R. F. Martin
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The Effortless Life
- A Concise Manual for Contentment, Mindfulness, and Flow
- By: Leo Babauta
- Narrated by: Fred Stella
- Length: 1 hr and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 100
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 82
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Story4 out of 5 stars 83
This book shares ways to make life less of a struggle, to help you find contentment in a world where little exists, to instill a bit of mindfulness in an age of distractions. If you’ve had problems with frustration, struggle, dstraction, anger, impatience, unhappiness, relationships, goals, work, being present… this book is for you.
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1 out of 5 stars
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The Zoo Monkey's Mantra
- By Victor on 02-05-13
- The Effortless Life
- A Concise Manual for Contentment, Mindfulness, and Flow
- By: Leo Babauta
- Narrated by: Fred Stella
Great content, read by a robot
Reviewed: 02-12-21
The Effortless Life is a great overview of Leo’s philosophy and style once he got past his productivity obsession. Along with the Power of Less this is arguably some of the best writing on lifestyle minimalism, along with Goodbye Things by Fumio Sasaki. Unfortunately it’s read by a robot. Stella sounds almost bored sometimes, which is frustrating given the quality of material he’s given to work with. I’m pretty sure Babauta would have been willing to narrate. He’s got a wonderful, warm speaking voice, and it’s not like he’s a hermit.
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Chanting Breath by Breath
- By: Thích Nhất Hạnh
- Narrated by: Thich Nhat Hanh
- Length: 1 hr and 9 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 37
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 31
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 30
The chants and music in this audiobook are some of the first petals to open on this beautiful flower. Chanted by the resident community of Plum Village in 2002.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Really loved it except...
- By Amazon Customer on 09-16-17
- Chanting Breath by Breath
- By: Thích Nhất Hạnh
- Narrated by: Thich Nhat Hanh
Poor presentation
Reviewed: 11-03-20
I’m a solo practitioner at the moment, and since I can’t read musical notation I bought this in order to learn the chants in chanting from the heart. Unfortunately the chapters are numbered instead of being labeled with the name of the chant, which makes it difficult to use for that purpose. I’m not even sure why the chapters are numbered since giving the titles would be the obvious way to present something like this.
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