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“If we transform our mind, everything we experience is transformed.” Mingyur Rinpoche
In this six-week online course, we will learn how to transform all experiences, even difficult thoughts and emotions, into sources of joy. In this first level, with Edwin and Myoshin as our guides, Mingyur Rinpoche will teach us how meditation can transform the way we relate to stressful situations and challenging emotions, and how to embrace all aspects of life with mindful awareness.
Tuesdays, 19 March to 23 April 2024, 6:30—8:30pm
Melbourne, Australia time - please note that the weeks of 19, 26 March and 2 April will be on AEDT, and the final 3 weeks will be AEST, so there will be a time change in the middle of the course.
Meditation enables us to transform all experiences, even difficult emotions and painful thoughts, into sources of joy. The modern world has become fascinated with the practice of meditation. With all the hype and glossy images on magazine covers, it would be easy to think that meditation is about sitting in the right posture, using a special technique, or forcing the mind to be calm or relaxed all the time. But the real power of meditation isn’t in the method. It’s in shifting our perspective.
The key to this shift in perspective is awareness. In this 6-week workshop series, we will learn to transform our experience by exploring sensations, thoughts, emotions, and even awareness itself as supports for meditation.
This program offers step-by-step instructions that will benefit those new to meditation and inspire those who have an existing practice. The schedule for this workshop series includes video teachings by Mingyur Rinpoche, presentations by Tergar Instructors Edwin and Myoshin Kelley, as well as guided meditations and discussion. It is suitable for people of all faiths, as well as both beginning and experienced meditators.