Buddhism: An Introduction to the Buddha's Life, Teachings, and Practices (The Essential Wisdom Library): Audiobook
Book 1 of the Essential Wisdom Library series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Buddhism: An Introduction to the Buddha's Life, Teachings, and Practices (The Essential Wisdom Library) audiobook runs 4.8 hours unabridged, narrated by Juanita Rockwell and Joan Duncan Oliver (about 3.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 4 days |
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What our data says
- At 4.8 hours, it is shorter than 51% of the 4,248 Lessons in Philosophy audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Essential Wisdom Library
This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 8.2 hours in all.
About as long, on the Lessons in Philosophy shelf
312 Lessons in Philosophy audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
Buddhism: An Introduction to the Buddha's Life, Teachings, and Practices (The Essential Wisdom Library) is book 1 of Joan Duncan Oliver's Essential Wisdom Library series: a 4.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Juanita Rockwell and Joan Duncan Oliver, released April 30, 2019, on the Lessons in Philosophy shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 4.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Juanita Rockwell, Joan Duncan Oliver
- Released
- April 30, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Lessons in Philosophy
- Series
- The Essential Wisdom Library #1
- ISBN
- 9781250203373
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How long is the Buddhism: An Introduction to the Buddha's Life, Teachings, and Practices (The Essential Wisdom Library) audiobook?
Buddhism: An Introduction to the Buddha's Life, Teachings, and Practices (The Essential Wisdom Library) runs 4.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.2 hours.
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Who narrates Buddhism: An Introduction to the Buddha's Life, Teachings, and Practices (The Essential Wisdom Library)?
Buddhism: An Introduction to the Buddha's Life, Teachings, and Practices (The Essential Wisdom Library) is narrated by Juanita Rockwell and Joan Duncan Oliver.