Mad Monk Manifesto: A Prescription for Evolution, Revolution, and Global Awakening

by Yun Rou

Overview

The Taoist monk and acclaimed author demonstrates how personal spiritual practice can lead to social change in this manifesto of spiritual activism.

It’s easy to get outraged by world events and frustrated by personal battles. It’s much harder to act on that outrage in a positive way. Born of moral indignation and seasoned by a life of self-cultivation, Monk Yun Rou’s Mad Monk Manifesto shares insight, practical advice, and a powerful call to social and political action.

Based on ancient Chinese wisdom such as Lao Tzu’s Tao Te Ching, Mad Monk Manifesto demonstrates how effecting change on a grand scale begins with getting to know our own consciousness. As ripples move away from a stone dropped into a pond, Yun Rou begins with our personal lives, discussing diet, exercise, meditation, and mind/body practice. Then it expands to our public environment, describing what we can do to improve our community, government, and the world. In addition, Monk Yun Rou encourages everyone to engage in the nature that surrounds them, showing how environmentalism can take place in daily life.

Winner of the Gold Nautilus Book Award

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781633538658
Publisher:	Mango Media
Publication date:	01/01/2021
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	224
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Daoist Monk Yunrou (formerly Arthur Rosenfeld) received his academic background at Yale, Cornell, and the University of California. In 2012 he was ordained a Daoist monk at the Chun Yang (Pure Yang) Daoist Temple in Guangzhou, China, one of the first Westerners to be so honored. Yunrou believes in the beauty and power of story and in the importance of compassion. Blending literature, biology, and medicine with an orthodox Daoist education, his writings and teachings propagate Daoist ideas and focus on environmental conservation, and political and social justice. He may well be the next Alan Watts. 14 of Yunrou’s books have been published to critical acclaim, some achieving bestseller status and garnering Hollywood options. He has received numerous prizes and notices for his work, including being recognized as a finalist for the prestigious Books for a Better Life award for his bestseller The Truth About Chronic Pain (New York: Basic Books, 2003). He authored. His most recent works are Tai Chi - The Perfect Exercise (Da Capo Press, June 2013) and YIN—A Love Story, which was simultaneously released in the US and China in English and in Mandarin Chinese. YANG, a new novel of Chinese history, is being developed for film by Chinese film giant WanDa. His other fiction and non-fiction titles include The Truth About Chronic Pain (approximately 70,000 copies sold in hardcover), National-Book-Award nominee A Cure for Gravity, and popular crime novels. Yunrou blogs at www.monkyunrou.com and on The Huffington Post. His offerings also appear in Vogue, Vanity Fair, Parade, Newsweek, Ebony, The Wall Street Journal, WebMD, Fox Business News, and numerous other websites and newspapers. Mad Monk Manifesto builds on his previous work but is broader in appeal. From 2010 – 2013, he hosted the hit (60MM households) national public television show Longevity Tai Chi with Arthur Rosenfeld. In 2010, he produced and hosted a documentary series on the scientific evidence for acupuncture, tai chi, and meditation. Tens of thousands of copies of these films have been distributed to major medical centers, professional healthcare organizations, group medical practices, patient advocacy associations, and more. In 2012 he produced a follow-up instructional series. The American Heart Association profiled Yunrou as an inspirational resource in 2016, and he has contributed to the tai chi program for the United States Department of Veteran’s affairs. In 2011 he was named Tai Chi Master of The Year at the World Congress on Qigong and Traditional Chinese Medicine, and in 2014 he opened and closed the International Tai Chi Symposium in Louisville, Kentucky and was the sole westerner on the dais with the five Chinese tai chi family patriarchs. Yunrou lives in South Florida and teaches around the world.

Table of Contents

Introduction 10

Notes on the Presentation 27

Chapter 1 Relaxing and Rectifying 30

Chapter 2 Rebalancing Daily Life 88

Chapter 3 Fostering Community, Deepening Culture 117

Chapter 4 Culture, Commerce, Government, and Power 147

Chapter 5 Sensitivity and Environment 195

Chapter 6 Awakening to Spirit and Service 235

Afterword 267

Acknowledgments 271

Monk Yun Rou 272

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"Monk Yun Rou’s new book, Mad Monk Manifesto – A Prescription for Evolution, Revolution, and Global Awakening, is a Taoist call to action to anyone wishing to save themselves and the planet.”
-Danielle, Bolelli, PhD, author, professor, and host of: History on Fire, and Drunken Taoist podcasts

"In this wide ranging, amusing and thoughtful book Mad Monk Manifest – A Prescription for Evolution, Revolution, and Global Awakening, Taoist Monk Yun Rou offers us a vision that can give hope to millions. It is a vision which is rooted in compassion, simplicity and selflessness, and offers a pathway to a sustainable world - not just spiritually - but practically too. It is a book for snacking but devouring too."
• Graeme Maxton, Secretary General of the Club of Rome and author of best-selling books: The End of Progress and Reinventing Prosperity.

"With Mad Monk Manifesto – A Prescription for Evolution, Revolution, and Global Awakening, Monk Yun Rou presents a utopian treatise that reminds us of what we can aspire to. He has much wisdom to share."
• Dr. Carl Pilcher, PhD, Blue Marble Space Institute of Science, NASA (retired)

"Uplifting, inquisitive and elegant in its delivery, Monk Yun Rou’s newest work Mad Monk Manifesto – A Prescription for Evolution, Revolution, and Global Awakening shines a light on the importance of curiosity, kindness and transformation in a world beset by overconsumption, the glorification of violence and the relentless inundation and demands of the Information Age. A wonderful read for anyone looking to gain perspective or insight on the power of simplification and wonder!"
• Sarah Fimm, American singer-songwriter residing in Woodstock, NY