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This event takes place September 18–21
(Asia-Pacific restream September 19-22), 2026.
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Who can attend this event?
There are prerequisites for attendance at this event.
Requirements for participation: To have attended Path of Liberation Levels 1 and 2 and completed the associated practice requirements.
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Live interpretation will be provided during the teachings in Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish. Recordings of these sessions will also be available in these languages.
"Liberation is not something you have to create; liberation is inside you." — Tai Situ Rinpoche
Recognizing the nature of mind throughout all experiences is at the heart of Tergar’s Path of Liberation program. During this retreat, Mingyur Rinpoche will transmit the third and fourth pointing out instructions of the Mahamudra lineage, helping to infuse your formal meditation and everyday-life practices with the recognition of nature of mind. Additionally, you will receive instructions on mandala offering and guru yoga, the third and fourth foundational practices, respectively.
As a special highlight, Mingyur Rinpoche will also teach on An Introduction to the Unity of Dualistic Phenomena: Answers to Mangom’s Questions by Tsele Natsok Rangdrol, a renowned 17th-century master of the Kagyu and Nyingma traditions. Structured as a concise dialogue, this profound text points to the nondual nature of reality, specifically addressing how a practitioner can reconcile the seemingly contradictory experiences of the relative and ultimate truth through recognition of the inseparability of luminosity and emptiness.
If you have previously attended a Path of Liberation Levels 3 & 4 retreat, we warmly encourage you to join us again. Each year, Mingyur Rinpoche brings fresh perspectives to his teachings and instructions, offering guided meditations and deepening key aspects of the practice.
Can I get access to a recording of this event?
In response to participant requests, recordings of not only the teachings but also the practice sessions and Q&A sessions will be available within a few hours after the final session each day and will remain accessible for two months. You can view them anytime by logging in to the event page. However, please note that you are required to attend all teachings live or by official restream if this is your first time attending this level of the Path of Liberation. This is because the event includes transmissions that can only be received live.
Please note that participants in some regions may encounter difficulties accessing the recordings due to local restrictions.
WHY SHOULD I ATTEND?
This program contains core elements of the Path of Liberation as presented by Mingyur Rinpoche. During this retreat, Rinpoche will provide further instructions on the nature of mind and foundational practices. These profound practices have served as the basis for the Mahamudra lineage for centuries.
If you have previously attended a Path of Liberation Level 3 & 4 retreat, we warmly encourage you to join us again. Each year, Mingyur Rinpoche brings fresh perspectives to his teachings and instructions, offering guided meditations and deepening key aspects of the practice.
WHAT WILL I LEARN?
The techniques taught in this program, and associated benefits, are the most profound in the Buddhist tradition.
In this program, you will:
- receive the third and fourth pointing out instructions
- learn about the connection between the empty and luminous aspects of the nature of mind
- continue to explore the ngöndro and Nectar of the Path practices
WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THIS PROGRAM?
- Live teachings, Q&A, and practice sessions with Mingyur Rinpoche
- Teaching sessions with Khenpo Kunga
- Q&A sessions with Tergar guides
- Nectar of the Path practice sessions with Levels 3 & 4 instructions
REQUIREMENTS FOR PARTICIPATION:
To have attended Path of Liberation Levels 1 and 2 and completed the associated practice requirements.
The requirements for participation were set in consultation with Mingyur Rinpoche. In turn, we ask that you honor them. Thank you!
Special note for students in Asia-Pacific time zones
For students in the Asia-Pacific time zones, Mingyur Rinpoche’s teachings, the Tergar lama’s teachings, and Q&A sessions with guides will now be restreamed at convenient morning/afternoon times on September 19–22. Live simultaneous interpretation in Chinese and Japanese is planned for the restream, and other languages may be added closer to the event.
Simultaneous interpretation
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Spontaneous Presence & Self-Liberation"
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About Mingyur Rinpoche
In his approach to teaching meditation, Mingyur Rinpoche integrates traditional Buddhist practice and philosophy with the current scientific understanding of the mind and mental health – making the practice of meditation relevant and accessible to students around the world.
Mingyur Rinpoche is a world-renowned meditation teacher with personal experience of anxiety and panic attacks, which he suffered from throughout his childhood and into his teenage years, when he learned to transform his panic through meditation. Born in Nepal in 1975, Mingyur Rinpoche began to study meditation as a young boy with his father, Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche, himself a well-respected Buddhist teacher. As a child he became interested in contemporary science through conversations with scientists who were visiting his father, and as he grew older he began to collaborate with neuroscientists and psychologists, including Richard Davidson and Antoine Lutz at the University of Wisconsin, on research projects that study the effects of meditation on the brain and the mind.
Mingyur Rinpoche’s first book, The Joy of Living: Unlocking the Secret and Science of Happiness, debuted on the New York Times bestseller list and has been translated into over twenty languages. His second book, Joyful Wisdom: Embracing Change and Finding Freedom, explores how difficult emotions and challenging life situations can be used as stepping stones to discover joy and freedom. In his most recent book, In Love with the World, Mingyur Rinpoche shares how his meditation practice sustained him when he left his monastery to wander through India and the powerfully transformative insights he gained from the near-death experience he had at the beginning of his journey. Mingyur Rinpoche recently appeared in the Netflix series The Mind, Explained, in an episode about the benefits of mindfulness.
As the head of the Tergar Meditation Community, Mingyur Rinpoche supports groups of students in more than thirty countries, leading workshops around the world for new and returning students every year.
About Khenpo Kunga
Khenpo Kunga is a Senior Tergar Lama. He became a monk at a young age and began his education at Tergar monastery, where he studied the rituals, prayers, and other traditional practices of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. At fifteen, he entered an extended meditation retreat and spent three years mastering the profound contemplative practices of the Kagyü lineage.
Following this period of intense meditation practice, he entered the renowned Dzongsar monastic college near Dharamsala in Northwest India. After studying there for eleven years and receiving his Khenpo degree (roughly equivalent to a PhD), he taught at Dzongsar college for three additional years. Khenpo Kunga’s primary teacher is Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, though he has studied with many other revered masters as well.
In recent years, Khenpo Kunga has taught in Asia, Europe, and the United States as one of the main teachers for the worldwide network of Tergar monasteries, meditation centers, and meditation groups. Most recently, he completed a three-year solitary retreat at Tergar Osel Ling monastery in Kathmandu, Nepal, further deepening his commitment to realization for the benefit of all beings.
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