Tao Te Ching: Annotated & Explained: Audiobook
Part of Skylight Illuminations
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Tao Te Ching: Annotated & Explained audiobook runs 5.7 hours unabridged, narrated by Lama Surya Das and Sean Pratt (about 3.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 5.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 12 days |
| 1 hour / day | 6 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 4 days |
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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 5.7 hours, it runs longer than 63% of the 4,755 World Religions audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Lama Surya Das
Lama Surya Das narrates 7 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 33 hours in all.
- Dzögchen Meditation Training: A Direct Path for Awakening to the Radiant Buddha Within
- The Meditation Summit: Volume 2: Deepen and Expand Your Meditation Practice with the World's Leading Teachers
- Natural Perfection
- Natural Meditation: Tibetan Dzogchen Practice
- Tibetan Dream Yoga: A Complete System for Becoming Conscious in Your Dreams
About as long, on the World Religions shelf
452 World Religions audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Power of a Praying Wife
- The Rock, the Road, and the Rabbi: My Journey into the Heart of Scriptural Faith and the Land Where It All Began
- When Women Pray: 10 Women of the Bible Who Changed the World Through Prayer
- Draw the Circle: The 40 Day Prayer Challenge
- The Prayer of Protection: Living Fearlessly in Dangerous Times
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
Tao Te Ching: Annotated & Explained is an audiobook by Derek Lin and Lao Tzu: a 5.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Lama Surya Das and Sean Pratt, released June 4, 2026, on the World Religions and Lessons in Philosophy shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 5.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Lama Surya Das, Sean Pratt
- Released
- June 4, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- World Religions, Lessons in Philosophy
- Series
- Skylight Illuminations
- ISBN
- 9781648375613
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Tao Te Ching: Annotated & Explained audiobook?
Tao Te Ching: Annotated & Explained runs 5.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.8 hours.
Is the Tao Te Ching: Annotated & Explained audiobook free?
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Who narrates Tao Te Ching: Annotated & Explained?
Tao Te Ching: Annotated & Explained is narrated by Lama Surya Das and Sean Pratt.