Tergar Den Haag

Gladly announcing the Joy of Living 2 this October (weekend 13/14) in the centre of Den Haag.

Open to participants of past Joy of Living 1 and/or to those who have maintained a daily meditation practice for the past 3 years.

Just like last year, the schedule for this workshop includes video teachings by the highly respected meditation teacher Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, presentations on the key points of meditation practice by (Danish) Tergar Instructor Antonia Sumbandu, as well as guided meditations and discussion. Also happy to say that she will again be supported by the (Swedish) Tergar Facilitator Lucas Henriksson.

Happy weekend! (Pic courtesy of Diana V)

A great start to a great weekend!

The more clearly we see things as they are, the more we're able to open our hearts toward other beings. When we recognize that others experience pain and unhappiness because they don't recognize their real nature, we're moved by a profound wish for them to experience the same sense of peace and clarity that we have begun to know.

- Mingyur Rinpoche

The problem is that not many of us know how to allow our body and mind to rest. We are always struggling; struggling has become a kind of habit. We cannot resist being active, struggling all the time. We struggle even during our sleep.

It is very important to realize that we have the habit energy of struggling. We have to be able to recognize a habit when it manifests itself because if we know how to recognize our habit, it will lose its energy and will not be able to push us anymore.

https://www.lionsroar.com/resting-in-the-river/

Rest in the River A teaching by Thich Nhat Hanh on allowing ourselves to rest like a stone thrown into a river. On the bottom of the river, it allows the water to pass by.

So, what is the most important thing to do with each day? With each morning, each afternoon, each evening? It is to leave a gap. It doesn’t matter whether you are practicing meditation or working, there is an underlying continuity. These gaps, these punctuations, are like poking holes in the clouds, poking holes in the cocoon. And these gaps can extend so that they can permeate your entire life, so that the continuity is no longer the continuity of discursive thought but rather one continual gap. Pema Chödrön

https://www.lionsroar.com/waking-up-to-your-world-pema-chodron/

Waking Up to Your World Pema Chödrön shares why the simple practice of taking a break from our usual thoughts is the most important thing we can do with our lives.

Where is the mind?

Tergar Practice Coordinators and Leader
Community (International and Asia) led by Mingyur Rinpoche at his home, Tergar Osel Ling Monastery, Kathmandu

At this point, we are in a powerful spot: being in the present, we can reshape the whole future. Therefore, shouldn't we be more careful, shouldn't we be more awake in what we are doing this very moment?

– Chögyam Trungpa

Did you know - Tergar Meditation Community teaches practices that cultivate awareness, compassion, and wisdom, and supports a diverse, international community of practitioners at all levels of commitment and experience.

“When you transform your mind, everything you experience is transformed. ”
Mingyur Rinpoche

Practicing self-compassion is one powerful way to start building these new pathways in your brain. Another tool is to begin cultivating gratitude – you can do this by journaling about things you’re grateful for or by simply sharing, out loud, three things you’re grateful for with someone – your partner or friends – at the end of each day.

How To Rewire Your Brain For Happiness Is happiness something we can cultivate or is it a result of our environment? New scientific research is shedding light on the answer, and the results are encouraging. Imagine your brain has all these neural pathways connecting different responses. If you’re stuck in a traffic jam, and you feel ....

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Introduction to Meditation

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We watched this at the Group Meditation session yesterday.

In this short teaching, Mingyur Rinpoche explains the essence of meditation and how it is different from the passing experiences that happen when we meditate. These two can easily be mixed up. We often judge how well our practice is going by looking to our experience, but this is not always helpful. Rather than focusing on fleeting experiences, Mingyur Rinpoche shows us how to focus on the most important point, namely, the essence of meditation itself.

The Essence of Meditation In this short teaching, Mingyur Rinpoche explains the essence of meditation and how it is different from the passing experiences that happen when we meditate...

Key Points of Meditation: Everywhere, Anytime

In this first video of 2018, Mingyur Rinpoche teaches one of the most important aspects of meditation, namely that it can be applied everywhere at anytime. This instruction is also key for bringing meditation “off the cushion” and integrating it into daily life.

MT January 2018 Key Points of Meditation – Tergar Learning Community In this first video of 2018, Mingyur Rinpoche teaches one of the most important aspects of meditation, namely that it can be applied everywhere at anytime. This instruction is also key for bringing meditation “off the cushion” and integrating it into daily life.

"Though the science is still very new, there is compelling evidence to suggest that we can learn healthy habits of mind that contribute to increased well-being. Scientific and medical research is showing that well-being practices like meditation can alter the brain and body in ways we’re just beginning to measure and understand, including how these practices shape the anatomy of our brains and our immune and genetic responses to stress."

This recent article by Richard Davidson of Center for Healthy Minds and Tergar Madison includes tips for starting a meditation practice, and there's a video by Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche featured on the page. Enjoy!

Well-being and happiness can be learned – here’s how Richard J. Davidson says research into how mental training like meditation affects our health throws light on what constitutes a healthy mind. Well-being – as understood by its qualities of awareness, connection, insight and purpose – is a skill that can be learned

Power of Group Meditation

In every wisdom tradition, meditation hasn’t been just a way to seek inner knowledge. It has the potential to transform the world. Research on the power of group meditation has been ongoing for several decades, and the results seem to validate what the ancient sages said, that there is greater peace in the vicinity of the enlightened. Individually we may not see ourselves as enlightened, but the group effect multiplies each single member.

But any group effect will only be effective if the people who join it feel that they’ve gained something more than they can achieve at home alone. Fortunately, meditators in groups often report that they feel less alone and more connected to others. Their practice feels deeper, tapping into a more profound silence than they experience on their own.

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Four Faults of Natural Awareness

"So close you can’t see it.
So deep you can’t fathom it.
So simple you can’t believe it.
So good you can’t accept it."

KR

Happy New Year 2018 to all our Tergar friends! All the best for the coming year ❤️🥂❤️.

Mingyur Rinpoche’s 2018 New Year’s Message – Tergar Learning Community I wish that this new year will bring you happiness, wisdom, compassion, and develop your inner peace, and at the same time you may contribute and influence your friends and family and sharing your peace with them, with society, and with the world.