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A New York Times Bestseller!
For millennia,
Buddhists have enjoyed the limitless benefits of meditation. But how
does it work? And why? The principles behind this ancient practice
have long eluded some of the best minds in modern science. Until
now.
In this groundbreaking work, world-renowned Buddhist teacher Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche invites us to join him in unlocking the secrets behind the practice of meditation. Working with neuroscientists at the Waisman Laboratory for Brain Imaging and Behavior, Yongey Mingyur provides clear insights into modern research indicating that systematic training in meditation can enhance activity in areas of the brain associated with happiness and compassion. He has also worked with physicists across the country to develop a fresh, scientifically based interpretation of the Buddhist understanding of the nature of reality.
With an infectious joy and insatiable curiosity, Yongey Mingyur weaves together the principles of Tibetan Buddhism, neuroscience, and quantum physics in a way that will forever change the way we understand the human experience. Using the basic meditation practices he provides, we can discover paths through everyday problems, transforming obstacles into opportunities to recognize the unlimited potential of our
own minds.
With a foreword by bestselling author Daniel Goleman, The Joy of Living is a stunning breakthrough, an illuminating vision of the science of Buddhism and a handbook for transforming our minds, bodies, and lives.
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The New York Times Bestseller!
“Compelling,
readable, and informed.”
—Buddhadharma
“Rinpoche’s investigations into the science of happiness
are woven into an accessible introduction to Buddhism”
—Tricycle
“There is real wisdom here. Fresh and clear. Mingyur
Rinpoche has offered us what may well be an essential link between the
Buddha and contemporary neuroscience and physics. He effortlessly
makes connections between seemingly disparate and complex disciplines,
and makes the journey sparkle. His voice is generous, intimate, and
refreshingly personal. As he repeatedly reminds us, our experience of
ourselves and our world is none other than an interactive projection
of our mind; and most important, our minds can change. Our neurons can
change structure and function, merely by observing the flow of our
mental activity. Through repeated familiarity with positive mind
states, such as love and compassion, and by transforming our limiting
mental conceptualizing into vast freedom, we can achieve the already
present basic mind of clarity and knowing—true happiness. Read this
book.”
—Richard Gere
“An extraordinarily clear book
on the whys and the hows of cultivating mindfulness effectively in our
lives. It makes use of the idiom and exciting discoveries of modern
science in ways that are easy to understand and entirely relevant to
the meditation practices themselves.”
—Jon Kabat-Zinn, author of
Coming to Our Senses and vice-chair of the Mind and Life Institute
“The
first of its kind . . . a truly compelling and infinitely practical
fusion of Tibetan Buddhism and scientific ideas. Mingyur Rinpoche is a
teacher for our time, uniquely gifted to bridge these two worlds.”
—Sogyal Rinpoche, author of The Tibetan Book of Living and
Dying
“It is extraordinary to see the words lineage,
compassion, spacetime foam, and limbic resonance all in the same book.
. . . The Joy of Living is a personal, readable, and
wonderfully warm and clear guide to changing the way we see ourselves
and the world.”
—Sharon Salzberg, author of Lovingkindness: The
Revolutionary Art of Happiness
“Mingyur Rinpoche is a
charismatic teacher with a heart and smile of gold. The clarity,
humor, and wisdom of his stories and teachings are collected in this
book, and it will always be with me as a most valued companion. This
is one of those rare books where you meet the author and learn from
his radiance.”
—Lou Reed
“A beautiful tapestry of
Buddhist insight woven together with modern science, this book is a
landmark in the development of a contemplative neuroscience . . . a
must-read for anyone interested in the causes and consequences of
happiness.”
—Richard J. Davidson, professor of psychology and
psychiatry and Director, Waisman Laboratory for Brain Imaging and
Behavior at the University of Wisconsin–Madison
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