Date(s) - June 24, 2016 - June 26, 2016
All Day
Dreaming, Dying, and Awareness
Buddhist Teachings on Meditation and the Path of Awakening
Friday, June 24, 9am-5pm
University of St. Thomas, O’Shaughnessy Education Center Auditorium
Please note: Online ticket sales are now closed, but there are still plenty of seats available for this event. Simply plan on stopping at the registration desk to pay with credit card or check (sorry, no cash). Doors open at 8 am for the event beginning at 9 am.
The practice of meditation puts us in touch with a source of inner peace and well-being that we can experience at any time, even when we find ourselves in chaotic or challenging circumstances. In Tibetan Buddhism, we use the challenges of life as opportunities to nurture awareness, compassion, and wisdom. The process of dying is said to present a unique and potent opportunity to awaken. The key to taking advantage of this opportunity lies in two of the most common experiences in our lives: the states of deep sleep and dreaming. For more than a thousand years, meditation practices that enable us to explore these states of consciousness have been valued as profound methods for transforming the mind and preparing for the moment of death.
In this one-day workshop, Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche will offer teachings on sleeping, dreaming, and ways to approach death with dignity, awareness, and care. His teachings will draw on classical teachings from the Tibetan Buddhist tradition and his own near death experience while on retreat. The day will include periods of teaching, discussion, and short periods of meditation. This event is suitable for anyone with an interest in meditation and Tibetan Buddhism.
Cost for June 24:
- Base Fee: $125 (This level covers the actual costs of delivering this program.)
- Sponsor Fee: $195 (This level allows us to provide a reduced fee ticket option for those with limited financial resources.)
- Reduced Fee: $75 (Reduced fee tickets are available at a reduced rate for students, seniors and others on limited incomes.)
- All ticket options are general admission and include vegetarian box lunch. You will have the opportunity to select vegan and gluten free options during registration.
Please note: If you plan to attend both events, a special 3-day package rate is available. See below for details.
Please note: Online ticket sales are now closed, but there are still plenty of seats available for this event. Simply plan on stopping at the registration desk to pay with credit card or check (sorry, no cash). Doors open at 8 am for the event beginning at 9 am.
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Meditation and the Joy of Living
Cultivating Awareness, Compassion, and Wisdom in Everyday Life
Saturday June 25 – Sunday June 26, 2016, 9am-5pm
University of St. Thomas, O’Shaughnessy Education Center Auditorium
Meditation enables us to discover a lasting contentment that is not subject to the fluctuating conditions of our lives, and to nurture the qualities of wisdom and compassion that naturally manifest from awareness itself. The Joy of Living is a secular path of meditation practice that nurtures basic functions of the mind, such as mindful awareness and the movements toward happiness and away from suffering. In working with these qualities of mind, we gradually transform our relationship to present-moment experience, learning to approach our thoughts, feelings, and sensory experiences with unconditional warmth and acceptance.
This workshop offers a rare opportunity to learn this accessible approach to meditation from Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche. Rinpoche will share practical advice on using meditation to cultivate awareness, compassion, and wisdom, sharing insights from his own experience and illuminating key points on meditation practice. He will also introduce new meditations, including breathing practices and physical exercises, that he himself practiced during his extended retreat. Each day will include teachings from Mingyur Rinpoche and short periods of guided meditation and discussion with Senior Tergar Instructors Edwin and Myoshin Kelley. This workshop is suitable for both novice and experienced meditators.
Cost for June 25-26:
- Base Fee: $225 (This level covers the actual costs of delivering this program.)
- Sponsor Fee: $295 (This level allows us to provide a reduced fee ticket option for those with limited financial resources.)
- Reduced Fee: $150 (Reduced fee tickets are available at a reduced rate for students, seniors and others on limited incomes.)
- All ticket options are general admission and include vegetarian box lunch. You will have the opportunity to select vegan and gluten free options during registration.
Please note: Online ticket sales are now closed, but there are still plenty of seats available for this event. Simply plan on stopping at the registration desk to pay with credit card or check (sorry, no cash). Doors open at 8 am for the event beginning at 9 am.
3-Day Package Rate:
If you are planning to also attend Dreaming, Dying, and Awareness on Friday, June 24th, a 3-day Package Rate has been made available. You do not need to purchase a separate ticket to the Friday event if you purchase the 3-Day Package Rate.
3-Day Package Cost for June 24-26:
- Base Fee: $280 (This level covers the actual costs of delivering this program.)
- Sponsor Fee: $390 (This level allows us to provide a reduced fee ticket option for those with limited financial resources.)
- Reduced Fee: $180 (Reduced fee tickets are available at a reduced rate for students, seniors and others on limited incomes.)
- All ticket options are general admission and include vegetarian box lunch. You will have the opportunity to select vegan and gluten free options during registration.
Please note: Online ticket sales are now closed, but there are still plenty of seats available for this event. Simply plan on stopping at the registration desk to pay with credit card or check (sorry, no cash). Doors open at 8 am for the event beginning at 9 am.
Travel Information:
Accommodations are not included in the ticket price. For those interested in on-site lodging, UST will make available air-conditioned dorm rooms on campus for around $72/night. Interested registrants can contact UST directly regarding lodging (Tergar does not have any involvement in these lodging accommodations). For lodging information, please visit www.stthomas.edu/eventservices/events/mre/.
There will be free parking available in the Anderson Parking Facility at the SW corner of Cretin and Grand Avenues. For campus maps and directions, click here.
Contact:
Tergar Minneapolis
[email protected]
(612) 460-8837
Location
University of St. Thomas, O’Shaughnessy Education Center Auditorium, St. Paul MN, United States