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The Book of Joy
Featured Article: How to Be Happier, According to These Smile-Inducing Audiobooks
"Happiness" seems like this abstract concept we keep reaching for but will never be able to actually grasp, right? Wrong—at least according to the following authors. Here is a list of the best audiobooks to help you find your pathway to happiness. Some are step-by-step guides; others are personal accounts of finding the way to a genuinely happy life. Whichever style you prefer, there's an audiobook about happiness that will fit your journey.
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The Book of Joy
- Lasting Happiness in a Changing World
- By: His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu, Douglas Carlton Abrams
- Narrated by: Douglas Carlton Abrams, full cast, Francois Chau, and others
- Length: 10 hrs and 12 mins
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Two great spiritual masters share their own hard-won wisdom about living with joy even in the face of adversity....
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This book may have saved my life
- By R. Chandra on 02-08-17
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The Book of Joy
- Lasting Happiness in a Changing World
- Narrated by: Douglas Carlton Abrams, full cast, Francois Chau, Peter Francis James
- Length: 10 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 09-20-16
- Language: English
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Buddhism for Beginners
- By: Thubten Chodron, His Holiness the Dalai Lama - foreword
- Narrated by: Gabra Zackman
- Length: 4 hrs and 43 mins
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This user’s guide to Buddhist basics takes the most commonly asked questions and provides simple answers in plain English....
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Amazing introduction to Buddhism
- By chad d on 07-02-15
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Buddhism for Beginners
- Narrated by: Gabra Zackman
- Length: 4 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 12-09-14
- Language: English
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Meditations on Living, Dying, and Loss
- The Essential Tibetan Book of the Dead
- By: Graham Coleman - editor introduction, Thupten Jinpa - editor, Dalai Lama - introduction, and others
- Narrated by: Graham Coleman, Gyetrul Jigme Rinpoche, Thupten Jinpa
- Length: 4 hrs and 1 min
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A distillation of the acclaimed English translation of a revered Tibetan classic.
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Meditations on Living, Dying, and Loss
- The Essential Tibetan Book of the Dead
- Narrated by: Graham Coleman, Gyetrul Jigme Rinpoche, Thupten Jinpa
- Length: 4 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 01-21-25
- Language: English
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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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The World of Tibetan Buddhism
- An Overview of Its Philosophy and Practice
- By: His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Geshe Thupten Jinpa - editor translator annotation
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
- Length: 4 hrs and 25 mins
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As listeners explore Tibetan Buddhism more fully than ever before, they will find in His Holiness a great friend and authority....
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Dense, heavy
- By Michael on 12-04-16
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The World of Tibetan Buddhism
- An Overview of Its Philosophy and Practice
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
- Length: 4 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 05-03-16
- Language: English
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Voice for the Voiceless
- Over Seven Decades of Struggle with China for My Land and My People
- By: Dalai Lama
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
- Length: 5 hrs and 47 mins
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In this unique book offering personal, spiritual, and historical reflections—some never shared before—His Holiness the Dalai Lama tells the full story of his struggle with China to save Tibet and its people for nearly seventy-five years.
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Moving, heart wrenching.
- By Carolina on 04-30-25
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Voice for the Voiceless
- Over Seven Decades of Struggle with China for My Land and My People
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
- Length: 5 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 03-11-25
- Language: English
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Essence of the Heart Sutra
- The Dalai Lama's Heart of Wisdom Teachings
- By: Tenzin Gyatso the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, Geshe Thupten Jinpa - translator and editor
- Narrated by: Gabra Zackman
- Length: 3 hrs and 40 mins
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The Dalai Lama masterfully unpacks the Heart Sutra so that any listener can benefit from its teachings - teachings meant to help us release ourselves from suffering and live with true compassion....
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Precious teachings!
- By Margaret E. Langston on 07-25-16
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Essence of the Heart Sutra
- The Dalai Lama's Heart of Wisdom Teachings
- Narrated by: Gabra Zackman
- Length: 3 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 05-12-16
- Language: English
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How to Expand Love
- Widening the Circle of Loving Relationships
- By: His Holiness the Dalai Lama
- Narrated by: Jeffrey Hopkins PhD
- Length: 5 hrs and 24 mins
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His Holiness the Dalai Lama, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, offers a simple yet illuminating program for transforming self-centered energy into outwardly directed compassion....
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Masterpiece
- By Jason on 12-09-17
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How to Expand Love
- Widening the Circle of Loving Relationships
- Narrated by: Jeffrey Hopkins PhD
- Length: 5 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 02-07-07
- Language: English
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The Way of the Bodhisattva
- Shambhala
- By: Shantideva, Padmakara Translation Group, the Dalai Lama - foreword, and others
- Narrated by: Wulstan Fletcher
- Length: 3 hrs and 6 mins
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Treasured by Buddhists of all traditions, The Way of the Bodhisattva (Bodhicharyavatara) is a guide to cultivating the mind of enlightenment and to generating the qualities of love, compassion, generosity, and patience....
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To hear again and again
- By Dirk on 07-09-18
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The Way of the Bodhisattva
- Shambhala
- Narrated by: Wulstan Fletcher
- Length: 3 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 07-03-18
- Language: English
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The Essence of Happiness
- A Guidebook for Living
- By: His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Howard C. Cutler
- Narrated by: Linda Emond, Dion Graham, Howard C. Cutler (introduction)
- Length: 1 hr and 19 mins
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Here is sage advice on defeating day-to-day depression, anxiety, anger, jealousy, and other emotions that get in the way of true happiness....
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Simplicity that can change your perspective
- By MCory13 on 04-25-16
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The Essence of Happiness
- A Guidebook for Living
- Narrated by: Linda Emond, Dion Graham, Howard C. Cutler (introduction)
- Length: 1 hr and 19 mins
- Release date: 10-28-10
- Language: English
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Toward a True Kinship of Faiths
- How the World's Religions Can Come Together
- By: His Holiness the Dalai Lama
- Narrated by: Richard Gere
- Length: 6 hrs and 1 min
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No person today is untouched by what happens in the rest of the world...
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Please Listen to This Book
- By Elizabeth on 07-27-10
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Toward a True Kinship of Faiths
- How the World's Religions Can Come Together
- Narrated by: Richard Gere
- Length: 6 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 05-11-10
- Language: English
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Breaking Bias
- Where Stereotypes and Prejudices Come From—and the Science-Backed Method to Unravel Them
- By: Anu Gupta, His Holiness The Dalai Lama - foreword
- Narrated by: Anu Gupta
- Length: 12 hrs and 22 mins
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Drawing on two decades of original research and experience training thousands of students, Anu Gupta has written a comprehensive and compellingly readable guide for anyone who wants to understand and unlearn conscious and unconscious biases
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beautiful masterpiece of art and science
- By Shalini Verma on 10-27-24
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Breaking Bias
- Where Stereotypes and Prejudices Come From—and the Science-Backed Method to Unravel Them
- Narrated by: Anu Gupta
- Length: 12 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 09-17-24
- Language: English
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The Meaning of Life
- Buddhist Perspectives on Cause and Effect
- By: His Holiness the Dalai Lama
- Narrated by: Ken McLeod
- Length: 3 hrs and 26 mins
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Each of us struggles with the existential questions of meaning, purpose, and responsibility. In The Meaning of Life, the Dalai Lama examines...
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can't be a novice
- By Jayna on 04-09-08
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The Meaning of Life
- Buddhist Perspectives on Cause and Effect
- Narrated by: Ken McLeod
- Length: 3 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 03-26-01
- Language: English
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Buddhism
- One Teacher, Many Traditions
- By: His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Thubten Chodron
- Narrated by: Fajer Al-Kaisi
- Length: 12 hrs and 13 mins
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Explore the common ground underlying the diverse expressions of the Buddha's teachings with two of Tibetan Buddhism's best-selling authors....
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Very complete instructions on Buddhism.
- By Ricardo on 07-07-19
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Buddhism
- One Teacher, Many Traditions
- Narrated by: Fajer Al-Kaisi
- Length: 12 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 08-03-16
- Language: English
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From Here to Enlightenment
- An Introduction to Tsong-kha-pa's Classic Text The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment
- By: Guy Newland - editor and translator, His Holiness the Dalai Lama
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
- Length: 6 hrs and 8 mins
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In 2008, celebrating the long-awaited completion of the English-language translation of The Great Treatise, the Dalai Lama gave a historic six-day teaching at Lehigh University....
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An intellectual's guide to Buddhism
- By Joseph Schell on 08-17-18
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From Here to Enlightenment
- An Introduction to Tsong-kha-pa's Classic Text The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
- Length: 6 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 12-09-14
- Language: English
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How to Be Compassionate
- By: His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Jeffrey Hopkins PhD - editor/translator
- Narrated by: Jeffrey Hopkins PhD
- Length: 4 hrs and 16 mins
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The surest path to true happiness lies in being intimately concerned with the welfare of others. Or, as His Holiness the Dalai Lama would say, in compassion.....
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Listen, Learn, Practice, Repeat
- By KARGRV on 03-27-14
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How to Be Compassionate
- Narrated by: Jeffrey Hopkins PhD
- Length: 4 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 03-01-11
- Language: English
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Essential Spirituality
- By: Roger Walsh MD PhD, His Holiness the Dalai Lama - foreword
- Narrated by: Roger Walsh M.D.#Ph.D.
- Length: 2 hrs and 45 mins
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Based on more than 20 years of research and spiritual practice, written by a man who is both a spiritual practitioner and award-winning scientist...
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Highly recommended
- By Mark on 05-13-04
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Essential Spirituality
- Narrated by: Roger Walsh M.D.#Ph.D.
- Length: 2 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 04-18-01
- Language: English
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The Path to Tranquility
- Daily Meditations by the Dalai Lama
- By: His Holiness the Dalai Lama
- Narrated by: Robert Thurman, Laurie Anderson, B. D. Wong
- Length: 2 hrs and 34 mins
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The Dalai Lama, a living symbol of holiness and selfless triumph over tribulation, has shared his philosophy of peace with today's turbulent world....
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The narration is just too demeaning to bear.
- By Scott on 10-11-12
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The Path to Tranquility
- Daily Meditations by the Dalai Lama
- Narrated by: Robert Thurman, Laurie Anderson, B. D. Wong
- Length: 2 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 02-22-10
- Language: English
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El arte de vivir en el nuevo milenio [Ethics for the New Millennium]
- By: Dalái Lama, Miguel Martínez-Lage
- Narrated by: Josué Morales
- Length: 10 hrs and 15 mins
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Haciendo uso del sentido común y de un envidiable espíritu práctico, el Dalai Lama nos devuelve la confianza en nuestras mejores cualidades y nos ofrece una propuesta simple y clara para el nuevo milenio: aprender a creer en nuestra bondad innata y a ejercer la compasión....
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El arte de vivir en el nuevo milenio [Ethics for the New Millennium]
- Narrated by: Josué Morales
- Length: 10 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 10-28-21
- Language: Spanish
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Genuine Happiness
- Meditation as the Path to Fulfillment
- By: B. Alan Wallace, His Holiness the Dalai Lama - foreword
- Narrated by: Basil Sands
- Length: 9 hrs and 31 mins
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To achieve long-term happiness, you must access your own bountiful resources - housed in your heart and mind. In Genuine Happiness, longtime Buddhist practitioner Alan Wallace shows you the path to bliss....
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Boring and unhelpful, save your credit
- By Caitlin on 08-18-23
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Genuine Happiness
- Meditation as the Path to Fulfillment
- Narrated by: Basil Sands
- Length: 9 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 08-11-20
- Language: English
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