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A Monk's Guide to Happiness: Meditation in the 21st Century Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

Gelong Thubten (Author, Narrator), Yellow Kite (Publisher)

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What is the secret to being happy? Does happiness come from outside us or do we need to look within? Can meditation help? Gelong Thubten has worked with everyone from Silicon Valley entrepreneurs to Ruby Wax and Benedict Cumberbatch. In his warm and engaging debut book he explores the nature of happiness and explains how to bring meditation into our busy 21st-century lives with simple yet effective exercises.

Gelong Thubten, Buddhist monk, meditation teacher and author, has always been fascinated by the question of happiness. In his youth he tried to find it through living a wild and extreme lifestyle as an actor in New York. This only led to more unhappiness. Desperate for solutions, he found himself at a Buddhist monastery where he became a monk. After training his mind in intensive retreats he now helps many thousands of people worldwide, showing them how to find inner happiness and a greater sense of freedom.

His book can help you:

Learn practical methods that help you to choose happiness
Develop greater compassion for yourself and others
Learn how to meditate in micro-moments during a busy day
Discover that you are naturally 'hard-wired' for happiness

In this profound and inspiring book, Gelong Thubten presents a practical and sustainable approach to happiness, and how meditation and mindfulness can help us get there. Thubten helps to bust the myth that our lives and minds are too busy for meditation. Reading this book could revolutionise your relationship with your thoughts and emotions.

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Listening Length	8 hours and 5 minutes
Author	Gelong Thubten
Narrator	Gelong Thubten
Whispersync for Voice	Ready
Audible.com.au Release Date	13 June 2019
Publisher	Yellow Kite
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B07NC11P9Z
Best Sellers Rank	3,964 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) 15 in Consciousness & Thought (Audible Books & Originals) 24 in Philosophy of Consciousness & Thought 50 in Meditation (Audible Books & Originals)

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Ashleigh L.

Beautiful book for beginners on meditation

Reviewed in Australia on 13 May 2020

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I heard about the author being interviewed in a podcast and his story was fascinating. The book did not disappoint! Very easy to read and the guide to meditation is perfect for beginners.

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Amin

Great content, but extremely repetitive.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 16 August 2019

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I enjoyed the premise of the book and some of it is what you might call common sense.

Overall there's valuable information here and if you read the whole thing I would think almost anyone could benefit from the information.

However, it's a bit of a tough read because of the extremely repetitive nature of the content. That may, indeed, be useful for some people who need to read the same thing over and over for it to sink in, but I found it distracting.

I don't think there's anything world shatteringly novel here, so it shouldn't really need such massive repetition. I think the entire book could have been done in 1/3rd the space quite honestly.

So good content, not quite as good style perhaps?

I've seen the author on stage with Ruby Wax and he's much more concise in person, so I may be misunderstanding the reason the book is written the way it is.

I give the content 5 stars, but the writing style 2 stars, hence overall rating of 3.

I bought a copy for my brother, who has exactly the same reaction to it. Great content - somewhat distracting writing style.

If you're into this kind of thing, I don't think you'll regret getting this book. You might sigh a few times as you re-read something that is already - by that point - abundantly obvious, but you'll enjoy what you take away from it!

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Miranda B

A seriously helpful / brilliant book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 20 June 2019

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Gelong Thubten has written a phenomenally well researched, enlightening debut book. It finally explains Meditation and mindfulness in a practical way, which is accessible and easy to understand. This is such a helpful book, without being a "self-help" book. I am in awe of what he has overcome and can't recommend this book more highly.

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Rob

Excellent

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 28 June 2019

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This book has definitely calmed my mind. My anxiety and stress levels have improved as a result. I highly recommend this book to anyone who has mental health problems.

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Truly excellent

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 8 July 2019

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This is probably the best book on mindfulness meditation I have read in many a long year and I would advise everyone to read it. Frankly it is an amazing book.

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charlie1

Mindfulness right now.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 1 July 2019

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I loved this book. A really practical, useful guide to mindfulness in the modern world

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