Sermons of a Buddhist Abbot: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Sermons of a Buddhist Abbot, credited to Soyen Shaku, 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 Sermons of a Buddhist Abbot by Soyen Shaku. (Translated by Daisetz Suzuki.) Read in English by Jendia; Mike Pelton; Jacki Horn; csheeler; William Gavula Look! it's the science of sitting, No! it's the science of meditating, No! it's Zen. If you wanted to know anything regarding Zen Buddhism and you did not have the opportunity then here is your chance to listen to the wisdom of a Zen Buddhist Abbot who toured the United States in 1905-6 and most of the sections in this book were lectures that were given to the American Audience, which is why this work is nicknamed as "Zen for Americans." "The Zen that can be explained is not the Zen" said the second patriarch to Bodhi Dharma but this book tries to explain the basic principles that can help you get started on the journey of experiencing Zen. Some of the essays in this book were used as a reference by Leo Tolstoy in one of his works. (Summary by sidhu177)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Sermons of a Buddhist Abbot
• Author credits: Soyen Shaku
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 23
• Listed recording duration: 5:11:58

Catalogue topics

• philosophy
• religion
• buddhism
• zen
• zen for americans
• dharma

Track guide

1. 00 - Translator's Preface — 5:13
2. 01 - The Sutra of Forty-two Chapters — 20:53
3. 02 - The God-Conception of Buddhism — 21:15
4. 03 - Assertions and Denials — 22:42
5. 04 - Immortality — 17:34
6. 05 - Buddhist Faith — 12:45
7. 06 - Buddhist Ethics — 18:39
8. 07 - What Is Buddhism? — 19:37
9. 08 - The Middle Way — 19:03
10. 09 - The Wheel of the Good Law — 13:29
11. 10 - The Phenomenal and the Supraphenomenal — 13:10
12. 11 - Reply to a Christian Critic — 6:57
13. 12 - Ignorance and Enlightenment — 8:43
14. 13 - Spiritual Enlightenment — 19:00
15. 14 - Pratice of Dhyana — 19:09
16. 15 - Kwannon Bosatz — 14:26
17. 16 - Buddhism and Oriental Culture — 15:28
18. 17 - The Story of Deer Park — 5:14
19. 18 - The Story of Gem-Hunting — 3:02
20. 19 - The Sacrifice for a Stanza — 5:27
21. 20 - Buddhist View of War — 6:17
22. 21 - At the Battle of Nan-Shan Hill — 8:44
23. 22 - An Address Delivered at a Service Held in Memory of Those Who Died in the Russo-Japanese War — 15:12

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