Manual of Zen Buddhism

By: Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki

Narrated by: Robert Plank

When the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara was engaged in the practice of the deep Prajnaparamita, he perceived that there are the five Skandhas; and these he saw in their self-nature to be empty. "O Sariputra, form is here emptiness, emptiness is form; form is no other than emptiness, emptiness is no other than form; that which is form is emptiness, that which is emptiness is form. The same can be said of sensation, thought, confection, and consciousness."

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reader ruins it

like listening to a fundamentalist preacher reading the sutras. so distracting and incoherent. basically unlistenable

Poor choice of narrator

This is one of the classic texts of Zen Buddhism. Unfortunately, the narrator mispronounced many words and spoke as if reading a different book genre for the first time.

What an annoying voice

I was eager to read this book, but the narration is so annoying as to be a complete distraction. I did not get far before giving up listening. Hope to find a better version.