The Beginner’s Guide to Buddhism: A Short Course on this Powerful Eastern Philosophy: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Beginner’s Guide to Buddhism: A Short Course on this Powerful Eastern Philosophy runs 1.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Jack Kornfield (about 0.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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| 2 hours / day | 1 day |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 1 day |
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What our data says
- At 1.2 hours, it is shorter than 82% of the 4,755 World Religions audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Jack Kornfield
Jack Kornfield narrates 20 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 100 hours in all.
About as long, on the World Religions shelf
161 World Religions audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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About this listen
The Beginner’s Guide to Buddhism: A Short Course on this Powerful Eastern Philosophy is an audiobook by Jack Kornfield: a 1.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Jack Kornfield, released July 23, 2007, on the World Religions and Lessons in Philosophy shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 1.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Jack Kornfield
- Released
- July 23, 2007
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- World Religions, Lessons in Philosophy
- ISBN
- 9781591799993
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How long is The Beginner’s Guide to Buddhism: A Short Course on this Powerful Eastern Philosophy as an audiobook?
The Beginner’s Guide to Buddhism: A Short Course on this Powerful Eastern Philosophy runs 1.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 0.8 hours.
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Who narrates The Beginner’s Guide to Buddhism: A Short Course on this Powerful Eastern Philosophy?
The Beginner’s Guide to Buddhism: A Short Course on this Powerful Eastern Philosophy is narrated by Jack Kornfield.