Joy of Living level 1 weekend workshop with Tergar Facilitator Kell Julliard. Meditation enables us to transform all experiences, even difficult emotions and painful thoughts, into sources of joy. The modern world has become fascinated with the practice of meditation. With all the hype and glossy images on magazine covers, it would be easy to think that meditation is about sitting in the right posture, using a special technique, or forcing the mind to be calm or relaxed all the time. But the real power of meditation isn’t in the method. It’s in shifting our perspective.

In this course, spread out over eight 2-hour sessions, we will explore the causes of suffering and dissatisfaction through the practice of insight meditation. By bringing our unchallenged beliefs and patterns into the light of awareness, we can see how our rigid ideas often blind us to the richness of our true nature. The wisdom that arises through insight meditation allows us to see our inner experience clearly. This leads to a sense of freedom, well-being, and confidence that is rooted in awareness itself and available to us each and every moment. The schedule for this workshop includes video teachings by Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, presentations by Tergar guides Stephanie Wagner and Amy Roth, as well as guided meditations and discussion. Hosted by Tergar Minneapolis

This event is a special opportunity to receive teachings directly from His Holiness Kenting Tai Situ Rinpoche, the Supreme Head of the Palpung Monastic Seat and the living root guru of Mingyur Rinpoche. Tai Situ Rinpoche will teach us about the perfect, incorruptible true nature of all sentient beings and other essential points of tantra.  

In this 4-week workshop led by Tim Olmsted and Kunsang Palmo, we will explore the rich practices and principles of the Vajrayana. Vajrayana Buddhism, also known as Tantric Buddhism, is considered a swift path to enlightenment. This profound approach to awakening is rooted in the understanding that buddhahood is not a goal to be achieved, but an immanent reality that we can recognize in the present moment. Various tools are used to bring about this recognition: meditations that employ the imagination and a range of symbolic imagery, embodied exercises that harness the power of our subtle energies, and pith instructions that guide the meditator to a direct experience of the luminous purity of the mind’s true nature.

Tergar’s Path of Liberation is practiced using ngondro or “the foundational practices” as a container while emphasizing the nature of mind practices. This webinar is an introduction and overview of these practices and Tergar’s two Path of Liberation tracks: ngondro and Nectar of the Path.

In this eight-week course, we will explore the causes of suffering and dissatisfaction through the practice of insight meditation. By bringing our unchallenged beliefs and patterns into the light of awareness, we can see how our rigid ideas often blind us to the richness of our true nature. The wisdom that arises through insight meditation allows us to see our inner experience clearly. This leads to a sense of freedom, well-being, and confidence that is rooted in awareness itself and available to us each and every moment.

In the Buddhist tradition the cultivation of wisdom and compassion is considered the key to transforming the mind. Cultivating wisdom involves letting go of fixed perceptions of how the world appears to be and looking at how things actually are. As freeing as this ultimately is, the path can often feel scary and challenging. Thus we need to practice in a way that is infused with compassion or a tender heart that wants to alleviate suffering. A compassion that becomes more informed by wisdom. During this daylong workshop, Edwin and Myoshin will lead an exploration of wisdom & compassion and how they work in tandem to support us in the transformation of our minds. We will learn meditations that help us to cultivate a compassionate wise heart.

During a sixty-minute conversation with Tergar Cofounder Cortland Dahl, co-founder of the Be Here Now Network and host of the Mindrolling Podcast Raghu Markus shares stories from his first steps of spiritual inquiry to establishing a transformational media network.

The Path of Liberation is Mingyur Rinpoche’s step-by-step approach to Buddhist meditation. In this retreat, Mingyur Rinpoche will introduce the first stage of this training, with teachings on the nature of mind and the practice liturgy that Rinpoche has composed, Nectar of the Path.

Accessing our True Nature in Nature is fully booked Tergar Charity Nepal is excited to offer a trek to Rinpoche's birthplace during which all participants will receive meditation guidance from Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche and a Tergar International facilitator. Rinpoche will also teach in Samagaon and we will have several day trips in the area.

In this workshop we will learn how kindness and compassion meditation can open our hearts to the world around us and release our often self-centered tendencies that lead to anxiety, dissatisfaction and suffering. Cultivating loving kindness and compassion helps us to see the basic goodness that we all share. By treating other people with an open heart, we bring peace of mind and develop a sense of self-confidence. This in turn, naturally brings harmony to our relationships and enables us to work more effectively with challenging situations. Led by Tergar Guide Holger Yeshe, based on video teachings of Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche.In English with simultaneous interpretation into Czech.

Cultivating wisdom and compassion boosts our mental health and strengthens our ability to provide effective leadership. In this workshop, Mingyur Rinpoche, Bill George, and Ya Ping Chang will share insights from their own life journeys and the practical tools they use to strengthen these essential skills.

During this in-person weekend workshop with Kunsang Palmo we will learn how meditating on loving-kindness and compassion can open our hearts to the world around us and relax the self-centered tendencies that lead to anxiety, dissatisfaction, and suffering. Cultivating loving-kindness and compassion helps us to see the basic goodness that all beings share. By relating to others in an open-hearted way, we bring peace to the mind and develop a sense of confidence and purpose. This, in turn, naturally brings harmony to our relationships and enables us to work with challenging situations more effectively.

Cultivating wisdom and compassion boosts our mental health and strengthens our ability to provide effective leadership. In this workshop, Mingyur Rinpoche, Bill George, and Ya Ping Chang will share insights from their own life journeys and the practical tools they use to strengthen these essential skills. 

Meditation provides us with the tools to recognize our potential and increase our well-being. It goes beyond the blissed-out mindfulness presented in pop-culture and is not a zombie-like state free from thought and emotion, either. Meditation is a process of discovery — to realize the inherent potential that exists within us.

The essence of Tergar’s Path of Liberation is cultivating the recognition of nature of mind. During this retreat, Mingyur Rinpoche will introduce us to the first and second pointing out instructions. Rinpoche will also bestow the White Tara empowerment, as White Tara is the principal deity of Tergar’s lineage.

This residential retreat will serve as a gathering place in which we can cultivate the love, compassion, and wisdom inherent within each of us while being supported by the community and daily teachings with our guiding teacher, Mingyur Rinpoche.

The essence of Tergar’s Path of Liberation is the recognition of nature of mind. During this retreat, Mingyur Rinpoche will introduce the first and second pointing out instructions. Rinpoche will also bestow the White Tara empowerment. An embodiment of enlightened activity, White Tara serves as the principal deity of the Tergar lineage. Moreover, during this retreat you will receive instructions on the Nectar of the Path and traditional Ngondro practices.

Anytime Anywhere Meditation is a new programme to make meditation practice accessible and effective. This workshop, the official launch of the programme, will be taught by Mingyur Rinpoche and will focus on the transformative effect of meditation. There will also be panel discussions with world-renowned guest speakers and exponents of meditation, who will share anecdotes and scientific evidence detailing the benefits of developing a mediation practice.