Gleanings in Buddha Fields: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Gleanings in Buddha Fields, credited to Lafcadio Hearn, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Gleanings in Buddha Fields by Lafcadio Hearn. Read in English by LibriVox volunteers. Lafcadio Hearn was one of the first Westerners to live in Japan during the early Meiji era, and a prolific writer. Although chiefly known for his collections of Japanese ghost stories (in particular Kwaidan), he also wrote many non-fiction essays about his life in Japan. This book contains 11 essays covering a variety of topics. For example, Hearn writes about his visits to Kyoto and Osaka, Japanese art, as well as Buddhism and Nirvana. (Summary by Ava)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Gleanings in Buddha Fields
• Author credits: Lafcadio Hearn
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 14
• Listed recording duration: 6:25:05

Catalogue topics

• Japan
• buddhism
• kyoto
• osaka
• shinto

Track guide

1. 01 - A Living God — 37:11
2. 02 - Out Of the Street — 14:32
3. 03 - Notes of a Trip to Kyoto Part 1 — 21:15
4. 04 - Notes of a Trip to Kyoto Part 2 — 35:08
5. 05 - Dust — 16:02
6. 06 - About Faces in Japanese Art — 30:02
7. 07 - Ningyo-No-Haka — 7:37
8. 08 - In Osaka Part 1 — 41:34
9. 09 - In Osaka Part 2 — 30:41
10. 10 - Buddhist Allusion in Japanese Folksong — 38:51
11. 11 - Nirvana Part 1 — 38:26
12. 12 - Nirvana Part 2 — 33:06
13. 13 - The Rebirth of Katsugoro — 31:46
14. 14 - Within the Circle — 8:54

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