This program is designed to create relaxed feelings of safety, calm and reassurance; clear the mind and help prepare the spirit for the journey that is dying.
Meditation Instruction - many files - Real Player & MP3
http://www.buddhanet.net/audio-meditation.htm
Meditation: Relax, Relieve Stress, Get in Touch With Your Higher Consciousness by Joyce Levine - cassette - Relax, Relieve Stress. Get in Touch with Your Higher Consciousness. Side 1 of the tape explains meditation, how it works and benefits you. It also explains the chakras and how to utilize their energies. Side 2 is a guided meditation. It takes you through a relaxation of the body, opening the chakras, and the meditation.
Meditation to Help with Anger & Forgiveness by Belleruth Naparstek - CD - Designed to promote feelings of acceptance and forgiveness, of self and others; motivate and heal; reduce anger and blame; evoke compassion and empathy; encourage feelings of safety and support; encourage future success.
Meditations for Difficult Times by Bernie Siegel - cassette
Meditations for Morning and Evening: Start and End Your Day with confidence and Ease by Bernie S. Siegel - CD - On this CD program to be used as you start and finish your day, Bernie Siegel guides you through two individual and empowering meditations, each a combination of guided imagery and auto-hypnosis. These inspiring inner journeys are designed to assist you in dealing with negative thoughts, past hurts, stress, grief, and other conditions that can contribute to your lack of well-being. Bernie’s calm, resonant voice gently helps you experience your own unique qualities, as well as your inner and outer beauty.
Meditations for Peace of Mind: Relax and Appreciate Your Uniqueness by Bernie S. Siegel - CD - On this CD program to be used as you start and finish your day, Bernie Siegel guides you through two individual and empowering meditations, each a combination of guided imagery and auto-hypnosis. These inspiring inner journeys are designed to assist you in dealing with negative thoughts, past hurts, stress, grief, and other conditions that can contribute to your lack of well-being. Bernie’s calm, resonant voice gently helps you experience your own unique qualities, as well as your inner and outer beauty.
Meditations of the Heart: Classic Meditations Based on the Four Noble Truths of Buddhism by Jack Kornfield - cassette - Based on the Four Noble Truths of Buddhism, this tape is a fine introduction to Buddhist meditation. Kornfield explains each Truth, then leads the listener in ten-minute meditations. What makes this tape extraordinary is Kornfield's skill and warmth in showing the audience the significance of truth, forgiveness and love on the path of enlightenment. It's an inspirational, comforting and enthusiastic performance.
Meditations on Buddhism by Osho - cassette - Delving deeply, respectfully and lovingly into the 2,500-year-old sutras of the Gautam Buddha, Osho extracts the profound essence, insights and understanding of the Buddha's teachings, and presents this everlasting wisdom in a lucid, straightforward and often humorous manner that will deeply touch the contemporary seeker.
Middle Way: The Story of Buddhism by Jinananda, David Timson (Narrator), Anton Lesser (Reader) - CD
Mindful Way Through Depression: Freeing Yourself from Chronic Unhappiness by Mark Williams - CD - "Using mindfulness training to prevent and treat depression is a novel strategy in the West, though it is a traditional application of Eastern meditation practice. Whether you struggle with depression or simply want to understand your mind and emotions better, you will find this book accessible and useful. Depression is epidemic in our society, and I would love to see this sensible treatment approach gain ground." –Andrew Weil, MD, author of 8 Weeks to Optimum Health and Healthy Aging
Mindfulness Meditation: Cultivating the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind by John Kabat-Zinn - CD - Kabat-Zinn encourages us to wake up and live each moment fully. He examines the barriers to being fully present in the moment and explains how to use our breath to cultivate mindfulness. He also guides the listener through a number of mindfulness meditations.
Music and Chants of Buddhism by Bhattacharya - cassette
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Namo Amida chant
http://www.spokanebuddhisttemple.org/Audio/namo.mp3
Natural Freedom: The Dharma Beyond Buddhism by Alan Clements - cassette - To advance the theme that emotional awareness promotes peace and energy, the author draws on his life as a Buddhist monk and truth-seeker to give us seven life principles and a number of helpful practices, all aimed at connecting us more fully with ourselves.
Noble Heart: A Self-Guided Retreat on Befriending Your Obstacles
by Pema Chodron - CD - 1998 - You can’t get away from suffering. That’s the good news, teaches Pema Chodron. For at the core of your most painful experiences – perhaps more than anywhere else – you will find the seeds of your awakening.
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Om Mani Padme Hung musical
http://www.dzogchen.org/chant/omph.htm
Opening to Meditation: A Gentle, Guided Approach by Diana Lang - book & CD - Opening to Meditation takes the mystery out of the popular practice of meditation, making it as easy as breathing with a user-friendly book and CD.
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Path to Enlightenment by Dalai Lama, Ken McLeod - CD - The third Dali Lama wrote the ESSENCE OF REFINED GOLD to summarize the teachings of the Buddha. The fourteenth (and current) Dali Lama (Tenzin Gyatso) offers a discourse on the earlier work. Narrator Ken McLeod is easy to listen to.
Path With Heart by Jack Kornfield - CD - On A Path with Heart, Jack Kornfield teaches key principles of Buddhism’s cherished "insight" tradition, with an eye to the spiritual challenges unique to our times.
Pema Chodron Collection: Pure Meditation: Good Medicine-From Fear to Fearlessness by Pema Chodron - CD - Pema Chodron is one of the West’s most beloved teachers of Buddhism, making the Tibetan vajrayana tradition accessible in today’s world. Now, three of her most popular teachings are available in one boxed set. The Pema Chodron Collection includes: Pure Meditation – step-by-step instruction in Tibetan Buddhism’s pinnacle practice for transformation and letting go; Good Medicine – teachings in tonglen, an elegant meditation that allows us to use our troubles to befriend ourselves and widen our circle of compassion; and From Fear to Fearlessness – offers an antidote to fear in the four noble aspirations – maitri (lovingkindness), compassion, joy, and equanimity.
Pema Chodron: Choosing a Fresh Alternative - CD - These talks are for those wishing to explore how we habitually get stuck and how we then unwillingly escalate the very dissatisfaction and pain we long to escape.
Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times
by Pema Chodron, Tami Simon - CD - Chodron, a Buddhist nun, offers plans of action for coping with anxiety, fear and uncertainty.
Plum Village Meditations by Jina Van, Sister Hengel - CD - Plum Village Meditations brings you four authentic meditations just as they are taught at this celebrated Zen sanctuary and peace center in southern France.
Practicing the Power of Now: Essential Teachings, Meditations, and Exercises from the Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle - CD - the author invites us to surrender our resistance to our true nature, which will be revealed to us when we stop trying to control everything. This eloquent lesson on practicing the author's ideas develops more momentum and comprehensibility as the program moves along, even for new students of this approach to life.
Present Moment by Thich Nhat Hanh (Reader), Chan Khong (Contributor) - CD - You will learn a treasury of detailed meditations to help you walk, breathe, communicate - even cope with traffic - more deeply and consciously. The Present Moment is a rare opportunity to learn ancient Buddhist practices directly from a living master of the tradition - practices that are life-changing today, just as they were thousands of years ago. This program contains over seven hours of direct instruction from this living master of Buddhist meditation techniques.
Pure Meditation: The Tibetan Buddhist Practice of Inner Peace by Pema Chodren - unabridged - cassette - With clarity, humor, and insight, this beloved Tibetan Buddhist nun guides listeners through the three elements of "pure meditation" – posture, breathing, and thoughts – to deliver a complete three-hour training course on this pinnacle practice for deep transformation and "letting go."
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Roots of Buddhist Psychology by Jack Kornfield - cassette - Like no other teaching course, The Roots of Buddhist Psychology gives you these immediate strategies for living in the present: 12 profound lectures – each one a gem of intelligent wisdom – on Buddhism’s central teachings about the psyche and sacred attention.
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Selfless Persons: Imagery and Thought in Theravada Buddhism by Steven Collins - CD - This book explains the Buddhist doctrine of annattá ("not-self"), which denies the existence of any self, soul, or enduring essence in man. The author relates this doctrine to its cultural and historical context, particularly to its Brahman background.
Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior by Chogyam Trungpa - cassette - Chögyam Trungpa, The founder of Naropa University, opens the warrior’s path to contemporary men and women in search of self-mastery and greater fulfillment. Interpreting the warrior’s journey in modern terms, Trungpa discusses such skills as overcoming habitual behaviors, relaxing within discipline, facing the world with openness and fearlessness, and finding the sacred dimension of everyday life.
Silence and Awareness: A Retreat Experience in Christian-Buddhist Mediation by Daniel Chowning, Kevin Culligan, Mary Jo Meadow - cassette - This retreat is given by two priests rooted in the Carmelite mystical tradition and one Catholic sister who is also vowed to the practice of Theravadan Buddhist nuns.
Slow Gongyo Nichiren Daishonin Buddhist Meditation - CD - Learn the Buddhist Gongyo mantras with this Slow Gongyo recording. The correct pronunciation of the Nichiren Daishonin Gongyo can be an extremely difficult task. This audio presentation makes learning the Gongyo easier for new students of Buddhism, and also helps to solidify the existing techniques of more advanced students.
Songs of the Woodcutter: Zen Poems of Wang Wei and Taigu Ryokan by Wang Wei - CD - A CD and booklet package of poet Larry Smith and flutist Monte Page performing translations of the Zen poems of ancient poets Wang Wei and Taigu Ryokan.
Stages of Meditation by Bstan-Dzin-Rgya-Mtsho - CD - This powerful, far-reaching audio will require focused concentration but will offer much to listeners who are serious about meditative practice. The lesson is grounded in the writings of ninth-century Buddhist scholar Kamalashila, whom the author quotes and discusses with great familiarity.
Stress Reduction and Creative Meditations by Marc Allen - CD - Those just beginning relaxation techniques will find this tape an excellent audio introduction to methods of guided meditation. Allen's voice blends with background music to provide an instructional guided relaxation routine, including creative meditation directions.
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Tantric Buddhism: 27 Talks- by Rama -Book & CD - The Enlightenment Cycle is a balanced combination of intensive daily meditation with full participation in the world, rather than a separation between monastic and worldly life. It is the quality of your morning meditation that enables you to overcome workplace obstacles, and then through excellence in the workplace positive internal energy is generated that in turn fuels an outstanding evening meditation.
Teaching of Buddha by Society for the Promotion of Buddhism - CD - The Teaching of Buddha is a collection of writings on the essence of Buddhism, selected and edited from the vast Buddhist canon, presented in a concise, easy-to-listen, and nonsectarian format. It also includes a brief history of Buddhism, a glossary of Sanskrit terms.
Teachings of Zen Master Dogen by Kazuaki Tanahashi - CD
Teachings On Love: How Mindfulness Can Enhance Your Intimate Relationships by Thich Nhat Hanh - CD - Hanh here continues his theme of peace?this time through the tool of love. His topic, how to love well, will be of interest to many, and his simple prose style is easy and soothing to read.
Thought Without a Thinker: Psychotherapy from a Buddhist Perspective by Mark Epstein - cassette - The clarity is incredibly attractive, and is made even more attractive, even spellbinding, by the author's gentle voice and deeply powerful stories.
Tibetan Book of the Dead: The Great Liberation Through Hearing the Bardo
Translated by Francesca Fremantle & Chogyam Trungpa - Read by Richard Gere - CD
Tao Te Ching Low Price CD by Lao Tzu
Torah & Dharma by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi - cassette
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Vipassana Fellowship - many files - Real Player
http://www.vipassana.com/audio_files/index.php
Voice of the Buddha: The Dhammapada and other key Buddhist teaching by Kulananda (Narrator) - CD - A compilation of Buddhist writings is presented in an accessible format. Each section of text is introduced with a short statement by narrator Sean Barrett, followed by the text itself, presented by Kulananda or Anton Lesser--or in the case of dialogues with the Buddha.
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Way of Zen by Alan Watts - CD - A well-respected interpreter and historian of Zen thought, who lived from 1915 to 1973, is captured here in the form of voice recordings of his lectures, as well as selections from his 1957 book, read by Ralph Blum. This is a satisfying audio lesson on Zen, which Watts says is a way of life fundamentally different from any religion or science and that has a rich history of thinking regarding the question of individual being in relation to the world.
When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chodron - CD
also available in Cassette - Chodron's book is filled with useful advice about how Buddhism helps readers to cope with the grim realities of modern life, including fear, despair, rage and the feeling that we are not in control of our lives.
Why Buddhism? by Ven. Thubten Chodron
http://www.thubtenchodron.org/OtherArticlesAudio/why_buddhism.html
Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life by Jon Kabat-Zinn - CD -
also available in cassette - urges readers to practice "mindfulness," a more than 2000-year-old Buddhist method of living fully in the present, observing ourselves, our feeling, others and our surroundings without judging them.
Wisdom of Forgiveness: Intimate Conversations and Journeys by His Holiness Dalai Lama - CD - Drawing on Buddhist principles, this book loosely discusses His Holiness's ideas on forgiveness, though Chan presents them gently through stories.
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Your Buddha Nature: Teachings on the Ten Perfections by Jack Kornfield - cassette - In 12 absorbing sessions, Kornfield introduces listeners to Buddhisms most basic foundation for mindful living: the Ten Perfections.
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Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind by Shunryu Suzuki - CD - In one of the best and most succinct introductions to Zen practice, the important teacher Shunryu Suzuki discusses posture and breathing in meditation as well as selflessness, emptiness, and mindfulness.
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