You Lose by Being Worried; You Win by Being Enthusiastic

Category : Nonfiction
Target : Young adults and up
Published Date : 09-Mar-18
ISBN : 9788974793876
Pages : 248
Book Size : 148 x 215 paperback
Keywords : Comics; meditation; illustrated book; essay; realizations


This is a comic book of meditation written and illustrated by Yong Jungoun, an illustrator of Buddhist books and a comic artist who writes and illustrates books on the topic of meditation. With 108 short essays and illustrations, Yong helps readers to see that just by changing their views they will be able to find moments that will warm their hearts and bring back their faith in life. In the book, he deals with important Buddhist precepts: not to be swayed by one’s emotions but to observe them objectively, not to be sad or depressed about one’s shortcomings but to recognize them for what they are, to be thankful for everything, and to love everyone and every living thing. The ideas that Yong presents in the book are not something too grand or difficult to practice in life; they are things that everyone knows but that are easily forgotten because they are simple and straightforward. This is a book that readers can read easily and that will give them the opportunity to contemplate on the values mentioned in the book as they reflect on their lives.

Yong Jungoun
Yong Jungoun is an illustrator of Buddhist books and also a comic artist who writes and illustrates books on the topic of meditation. He has created serialized comics about meditation and has provided illustrations for different Buddhist newspapers and magazines. He received the Best Buddhist Title Award for his comic Small Realizations from Everyday Life, which was about meditation, and the following year he received the Buddhist Media Culture Award. He is the founder of the Buddhist website www.imagebori.com. He has illustrated the books One Word That Starts a Brilliant Day, A Compass Inside My Life, The Heart Sutra for Children, This Moment Now, Sprightly Children In the Land of Buddha, A to Z for Buddhist Followers, and A Temple Diary.