THE JOY OF LIVING
Meditation Training as
presented by Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
With
Tergar Instructor Tim Olmsted
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Level
1: Calming the Mind
February 19-21,
2010
Friday Evening,
6:30–8:00pm
Saturday &
Sunday, 9:00am–5:30pm
In this series of video presentations, Tibetan meditation master and
best-selling author Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche shows us how meditation can
help create a peaceful mind and joyful heart. With his characteristic
clarity and wit, he shows how to use any situation, even physical pain
and difficult emotions, as a gateway to inner peace. This weekend is
suitable for people of all faiths, as well as both beginning and
experienced meditators.
TUITION:
$170
Includes
Saturday and Sunday Lunch.
(no
one will be turned away due to lack of funds)
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Level
2: Opening the Heart
October 1-3, 2010
Friday
Evening, 7:00-9:00pm
Saturday &
Sunday, 9:00am–5:00pm
In this series of core video presentations - augmented by guided
meditations, discussion, and clarifying presentations on the key points
of meditation practice by Tergar instructor Tim Olmsted - Tibetan
meditation master and best-selling author Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche shows
us how meditating on love, compassion, joy and equanimity can open our
hearts to the world around us, and decrease the self-fixation that lies
at the root of suffering.
This weekend
retreat is open to meditators
who have previously attended a Joy of Living I retreat.
TUITION: $170
Includes
Saturday and Sunday Lunch.
(no one will be
turned away due to lack of funds)
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Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
is a rising star among the new generation of Tibetan Buddhist masters.
With a rare ability to present the ancient wisdom of Tibet in a fresh,
engaging manner, Rinpoche’s profound teachings and playful sense of
humor have endeared him to students around the world. His 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. Rinpoche currently teaches throughout the
world, with centers on four continents.
Tim Olmsted has practiced meditation for over thirty
years and has studied
with some of the greatest Tibetan masters of the past century. He
served for three years as the director of Gampo Abbey, the largest
residential Buddhist monastery in North America and is currently
president of the Pema Chödrön Foundation. In 2003, Tim
founded the
Yongey Foundation to support and promote Mingyur Rinpoche's activities
in the West. Tim lives with his wife Glenna in Steamboat Springs,
Colorado, where he leads an active community that follows Mingyur
Rinpoche's teachings and those of Mingyur Rinpoche's family lineage. |
