Label: Naxos AudioBooks
Genre: Sacred Texts
Catalogue No: NA330712
Barcode: 9789626343074
Release Date: 04/2004

Voice of the Buddha (The)

The Dhammapada is the single most important extant Buddhist text. It is unquestionably ‘the voice of the Buddha’ where many of his key ideas are presented in a cogent verse form. It opens ‘All that we are is the result of what we have thought’ and each of the twenty-six sections is clearly introduced. Also included on this recording are other key Buddhist concepts illustrated by original texts. A unique concept recording.

Tracklist

Disc 1
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Barrett, Sean (Reader)
Kulananda (Reader)
Lesser, Anton (Reader)
1Introduction06:22
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2I Paris - Introduction00:45
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Lesser, Anton (Reader)
3Experiences are preceded by mind...04:12
Barrett, Sean (Reader)
Kulananda (Reader)
Lesser, Anton (Reader)
4II Mindfulness - Introduction00:36
Barrett, Sean (Reader)
Kulananda (Reader)
Lesser, Anton (Reader)
5Mindfulness is the way to the Immortal...02:38
Barrett, Sean (Reader)
Kulananda (Reader)
Lesser, Anton (Reader)
6III The Mind - Introduction00:19
Barrett, Sean (Reader)
Kulananda (Reader)
Lesser, Anton (Reader)
7As a fletcher straightens the arrow...02:13
Barrett, Sean (Reader)
Kulananda (Reader)
Lesser, Anton (Reader)
8IV Flowers - Introduction00:24
Barrett, Sean (Reader)
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Lesser, Anton (Reader)
9Who shall conquer the earth03:04
Barrett, Sean (Reader)
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Lesser, Anton (Reader)
10V The Spiritually Immature - Introduction00:22
Barrett, Sean (Reader)
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Lesser, Anton (Reader)
11Long is the night to the wakeful...03:47
Barrett, Sean (Reader)
Kulananda (Reader)
Lesser, Anton (Reader)
12VI The Spiritually Mature - Introduction00:47
Barrett, Sean (Reader)
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Lesser, Anton (Reader)
13Should one see a man of understanding...03:13
Barrett, Sean (Reader)
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14VII The (Supremely) Worthy - Introduction00:25
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Lesser, Anton (Reader)
15The burning fever of passion does not exist for one...02:28
Barrett, Sean (Reader)
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16VIII The Thousands - Introduction00:48
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Lesser, Anton (Reader)
17Better than a thousand meaningless words...03:26
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18IX Evil - Introduction00:29
Barrett, Sean (Reader)
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Lesser, Anton (Reader)
19Be quick to do what is (morally) beautiful03:12
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20X Punishment - Introduction00:28
Barrett, Sean (Reader)
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21All living beings are terrified of punishment...03:56
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22XI Decay - Introduction00:38
Barrett, Sean (Reader)
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23What mirth can there be, what pleasure...02:29
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24XII Self - Introduction00:23
Barrett, Sean (Reader)
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Lesser, Anton (Reader)
25If a man (really) regards himself as dear...02:30
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26XIII The World - Introduction00:29
Barrett, Sean (Reader)
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27Don't follow inferior principles02:32
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28XIV The Enlightened One - Introduction00:41
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29That Enlightened One whose sphere is endless...04:10
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30XV Happiness - Introduction00:45
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31Happy indeed we live...02:21
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32XVI Affections - Introduction00:40
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Lesser, Anton (Reader)
33Devoting himself to the unbefitting...02:40
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Lesser, Anton (Reader)
34XVII Anger - Introduction00:40
Barrett, Sean (Reader)
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Lesser, Anton (Reader)
35Let one give up anger, renounce conceit...02:54
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36XVIII Stains - Introduction00:36
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37You are now like a withered leaf...04:33
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38XIX The Man of Principle - Introduction00:32
Barrett, Sean (Reader)
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39He is not a man of principle who rashly judges...03:37
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Lesser, Anton (Reader)
Disc 2
1XX The Way - Introduction00:44
Barrett, Sean (Reader)
Kulananda (Reader)
Lesser, Anton (Reader)
2Best of ways is the Eightfold Way03:45
Barrett, Sean (Reader)
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Lesser, Anton (Reader)
3XXI The Miscellaneous - Introduction01:33
Barrett, Sean (Reader)
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Lesser, Anton (Reader)
4If renouncing a limited happiness...03:34
Barrett, Sean (Reader)
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Lesser, Anton (Reader)
5XXII The Woeful State - Introduction00:32
Barrett, Sean (Reader)
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6One who telles lies...03:34
Barrett, Sean (Reader)
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7XXIII The Elephant - Introduction00:31
Barrett, Sean (Reader)
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Lesser, Anton (Reader)
8I shall patiently endure abuse...03:28
Barrett, Sean (Reader)
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9XXIV Craving - Introduction00:35
Barrett, Sean (Reader)
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Lesser, Anton (Reader)
10The craving of the man who lives carelessly...07:05
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11XXV The Bhikkhu - Introduction00:53
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Lesser, Anton (Reader)
12Restraint with the eye is good...05:20
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13XXVI The Brahmana - Introduction00:27
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Lesser, Anton (Reader)
14Exert yourself and cut off the stream...09:43
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15Angulimala - Introduction01:33
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Lesser, Anton (Reader)
16'The bandit Angulimala...' (Majjhima Nikaya 86:4-6)03:26
Barrett, Sean (Reader)
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Lesser, Anton (Reader)
17King Ajatasattu of Magadha - Introduction00:31
Barrett, Sean (Reader)
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Lesser, Anton (Reader)
18'And King Ajatasattu having placed his wives...' (Digha Nikaya 86:4-6)02:29
Barrett, Sean (Reader)
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Lesser, Anton (Reader)
19The Arrow - Introduction00:28
Barrett, Sean (Reader)
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Lesser, Anton (Reader)
20'Suppose, Malunkyapatta, a man were wounded by an arrow...' (Majjhima Nikaya 63:5)02:05
Barrett, Sean (Reader)
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Lesser, Anton (Reader)
21The Four Noble Truths - Introduction01:16
Barrett, Sean (Reader)
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Lesser, Anton (Reader)
22'On one occasion the Blessed One was dwelling at Kosambi...' (Samyutta Nikaya LV 1.31)01:54
Barrett, Sean (Reader)
Kulananda (Reader)
Lesser, Anton (Reader)
23Thus have I heard / Meghiya - Introduction01:04
Barrett, Sean (Reader)
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Lesser, Anton (Reader)
24The Story of Meghiya (Udana IV.1)09:31
Barrett, Sean (Reader)
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25Bahiya of the Bark Garment - Introduction00:40
Barrett, Sean (Reader)
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Lesser, Anton (Reader)
26'Bahiya beheld the Exalted One going for his rounds...' (Udana 1.10)02:44
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27The Karaniyametta Sutta - Introduction00:51
Barrett, Sean (Reader)
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Lesser, Anton (Reader)
28'If you know your own good...' (Sutta Nipata 1.8)01:16
Barrett, Sean (Reader)
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Lesser, Anton (Reader)
29Maha-Mangala Sutta - Introduction01:05
Barrett, Sean (Reader)
Kulananda (Reader)
Lesser, Anton (Reader)
30'For welfare wishing, many gods and men...' (Sutta Nipata II.4)03:01
Barrett, Sean (Reader)
Kulananda (Reader)
Lesser, Anton (Reader)
Disc 3
Barrett, Sean (Reader)
Kulananda (Reader)
Lesser, Anton (Reader)
1The Three Jewels: The Buddha, The Dhamma, The Sangha - Introduction02:49
Barrett, Sean (Reader)
Kulananda (Reader)
Lesser, Anton (Reader)
2Dhamma00:27
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Lesser, Anton (Reader)
3Samsara (The rounds of rebirth) - Introduction00:36
Barrett, Sean (Reader)
Kulananda (Reader)
Lesser, Anton (Reader)
4'Bhikkhus, this samsara is without discoverable being...' (Samyutta Nikaya XV.3)02:32
Barrett, Sean (Reader)
Kulananda (Reader)
Lesser, Anton (Reader)
5Samsara: also the absence of the characteristics of the enlightened state - Introduction00:11
Barrett, Sean (Reader)
Kulananda (Reader)
Lesser, Anton (Reader)
6'Thus have I heard...among the Vajjians...' (Anguttara Nikaya IV.1)02:04
Barrett, Sean (Reader)
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Lesser, Anton (Reader)
7Tri-Lakkhana (The three characteristics of all conditioned phenomena) - Introduction00:38
Barrett, Sean (Reader)
Kulananda (Reader)
Lesser, Anton (Reader)
8'Whether the Tathagatas arise in the world or not...' (Anguttara Nikaya III.134)00:41
Barrett, Sean (Reader)
Kulananda (Reader)
Lesser, Anton (Reader)
9The Five Khandas (The Five Heaps) - Introduction00:38
Barrett, Sean (Reader)
Kulananda (Reader)
Lesser, Anton (Reader)
10'And why, Bhikkhus, do you call it form?' (Samyutta Nikaya XXII.79)02:07
Barrett, Sean (Reader)
Kulananda (Reader)
Lesser, Anton (Reader)
11The Characteristic of No-Self - Introduction00:24
Barrett, Sean (Reader)
Kulananda (Reader)
Lesser, Anton (Reader)
12'Thus have I heard...' (Samyutta Nikaya XXII.59)03:29
Barrett, Sean (Reader)
Kulananda (Reader)
Lesser, Anton (Reader)
13Klesas (The Three Poisons: greed, hatred and delusion) - Introduction00:33
Barrett, Sean (Reader)
Kulananda (Reader)
Lesser, Anton (Reader)
14'Thus have I heard...There are, Great King, three things in the world...' (Samyutta Nikaya III.23)00:57
Barrett, Sean (Reader)
Kulananda (Reader)
Lesser, Anton (Reader)
15The First Discourse - Introduction00:27
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Lesser, Anton (Reader)
16The Middle Way00:22
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Lesser, Anton (Reader)
17The Noble Eightfold Path - Introduction00:27
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Lesser, Anton (Reader)
18'And what Bhikkhus...'00:36
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19The Four Noble Truths - Introduction00:30
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Lesser, Anton (Reader)
20'Now this Bhikkhus...' (Samyutta Nikaya LVI.II)01:34
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21Death - Introduction00:31
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Lesser, Anton (Reader)
22'What do you think, Great King?' (Samyutta Nikaya III.25)04:30
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Lesser, Anton (Reader)
23Short Lives - Introduction00:16
Barrett, Sean (Reader)
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Lesser, Anton (Reader)
24'Life is swept along...' (Samyutta Nikaya II.19)00:29
Barrett, Sean (Reader)
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Lesser, Anton (Reader)
25The shortness of life (Udana V.2)00:21
Barrett, Sean (Reader)
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26Karma - Introduction00:33
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Lesser, Anton (Reader)
27'I am the owner of my actions...' (Anguttara Nikaya V.57)03:57
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28The Buddha and Rahula (Majjhima Nikaya 61)03:47
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29Cofession00:52
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30Rebirth - Introduction01:19
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31'A little bit of soil...' (Samyutta Nikaya XX.2)00:54
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32The result of harmful actions - Introduction00:13
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33'Here, Bhikkhu...' (Majjhima Nikaya 135)02:19
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34The Three Trainings: 1. Ethics (sila)01:16
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35The Five Precepts (Anguttara Nikaya VIII.39)03:29
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36The Three Trainings: 2. Meditation (Samadhi)00:23
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37Anapanasati00:20
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38The Mindfulness of Breathing (Majjhima Nikaya 118)03:55
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39The Three Tranings: 3. Panna (Wisdom) - Introduction00:22
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Lesser, Anton (Reader)
40'His action marks the fool...' (Anguttara Nikaya III.2); (Sanyutta Nikaya XII.19)02:20
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41Dependent Origination - Introduction00:51
Barrett, Sean (Reader)
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42The 12 Nidanas (Samyutta Nikaya XII.2)05:52
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43Emptiness - Introduction00:34
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44'Then the venerable Ananda...' (Anguttara Nikaya III.2)01:13
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45Nibbana (Liberation) - Introduction00:27
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46'The abandoning of sensual desires...' (Anguttara Nikaya III.32)00:21
Barrett, Sean (Reader)
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Lesser, Anton (Reader)
47'Hunger is the worst disease...' (Dhammapada 202-205)00:37
Barrett, Sean (Reader)
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Lesser, Anton (Reader)
48'There is, Bhikkhus, a state...' (Udana VIII.1)00:40
Barrett, Sean (Reader)
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Lesser, Anton (Reader)
49'There is, Bhikkus, an unborn, an unoriginated...' (Udana VIII.3)00:37
Barrett, Sean (Reader)
Kulananda (Reader)
Lesser, Anton (Reader)
50'Where water, earth, heat, air, no footing find...' (Udana 1.10)01:22
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