The Soul of a People: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Soul of a People, credited to Harold Fielding, 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 The Soul of a People by Harold Fielding. Read in English by Librivox Volunteers In The Soul of a People, Englishman H. Fielding explores the beliefs of the Burmese people. He offers an understandable, and yet thorough, explanation of Buddhism, and illustrates the many ways the people of Burma (Myanmar) live their faith. He also provides a glimpse into the folk-practices surrounding Nats--the spirits of individuals who have suffered traumatic deaths, who now seek peace among ancient trees. Fielding, who lived in Burma for many years, gives us an intimate, first-hand account of a people he came to admire. Although first published in 1898, it remains a pertinent and thought-provoking read. (Summary by Carol Fullerton-Samsel)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Soul of a People
• Author credits: Harold Fielding
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 26
• Listed recording duration: 8:54:31

Catalogue topics

• history
• travel
• religion
• Asia
• buddhism
• Burma
• burmah
• myanmar

Opening tracks: first 24 of 26

1. 00 - Dedication and Preface — 2:45
2. 01 - Living Beliefs — 23:45
3. 02 - He Who Found the Light 1 — 25:12
4. 03 - He Who Found the Light 2 — 18:20
5. 04 - The Way to the Great Peace — 15:58
6. 05 - War 1 — 35:16
7. 06 - War 2 — 16:12
8. 07 - Government — 24:29
9. 08 - Crime and Punishment — 21:12
10. 09 - Happiness — 17:05
11. 10 - The Monkhood 1 — 43:48
12. 11 - The Monkhood 2 — 7:54
13. 12 - Prayer — 12:53
14. 13 - Festivals — 30:54
15. 14 - Women 1 — 27:54
16. 15 - Women 2 — 27:12
17. 16 - Women 3 — 4:54
18. 17 - Divorce — 19:00
19. 18 - Drink — 7:49
20. 19 - Manners — 11:43
21. 20 - Noblesse Oblige — 31:36
22. 21 - All Life is One — 35:31
23. 22 - Death the Deliverer — 29:28
24. 23 - The Potter's Wheel — 29:25

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