In Love with the World
What a Monk Can Teach You About Living from Nearly Dying
Published on 21. January 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-1-5098-9934-0 (ISBN)
Description
A rare, intimate account of a world-renowned Buddhist monk's near-death experience and the life-changing wisdom he gained from it.
'Generous, beautiful, and essential' - George Saunders, Booker Prize-winning author of Lincoln in the Bardo
In In Love With the World, Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, one of the world's most respected leaders of Tibetan meditation, shares his personal story of how he explored the deepest, most hidden aspects of his being, and the near-death experience that came to define his meditation practice and teaching forever. Moving, beautiful and suffused with local colour, Rinpoche shares the invaluable lessons learned during his four-year wandering retreat and the meditation practices that sustained him, showing how we can all transform our fear of dying into joyful living.
'Generous, beautiful, and essential' - George Saunders, Booker Prize-winning author of Lincoln in the Bardo
In In Love With the World, Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, one of the world's most respected leaders of Tibetan meditation, shares his personal story of how he explored the deepest, most hidden aspects of his being, and the near-death experience that came to define his meditation practice and teaching forever. Moving, beautiful and suffused with local colour, Rinpoche shares the invaluable lessons learned during his four-year wandering retreat and the meditation practices that sustained him, showing how we can all transform our fear of dying into joyful living.
Reviews / Votes
One of the most generous, beautiful, and essential books I've ever read - thoroughly engaging, so clear, so honest, so courageous and full of wisdom. This book has the potential to change the reader's life forever. -- <b>George Saunders, Booker Prize-winning author of <i>Lincoln in the Bardo</i></b> I loved this book. It is moving and inspiring, profound and utterly human. It will certainly be a classic. Mingyur's life-changing adventure carries us with him and teaches us how to find the unshakable heart amidst it all. -- <b>Jack Kornfield, author of <i>A Path With Heart </i></b> One of the most inspiring books I have ever read. -- <b>Pema Choedroen, author of <i>When Things Fall Apart</i></b> One of the most inspiring books of our times. An extraordinary testimony and a profound teaching that keeps you reading with wonderment, page after page. -- <b>Matthieu Ricard, author of </b><b><i>Happiness: A Guide to Developing Life's Most Important Skill </i>and </b><b><i>Altruism: The Power of Compassion to Change Yourself and the World</i></b> This is an extraordinary book. A gripping narrative of how the process of dying, letting go of our fixed selves and constraining habits, can liberate the human spirit and promote flourishing, this book has something profoundly important to teach each of us. -- <b>Richard J. Davidson, best-selling author of <i>Emotional Life of Your Brain</i>, co-author of <i>Altered Traits</i>, and Founder and Director, Center for Healthy Minds, University of Wisconsin-Madison</b> In this vivid, compelling account, Mingyur Rinpoche reveals his own struggle and awakening as he faces the loss of worldly identity and the threat of dying itself. This book is a rarity in spiritual literature: Reading the intimate story of this wise and devoted Buddhist monk directly infuses our own transformational journey with fresh meaning, luminosity and life. -- <b>Tara Brach, author of <i>Radical Acceptance </i>and<i> True Refuge</i></b> This book will change many lives. -- <b>Tara Bennett-Goleman, author of <i>Emotional Alchemy</i></b> This artfully told spiritual adventure casts a spell-you can't put it down, and you don't want it to end. I recommend it without reservation: I bet you'll love it, too. -- <b>Daniel Goleman, author of <i>Emotional Intelligence</i></b> In his book, Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche gifts us with more than just a mesmerizing read. As Rinpoche narrates his spiritual journey, he lays bare his early hopes and aspirations, his doubts, indignities, bodily and emotional suffering, and his vulnerabilities. He offers these with great skill, clarity, and love to encourage and inspire us to travel our own spiritual journeys. -- <b>Sharon Salzberg, author of <i>Lovingkindness</i> and <i>Real Love</i></b> A rollicking travelogue...this slim book also moved me, and left me with a better appreciation of Tibetan Buddhism than so many weightier tomes that I've struggled to understand. -- <b>Barbara Demick, Baillie Gifford award-winning author of <i>Nothing to Envy</i></b>More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Pan Macmillan
Target group
Interest Age: From 18 years
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 132 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
210 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5098-9934-0 (9781509899340)
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Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche was born in the Himalayan border regions between Tibet and Nepal. He teaches throughout the world. His bestselling book, The Joy of Living: Unlocking the Secret and Science of Happiness, debuted on the New York Times bestseller list and has been translated into over twenty languages. In early June, 2011, Mingyur Rinpoche walked out of his monastery in Bodhgaya, India and began a 'wandering retreat' through the Himalayas and the plains of India that lasted four and a half years. When not attending to the monasteries under his care in India and Nepal, Rinpoche spends time each year travelling and teaching worldwide.
Helen Tworkov is the founder of Tricycle: The Buddhist Review and author of Zen in America: Profiles of Five Teachers. She has studied in both the Zen and Tibetan traditions. She began studying with Mingyur Rinpoche in 2006.
Helen Tworkov is the founder of Tricycle: The Buddhist Review and author of Zen in America: Profiles of Five Teachers. She has studied in both the Zen and Tibetan traditions. She began studying with Mingyur Rinpoche in 2006.