The joy of living
unlocking the secret and science of happiness
by Rinpoche Yongey Mingyur, Eric Swanson · first published 2007
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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 act
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…times a minute, typically, you bring your focus back to your breath. It’s incorporated into a general school called “mindfulness” which you read more about. A book I’d recommend for beginners is “The Joy of Living” by Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche. The theory is that training your mind to focus on something mundane like your breath for 10 minutes, you will generally train the capacity of your mind to direct focus. This…
on “Ask HN: I feel like I've destroyed my attention span. How do I get it back?” ↗…in college (and later ordained as monks with). I later came to Mahayana Buddhism through Suzuki [2] and Thich Nhat Hanh [3], and then settled into a Vajrayana practice -- I'd suggest Mingyur Rinpoche's Joy of Living course for an intro to Vajrayana [4]. For yoga practice I happened to one day wander into the closest yoga studio to my house here in Brooklyn, which coincidentally happened to be one of the best yoga…
on “Breathwork supports emergence of altered states of consciousness” ↗The Joy of Living by Mingyur Rinpoche. I was like "what's this nice innocent book, how wonderful sounding"... It was a great book, but the way I thought about myself was let's say, very incompatible with the Buddhist…
on “Psilocybin desynchronizes the human brain” ↗I once read “The Joy of Living” by Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche. It should come with a warning. It broke me for a year. I’m actually grateful for the existential crisis it caused me. But it was a brutal experience at first.
on “Scientists identify brain waves that define the limits of 'you'” ↗This reminded me the description of Tibetan Buddhist teachings about the nature of the mind from the book "The Joy of Living" by Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche: "Later, when I came to the West, I heard a number of psychologists compare the experience of 'mind' or 'self' to watching a movie. When we watch a movie, they explained,…
on “The man who saw time stand still” ↗