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The Vow and Aspiration of Mahamudra

By: Garmapa Rijnen Droje, Marilynn Hughes
Narrated by: Josiah John Bildner
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The Vow and Aspiration of Mahamudra including the Pith instructions of Mahamudra by Tilopa.

©2015 Marilynn Hughes (P)2018 Marilynn Hughes
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Hard to find Pith Instructions in audio format

The content of the book is priceless, definitely worth listening to, the pith instructions are hard to find in audio format. The performer can pronounce the words however he wants it doesn't take away from the meaningful content.

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Good summary

Introduction to Tibetan budism
Core concept and how to practice in this tradition
Recommend to everyone

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Pronunciation

If you're going to read words of another language, in this case Sanskrit, you should learn to pronounce things proper. The narrator pronounces "Samsara" as Sam-sarah instead of SAHm - SAHra, "dharmakaya" is dharma-KAY-uh when it should be dharma-k-EYE-AH, and so on. It may seem trivial but it reveals to the audience that the narrator hasn't done his home work, thus making it less appealing. Josiah, do your home work as a narrator.

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Indispensable!!!

Fantastic!! Thanks!! I love to learn the real “deal”! I will listen to this JEWEL many more times!!

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Just read Tilopas song of the Mahamudra...

Read and reflect of Tilopas song of the Mahamudra to Niropa. Beware the trend pirates, who paint cardboard and to make it look valuable.

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Terrible reading

I found it was a terrible performance. Poor intonation and mispronounced names constantly. I found that the narrator was either too blazé, too unfamiliar, or had the wrong attitude towards this text.

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The person reading this is horrible.

The person Audible hired to read this is really bad at their job. They mispronounce words and names they said one sentence ago, and don't know anything about the source material which is very cerebral and this causes them to not understand the flow of the sentences.

This is very painful to listen to.

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