The Three Pillars of Zen: Teaching, Practice, and Enlightenment: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Three Pillars of Zen: Teaching, Practice, and Enlightenment runs 14.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Sean Runnette (about 9.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 14.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 29 days |
| 1 hour / day | 15 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 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 14.5 hours, it runs longer than 93% of the 4,248 Lessons in Philosophy audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Sean Runnette
Sean Runnette narrates 327 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,528 hours in all.
About as long, on the Lessons in Philosophy shelf
175 Lessons in Philosophy audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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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 Three Pillars of Zen: Teaching, Practice, and Enlightenment is an audiobook by Roshi Philip Kapleau: a 14.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Sean Runnette, released August 15, 2017, on the Lessons in Philosophy shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 14.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Sean Runnette
- Released
- August 15, 2017
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Lessons in Philosophy
- ISBN
- 9781515988113
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Three Pillars of Zen: Teaching, Practice, and Enlightenment as an audiobook?
The Three Pillars of Zen: Teaching, Practice, and Enlightenment runs 14.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.7 hours.
Is The Three Pillars of Zen: Teaching, Practice, and Enlightenment free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Three Pillars of Zen: Teaching, Practice, and Enlightenment?
The Three Pillars of Zen: Teaching, Practice, and Enlightenment is narrated by Sean Runnette.
Is The Three Pillars of Zen: Teaching, Practice, and Enlightenment worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.7 hours, saving 4.8 hours.