Buddhism for Beginners: Your Guide to Understanding the Principles of Buddhism (Plain and Simple Guide to Buddhist Philosophy Including Zen Teachings)
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Buddhism for Beginners: Your Guide to Understanding the Principles of Buddhism (Plain and Simple Guide to Buddhist Philosophy Including Zen Teachings)

By Martin Freeman
Michael Caine
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Length2h 20m

About this audiobook

This book was written for one simple reason—to help you feel happier, more grounded, and more at peace in your everyday life. Not just on vacation or during meditation retreats, but right in the middle of your daily routine, stress and all. While buddhism can be a lifelong path of deep study, this book focuses on helping you begin right where you are, with simple practices you can start using today. Instead of getting lost in the theories or history of buddhism, this book offers powerful insights that can transform the way you live through mindfulness and self-awareness. Inside you will find: a clear introduction to buddhist philosophy and its core insights the origins of mindfulness and how it fits into the broader buddhist path how to apply these ideas practically to your daily life thebuddhist understanding of the self, the mind, and the nature of experience why this tradition has endured for 2,500 years — and what it still offers us today If you want to learn how to apply the buddhist philosophy in your everyday life, then this book is for you. You’ll learn the principles of this philosophy along with the history of buddha and his teachings that will help you successfully bring buddhism into your everyday life. This book will give you the answers you’re seeking in a format that is both simple and easy to understand, without obscure words or convoluted sentences.

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GenreSelf-Help
Length2 hrs 20 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJun 22, 2026
LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1Introduction
2CHAPTER 1: THE FOUNDATIONS OF BUDDHISM
3CHAPTER 2: MINDFULNESS
4CHAPTER 3: BEGINNER MEDITATION PRACTICES
5CHAPTER 4: THE RIGHT MEDITATION TECHNIQUE FOR YOU
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6CHAPTER 5: MEDITATION POSTURE
7CHAPTER 6: HOW LONG SHOULD YOU MEDITATE?
8CHAPTER 7: BENEFITS AND OBJECTIVES OF MEDITATION
9CHAPTER 8: MEDITATION SPACE IN THE HOME
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