What is the Dharma?: The essential teachings of the Buddha: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the What is the Dharma?: The essential teachings of the Buddha audiobook runs 11.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Jinananda Jinananda (about 7.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 11.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 23 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 days |
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What our data says
- At 11.5 hours, it runs longer than 90% of the 4,755 World Religions audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Jinananda Jinananda
Jinananda Jinananda narrates 8 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 88 hours in all.
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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
What is the Dharma?: The essential teachings of the Buddha is an audiobook by Urgyen Sangharakshita: a 11.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Jinananda Jinananda, released October 15, 2015, on the World Religions and Lessons in Philosophy shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Jinananda Jinananda
- Released
- October 15, 2015
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- World Religions, Lessons in Philosophy
- ISBN
- 9781004132591
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the What is the Dharma?: The essential teachings of the Buddha audiobook?
What is the Dharma?: The essential teachings of the Buddha runs 11.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.7 hours.
Is the What is the Dharma?: The essential teachings of the Buddha audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates What is the Dharma?: The essential teachings of the Buddha?
What is the Dharma?: The essential teachings of the Buddha is narrated by Jinananda Jinananda.
Is What is the Dharma?: The essential teachings of the Buddha worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.7 hours, saving 3.8 hours.