Ziji is a noisy, bouncy puppy who lives with the Anderson family: Mom, Dad, Jenny, and Baby Jack. He loves to bark and play and--most of all--chase pigeons in the park. Then one day, Ziji sees a new boy from Jenny's school, Nico, sitting in the park. What is Nico doing? Why does he look so calm and happy? Ziji can't wait to find out.
In this remarkable sequel to his book, The Joy of Living, Buddhist scholar and teacher Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche explores the role of positive thinking and how to overcome anxiety in everyday life. Joyful Wisdom is divided into three parts, the way traditional Buddhist texts are organized- * Part One offers an overview of the basic unease we feel, how it evolved, its true source. * Part Two describes the methods of meditation that transforms our experiences into deeper insights. *Part Three explores the application of these methods to emotional, physical, and personal problems. Each chapter is underlined by examples drawn from Yongey Mingyur's personal experience, the stories of friends and teachers, and in particular the conversations with people he's met during the 12 years he has spent teaching around the world.
At thirty-six years old, Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche was a rising star within his generation of Tibetan masters and the respected abbot of three monasteries. Then one night, telling no one, he slipped out of his monastery in India with the intention of spending the next four years on a wandering retreat, following the ancient practice of holy mendicants. His goal was to throw off his titles and roles in order to explore the deepest aspects of his being.He immediately discovered that a lifetime of Buddhist education and practice had not prepared him to deal with dirty fellow travelers or the screeching of a railway car. He found he was too attached to his identity as a monk to remove his robes right away or to sleep on the Varanasi station floor, and instead paid for a bed in a cheap hostel. But when he ran out of money, he began his life as an itinerant beggar in earnest. Soon he became deathly ill from food poisoning--and his journey took a startling turn. His meditation practice had prepared him to face death, and now he had the opportunity to test the strength of his training.In this powerful and unusually candid account of the inner life of a Buddhist master, Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche offers us the invaluable lessons he learned from his near-death experience. By sharing with readers the meditation practices that sustain him, he shows us how we can transform our fear of dying into joyful living.
Der vom Dalai Lama erwählte jüngste tibetisch-buddhistische Meister berichtet: Eine spannende Mischung aus Autobiographie, Meditationstechniken und neuesten wissenschaftlichen Erkenntnissen.Mingyur Rinpoche lebte als Exiltibeter zunächst in Indien. Bereits mit 17 Jahren jüngster tibetischer Meditationsmeister, galt er als „Wunderkind“. Als der Dalai Lama vor Jahren gebeten wurde, für umfangreiche neurologische Untersuchungen über die Wirkung von Meditation einen Kandidaten zu benennen, fiel seine Wahl auf Mingyur Rinpoche. Die Genialität des vorliegenden Buches liegt vor allem in seiner Fähigkeit, wissenschaftliche Genauigkeit mit verständlichen, teils humorvollen Erklärungen der buddhistischen Perspektive und praktischen Unterweisungen zu verbinden. Neben seiner philosophischen Perspektive finden wir erprobte Meditationsanleitungen, die neugierig machen auf die „Früchte“ am Ende des Weges.