02653cam a2200349 i 4500 390678398 TxGeo 20190823120000.0 181004s2019||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2018037052 9780525512530 hbk. 0525512535 hbk. TxGeo rda Yongey Mingyur, Rinpoche, 1976- In love with the world : a monk's journey through the bardos of living and dying / Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche with Helen Tworkov. First edition. New York, NY : Spiegel & Grau, [2019] xvi, 267 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "In 2011, Mingyur Rinpoche was the respected thirty-six-year-old abbot of three monasteries, a world-renowned meditation teacher, the son of an esteemed meditation master, and a rising star within his generation of Tibetan masters. In Love with the World begins the night that, without telling anyone of his plan, he slips past the monastery gates alone for the first time in his life and sets forth on a wandering retreat, following the ancient practice of holy mendicants. He wanted to throw off his titles and privileges, give up the protections he had always known, and engage in an "ego-killing mission" in order to explore the deepest aspects of his own being and move beyond the grasping self. Yet he immediately discovers that his training has not prepared him to deal with the stench of the third-class train car to Varanasi, or the filthy people around him, or the screeching noise of the train. He has trouble taking off his monk's robes and pays for a cheap hostel rather than sleep on the streets. Soon he becomes deathly ill from food poisoning--and his journey begins in earnest. His lifelong training has prepared him for facing death, and he must now test the strength of his practice. The invaluable lessons he learns from this near-death experience--how we can transform our fear of dying into joyful living--are just what we need to navigate these challenging times. A profoundly moving, unusually candid account by a spiritual master"-- Provided by publisher. 20190913. Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche 1976- Buddhist monks Biography. Near-death experiences Religious aspects Buddhism. Intermediate state Buddhism. Spiritual life Buddhism. Autobiographies. Tworkov, Helen. QS5