A Path with Heart: A Guide Through the Perils and Promises of Spiritual Life

Insightful, clear and helpful

Buddhism can be difficult to understand and even more difficult to practice. The quality of this audio book is to be both a guide to the intellectual understanding of Buddhism by someone who, like most uf us, grew up in the Western world and can put these ancient concepts into modern words and examples. But it is also a practical guide to Buddhist meditation techniques which allows us understand the impact of these concepts on our daily lifes.

I would caution the reader who is looking for guided meditations per se. There are guided meditations in this book, but they are short and not easily to navigate to for repetetive practice. However the meditations are perfectly capable to be used as descriptions on how to meditate on your own. Additionally, the book offers guideline on how to identify a good meditation teacher.

So if you are looking for a guide book that describes the intellectual and practical aspects of Buddhism, this book is excellent.