Inside Vasubandhu's Yogacara Audiobook By Ben Connelly, Norman Fischer - foreword, Weijen Teng - translator cover art

Inside Vasubandhu's Yogacara

A Practitioner's Guide

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Inside Vasubandhu's Yogacara

By: Ben Connelly, Norman Fischer - foreword, Weijen Teng - translator
Narrated by: Daniel Henning
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In this book, Ben Connelly guides us through the intricacies of Yogacara and the richness of the "Thirty Verses." His warm and wise voice unpacks and contextualizes its wisdom, showing us how we can apply its ancient insights to our own modern lives, to create a life of engaged peace, harmony, compassion, and joy.

In fourth-century India, one of the great geniuses of Buddhism, Vasubandhu, sought to reconcile the diverse ideas and forms of Buddhism practiced at the time and demonstrate how they could be effectively integrated into a single system. This was the Yogacara movement, and it continues to have great influence in modern Tibetan and Zen Buddhism.

Vasubandhu's "Thirty Verses" lay out a path of practice that integrates the most powerful of Buddhism's psychological and mystical possibilities. Although Yogacara has a reputation for being extremely complex, the "Thirty Verses" distills the principles of these traditions to their most practical forms, and this book follows that sense of focus. It goes to the heart of the matter—how do we alleviate suffering through shedding our emotional knots and our sense of alienation?

This is a great introduction to a philosophy, a master, and a work whose influence reverberates throughout modern Buddhism.

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I found some of the profound pronunciation errors a distraction. Maybe the person narrating a book should familiarize themselves with the common pronunciations of terms before they mangle words that are held sacred by practitioners.

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I appreciate this study of Yogacara, found it clear and understandable. There were some old puzzles hanging around in the back of my mind that this helped clarify.

The narration was not satisfactory. Many words mispronounced which is jarring.

Great study of the 30 verses

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I was distracted by the voice of the narrator and mispronunciation of terms. May return.

Good introduction for beginners

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