Tergar International, founded by the revered Dharma teacher and meditation master Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, has announced an upcoming introductory course “Introduction to the Mahamudra Path: Tergar’s Buddhist Practices,” to be live-streamed on 20 September.
“Mahamudra is known as a swift path to enlightenment, with powerful methods to help us recognize the true nature of our minds. Traditionally, one sets out on this path with what are known as ngondro or ‘foundational practices.’ Tergar’s Path of Liberation program uses the foundational practices as a container while emphasizing the nature of mind practices,” Tergar said in an announcement shared with BDG.
“This webinar is an introduction and overview of these practices and Tergar’s two Path of Liberation tracks: ngondro and Nectar of the Path—a practice composed by Mingyur Rinpoche himself for the Tergar Community.”
The program includes an overview by Tergar guides of the Path of Liberation, guided meditation practice, and a Q&A session, as well as insights into the two Path of Liberation tracks within Tergar: Nectar of the Path and ngondro.
“Do you feel drawn to Buddhist practices but don’t know where to begin or learn more about the Mahamudra tradition? This webinar aims to demystify Tergar’s Path of Liberation for those who are curious and serve as a helpful first step for those who feel ready to enter this path.”
The webinar is open to all and will be live-streamed at the following times:
Auckland: 2am, Saturday, 21 September
Canberra: 12am, Saturday, 21 September
Seoul, Tokyo: 11pm, Friday, 20 September
Beijing, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taipei: 10pm, Friday, 20 September
Bangkok, Jakarta: 9pm, Friday, 20 September
New Delhi: 7:30pm, Friday, 20 September
Amsterdam, Berlin, Paris, Stockholm: 4pm, Friday, 20 September
London: 3pm, Friday, 20 September
Montreal, New York: 10am, Friday, 20 September
Los Angeles, Vancouver: 7am, Friday, 20 September
Click here for full details and to register
Mingyur Rinpoche, the founder of the Tergar Meditation Community, which has centers and practice groups across the world, is a renowned teacher and best-selling author whose books include: The Joy of Living: Unlocking the Secret & Science of Happiness (2007); Joyful Wisdom: Embracing Change and Finding Freedom (2009); and Turning Confusion into Clarity: A Guide to the Foundation Practices of Tibetan Buddhism (2014).
Born in 1975 in the Himalayan border region between Tibet and Nepal, Mingyur Rinpoche received extensive training in Tibetan Buddhist meditative and philosophical traditions from his father, Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche (1920–96), considered one of the greatest modern Dzogchen masters, and subsequently at Sherab Ling Monastery in northern India. After just two years, at the age of 13, Mingyur Rinpoche entered a three-year meditation retreat and then completed a second immediately afterward, serving as retreat master. At 23, Rinpoche received full monastic ordination.
Mingyur Rinpoche famously undertook a four-year solitary wandering retreat through the Himalaya from 2011–15. In recounting how he came to terms with the realities of his ambition to practice in the manner of a wandering yogi, Rinpoche revealed that he confronted many personal and spiritual challenges—including, at one point, his own mortality. Rinpoche has described the years he spent wandering in the Himalaya as “one of the best periods of my life.”*
We work with our own mind as both the source of confusion and the source of clarity and contentment. We turn toward letting go of the misperceptions that keep us stuck in cycles of behavior that do not relieve our dissatisfaction. — Mingyur Rinpoche
* Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche Returns from Four-year Wilderness Retreat (BDG) and Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche Releases Video Offering Insights Following His Retreat (BDG)
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