The Ground of Being: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Ground of Being runs 0.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Michael Toms (about 0.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 0.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 2 days |
| 1 hour / day | 1 day |
| 2 hours / day | 1 day |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 1 day |
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What our data says
- At 0.9 hours, it is shorter than 81% of the 8,218 Mindfulness & Meditation audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Michael Toms
Michael Toms narrates 634 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 616 hours in all.
About as long, on the Mindfulness & Meditation shelf
838 Mindfulness & Meditation 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
The Ground of Being is an audiobook by Huston Smith, M.D.: a 0.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Michael Toms, released January 19, 1988, on the Mindfulness & Meditation shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 0.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Michael Toms
- Released
- January 19, 1988
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Mindfulness & Meditation
- ISBN
- 9780781314404
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Ground of Being as an audiobook?
The Ground of Being runs 0.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 0.6 hours.
Is The Ground of Being free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Ground of Being?
The Ground of Being is narrated by Michael Toms.