Dharma Online: Mingyur Rinpoche to Lead Year-long Transmission on Buddhist Psychology

The Tergar Meditation Community, founded by Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, revered master of the Dharma and the Karma Kagyu and Nyingma lineages of Tibetan Buddhism, has announced that Rinpoche will lead a year-long transmission on the theme “Buddhist Psychology: Mind Explained ". Rinpoche's transmission will begin with a special public teaching on Abhidharma on August 3.

“The Buddhist method of studying the psychology of the mind is called Abhidharma. This profound way of examining and classifying the mind allows us to deepen our understanding of how consciousness works and ultimately recognize our true nature, which lies beyond thoughts, emotions and perceptions,” explained Tergar in a press release shared with BDG.

“(This special public teaching on August 3) is dedicated to providing an overview of Abhidharma and, in particular, the great Indian master Vasubandhu and his famous text, The Treasure of Abhidharmawhich is at the heart of the fundamental teachings of the Buddhist tradition. This event marks the start of Tergar's 2024-25 transmission, “Buddhist Psychology: Mind Explained,” a series of online courses and retreats with Mingyur Rinpoche on Abhidharma.

The event program includes an introduction to Abhidharma, including vision and practices, as well as an overview of Rinpoche's upcoming transmission: "Buddhist Psychology: Mind Explained."

Mingyur Rinpoche's public lecture on Buddhist psychology will be held in English, with interpretation in Chinese, French, German, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish, and will be broadcast live at the following times:

Auckland:2 a.m., Sunday August 4
Canberra: 12 p.m., Sunday August 4
Seoul, Tokyo: 23 p.m., Saturday August 3
Beijing, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taipei: 22 p.m., Saturday August 3
Bangkok, Jakarta: 21 p.m., Saturday August 3
New Delhi:19:30 p.m., Saturday August 3
Amsterdam, Berlin, Paris, Stockholm: 16 p.m., Saturday August 3
London:15 p.m., Saturday August 3
Montreal, New York: 10 p.m., Saturday August 3
Los Angeles, Vancouver: 7 a.m., Saturday August 3

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“If you are interested in psychology and how the human mind works, the teachings of Abhidharma offer you a Buddhist approach to enlightenment and methods for eliminating the causes of suffering,” Tergar noted. “This teaching is beneficial to both Buddhist and non-Buddhist students and is open to all.

“Suffering is a terribly real theme of our time. The teachings of Abhidharma can help us find relief from stress, anxiety, and other forms of suffering and free us from the mental habits and emotional patterns that cause us to suffer in the first place. »

Mingyur Rinpoche, the founder of the Tergar meditation community, which has centers and practice groups around the world, is a renowned teacher and best-selling author whose books include: The joy of living: discovering the secret and science of happiness (2007); Joyful Wisdom: Accepting Change and Finding Freedom (2009); And Transforming Confusion into Clarity: A Guide to the Core Practices of Tibetan Buddhism (2014)

Born in 1975 in the Himalayan region bordering Tibet and Nepal, Mingyur Rinpoche received extensive training in the meditative and philosophical traditions of Tibetan Buddhism from his father, Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche (1920-1996), considered one of of the greatest modern masters of Dzogchen, then at the Sherab Ling monastery in northern India. After just two years, at the age of 13, Mingyur Rinpoche began a three-year meditation retreat, then completed a second one immediately afterward, as a retreat master. At age 23, Rinpoche received full monastic ordination.

Mingyur Rinpoche undertook a four-year solo traveling retreat in the Himalayas from 2011 to 2015. In recounting how he came to terms with the realities of his ambition to practice like an itinerant yogi, Rinpoche revealed that he had to facing many personal and spiritual challenges, including, at one point, one's own mortality. Rinpoche described the years he spent wandering the Himalayas as “one of the best times of his life”*.

It is impossible to attempt to capture in words the direct experience of the nature of mind. The best that can be said is that it is immeasurably peaceful and, once stabilized by repeated experiences, virtually unshakable. It is an experience of absolute well-being that radiates through all physical, emotional and mental states, even those that could be described as unpleasant. — Mingyur Rinpoche

*Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche returns from four-year wilderness retreat (BDG) and Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche releases video offering insights after his retreat (BDG)

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