The Tergar Meditation Community, founded by the revered meditation teacher and master of the Karma Kagyu and Nyingma lineages of Tibetan Buddhism Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, has announced that Rinpoche will lead a free webinar on 9 August, titled “Blueprints of Awakening: Vajrayana for Modern Life.”
“Mingyur Rinpoche’s teachings offer practical wisdom applicable to the challenges of modern life, providing tools to use difficult emotions and life obstacles as our most direct path to wisdom,” Tergar shared with BDG “This webinar offers a rare opportunity to learn directly from a world-renowned teacher and gain insights into the profound practices of Vajrayana. Marking the beginning of Tergar’s 2025–26 transmission of teachings, this is a unique opportunity to connect with a vibrant community and embark on a year-long journey of self-discovery through the Blueprints of Awakening.”
The webinar is structured around a live teaching and practice session with Mingyur Rinpoche that offers an introduction to the view and practices of Vajrayana Buddhism, with practical methods to recognize negativity and confusion as expressions of the five wisdom energies.
“We all become entangled in thoughts and emotions that obscure our true nature, creating the illusion of lack and separation,” Tergar explained. “Vajrayana provides powerful tools to dismantle these false narratives, revealing the radiant, awakened nature that resides within each of us. Join Mingyur Rinpoche as he gives an overview of the Vajrayana, including the five wisdom energies—a beautiful framework for understanding ourselves, our emotions, and the world around us.” (Tergar International)
“Blueprints of Awakening: Vajrayana for Modern Life” is free and open to all. The webinar will be live-streamed at the following times, with interpretation available from English into Chinese, French, German, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish:
Auckland: 2am, Sunday, 10 August
Canberra: 12am, Sunday, 10 August
Seoul, Tokyo: 11pm, Saturday, 9 August
Beijing, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taipei: 10pm, Saturday, 9 August
Bangkok, Jakarta: 9pm, Saturday, 9 August
Kathmandu: 7:45pm, Saturday, 9 August
New Delhi: 7:30pm, Saturday, 9 August
Amsterdam, Berlin, Paris, Stockholm: 4pm, Saturday, 9 August
London: 3pm, Saturday, 9 August
Montreal, New York: 10am, Saturday, 9 August
Los Angeles, Vancouver: 7am, Saturday, 9 August
Click here for full details and to register
“Mingyur Rinpoche and Tergar invite you to embark on a year-long exploration of this fundamental question, delving into the transformative wisdom of the Vajrayana.” (Tergar International)
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 in 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.”*
What makes our birth so precious is our potential for awakening. We are born buddhas, and all Dharma practices help us recognize and nurture this truth. Because we do not actually believe in our own capacity for awakening, these teachings work to reverse the tendency to see ourselves as insufficient. — Yongey 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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