It takes the average reader 4 hours and 40 minutes to read The Spirit of Buddhist Meditation by Sarah Shaw
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Is it possible to capture the spirit of Buddhist meditation, which depends so much upon silence and unspoken wisdom? Can this spirit be found after two millennia? This wise and reassuring book reminds us that the Buddhist meditative tradition, geared to such concerns from its inception, has always been transmitted through texts. A great variety of early writings—poems, stories, extended practical guides, commentaries, and chants—were purposely designed to pass teachings on from one generation to the next. Sarah Shaw, a longtime practitioner and teacher of Buddhism, investigates a wide and...
The Spirit of Buddhist Meditation by Sarah Shaw is 280 pages long, and a total of 70,000 words.
This makes it 94% the length of the average book. It also has 86% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 22 minutes to read The Spirit of Buddhist Meditation aloud.
The Spirit of Buddhist Meditation is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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