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Don't Believe Everything You Think

By: Bhikshuni Thubten Chodron
Narrated by: Graeme Malcolm
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It can be hard for those of us living in the 21st century to see how 14th-century Buddhist teachings still apply. When you’re trying to figure out which cell phone plan to buy or brooding about something someone wrote about you on Facebook, lines like "While the enemy of your own anger is unsubdued, though you conquer external foes, they will only increase" can seem a little obscure. Thubten Chodron’s illuminating explication of Togmay Zangpo’s revered text, The Thirty-Seven Practices of Bodhisattvas, doesn’t just explain its profound meaning; in dozens of passages she lets her students and colleagues share first-person stories of the ways that its teachings have changed their lives. Some bear witness to dramatic transformations - making friends with an enemy prisoner-of-war, finding peace after the murder of a loved one - while others tell of smaller lessons, like waiting for something to happen or coping with a minor injury.

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Well written, easy to follow, and includes practical steps. The read keeps you involved and wanting to hear more.

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Everyone should listen to this.

Provides wonderful information and insights into how we think. The 37 guidelines to live by are highly useful.

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Complete & Complex

this is a very detailed and complete English perception of the miny complex steps toward becoming a bodhisattva

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listen to this book

This is great book I'll make sure to listen to it every year or twice yearly .

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Pretty good

This gave a very thorough perspective of Buddhism. Lots to ponder on. What Makes You Not a Buddhist jived a little better with me, but I still appreciated most of the lessons this one had to offer.

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Really great

The venerable teacher uses wise real-life vignettes of people's real world situations and how they relate to dharma practice-- dharma as medicine.

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this information is important and worth one or more listenings to absorb. thank you to all involved in providing this vital resource.

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Good intro to Buddhist teachings

I thought that this was a good introduction to Buddhist teachings. There was enough depth to make me feel like I was learning but not so much to make me feel overwhelmed or bogged down with information.

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Wise book!

Very wise book from a great teacher, American Buddhist nun Thubten Chodron. However, I am disappointed that the narrator is a British sounding man, which seems an odd choice. At least, for this listener, it was distracting.

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another way of thinking

instructions for accepting you, others, and the life experience. the personal stories helped in understanding the process

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