Judy Swift has narrated 4 audiobooks on Listento.it by 5 authors, with an average listener rating of 5★ across 1 ratings. The most-rated is Dana: The Practice of Giving.
Dana: The Practice of Giving
Summary
In the teaching of the Buddha, the practice of giving claims a place of special eminence, one that singles it out as being in a sense the foundation and seed of spiritual development. This publication was compiled by Bhikkhu Bodhi to explore this cardinal Buddhist virtue in greater depth by featuring essays in which four modern writers (Elbaum-Jootla, de Silva, Walshe, and van Gorkom) and a classical commentator (Acariya Dhammapala) set forth their understanding of giving and its relation to the wider body of Dhamma practice. "The most excellent motive for giving is the intention that it strengthens one's efforts to attain Nibbana.... If we aspire to ultimate peace and purity by practicing generosity, we will be developing the dana param - the perfection of giving, building up a store of merit that will bear its full fruit with our attainment of enlightenment. As we progress towards this goal, the volition involved in acts of giving will assist us by contributing towards the pliancy of mind, an essential asset in developing concentration and wisdom, the prime requisites of liberation." (From "The Practice of Giving" by Susan Elbaum-Jootla) Contents: "Introduction" (Bhikkhu Bodhi) "The Practice of Giving" (Susan Elbaum Jootla) "Giving in the Pali Canon" (Lily de Silva) "Giving from the Heart" (M. O’C. Walshe) "Generosity: The Inward Dimension" (Nina van Gorkom) "The Perfection of Giving" (Acariya Dhammapala)
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The Development of the Will and Perfection of Energy
Summary
These two inspiring works were published by the Buddhist Publication Society under the Bodhi Leaves imprint as Bodhi Leaves No. 72. The authors address two of the most significant qualities needed to conquer the mind and reach enlightenment: will and energy. From The Development of the Will: Every action that enters the system, whether it comes through thought, feeling, desire, or imagination, should be redirected by the power of the will and turned into higher and greater actions. Whenever you think, make it a practice to think with your whole mind.
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The Law of Karma and Mindfulness
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By performing an act of body, speech, or mind as the outcome of one’s volition, one also creates a possibility to act in a similar way in future. One, so as to speak, lays foundations for creating a way of behaving, a habit or a tendency. In other words, one adds some new or strengthens some old feature of one’s personality, perpetuating thereby one’s state of conditioned existence and determining the quality of one’s future character.
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Buddhist Therapy
Summary
This is an audiobook of Bodhi Leaves No. 18. "Is Buddhism closely related to psychology? To some extent, yes - but with one tremendous difference: While psychology helps you to understand yourself intellectually and, at best emotionally, Buddhism helps you to get beyond the intellect to the actual experience of life itself. That's why applied Buddhism goes so much deeper than any school of psychology can ever claim to do...."
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