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  • 101 Zen Stories

  • By: Paul Beck
  • Narrated by: Freda Cooper
  • Length: 3 hrs and 34 mins
  • 4.1 out of 5 stars (26 ratings)

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101 Zen Stories

By: Paul Beck
Narrated by: Freda Cooper
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Summary

Written in the 13th century by Japanese Zen master Muju. Well-known koans in the collection include A Cup of Tea, The Sound of One Hand, No Water, No Moon, and Everything is Best. Includes the soundtrack The Mysterious Sound of Wind in the Bamboo

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Brillante. Loved it

Great stories and the last 7 or so chapters with around 30 minutes of music for meditation. Really enjoyed and will listen to often.

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does exactly what it says on the tin

If you could sum up 101 Zen Stories in three words, what would they be?

BE WARNED, this book is not 3:45 minutes of zen tales, its 2:45 minutes of zen tales and 45 minutes of (not very good) music.

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Interesting book

Interesting book and very cheap, but about 50 minutes of it is just flute playing.

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Classic Koans

A nice collection of Koans, each spaced out with a little music; so you have time to reflect.

A few of the Koans are obscure, but on the whole an enlightening listen!

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Gems of inner peace

A great collection of stories. A great way to meditate, find inner strenght and practice inner dialogue. Very soothing and readsuring. Well read and easy to follow. It would be great if it came with an analysis as well.

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101 well known Zen stories

Two thirds of this Audible 'book' is Japanese flute music, most of the stories are found in Ram Dass's work and the narration is amateur. Very disappointing.

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TOO MUCH MUSIC

The Zen stories are beautiful and the flute music is very calming, however, the music played far too often, was too loud and the thing that bugged me was that the last 40 minutes of this audiobook is just music, no zen stories. What a shame. Also the narrator wasn't the best pick in my opinion.

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