The Tergar Meditation Community, founded by the revered meditation teacher and Dharma master of the Karma Kagyu and Nyingma lineages of Tibetan Buddhism Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, has announced that Rinpoche will lead a special online seminar on Tergar’s meditation teacher training program.
The webinar, “Teachers of Tomorrow: An Introduction to the Meditation Teacher Program with Mingyur Rinpoche and Tergar Guides” will be live-streamed on 16 May. The training program blends traditional wisdom teachings with contemporary science, to include teachings on compassion, wisdom, and teaching skills.
“Mingyur Rinpoche will be speaking directly about how becoming a meditation teacher can both transform your own practice and become a true gift to the world,” Tergar shared. “You’ll also hear from current MTP students, past graduates, and Tergar guides who have walked this path.”
Tergar International is a non-profit organization founded by Mingyur Rinpoche with the intention of making the ancient practice of meditation accessible to the modern world. With a global community of meditators and an international network of centers and groups, Tergar is dedicated to helping people of all backgrounds discover the joy and benefits of meditation.
“Join Mingyur Rinpoche and MTP team for this event where you will hear from Rinpoche how you can benefit the world and yourself by becoming a meditation teacher,” Tergar remarked.
“Teachers of Tomorrow: An Introduction to the Meditation Teacher Program with Mingyur Rinpoche and Tergar Guides” is free and open to all. The webinar will be live-streamed at the following times:
Auckland: 1am, Sunday, 17 May
Canberra: 11pm, Saturday, 16 May
Seoul, Tokyo: 10pm, Saturday, 16 May
Beijing, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taipei: 9pm, Saturday, 16 May
Bangkok, Jakarta: 8pm, Saturday, 16 May
Kathmandu: 6:45pm, Saturday, 16 May
New Delhi: 6:30pm, Saturday, 16 May
Amsterdam, Berlin, Paris, Stockholm: 3pm, Saturday, 16 May
London: 2pm, Saturday, 16 May
Montreal, New York: 9am, Saturday, 16 May
Los Angeles, Vancouver: 6am, Saturday, 16 May
“This isn’t just a presentation. It’s a real conversation’” Tergar emphasized. “There will be a live Q&A where you can ask your questions and receive real-time responses.”
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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.”*
Meditation is about learning to work with the mind as it is, not about trying to force it into some sort of Buddhist straitjacket. — 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)
References
Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche. 2007. The Joy of Living: Unlocking the Secret and Science of Happiness. New York City: Harmony
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