Minneapolis, MN

The Joy of Living

July 9-11, 2010
Level I: Calming the Mind
A Meditation Retreat with Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
With promotional partner the University of Minnesota Center for Spirituality and Healing

During this weekend retreat, Tibetan meditation master and best-selling author Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche will teach how meditation can help create a peaceful mind and joyful heart. With his characteristic clarity and wit, he shows how any experience, even powerful emotions and chronic pain, can be transformed into a source of joy. This weekend is suitable for people of all faiths, as well as both beginning and experienced meditators.

event Details

When:

• Friday evening, July 9, 7-9pm
• Saturday, July 10, 9am to 5pm
• Sunday, July 11, 9am-5pm

Where: Carondelet Center - 1890 Randolph Ave., St Paul, MN 55105
Recommended Donation:  

• Sliding scale - $195 or $245 (students and seniors: $75); price includes a vegetarian buffet lunch both days.
• Please contact us if you are interested in work/study opportunities.

Registration: If you would like to attend, please fill out our online registration form.
Contact Information:  If you have any questions about the retreat, please email minneapolis@tergar.org  or call (952) 232-0633.

About Mingyur Rinpoche

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. Read more...

About the Joy of Living

The Joy of Living retreats provide a path of meditation training that is open to people of all faiths and belief systems. The style of meditation presented in this program teaches how to work with the problems and experiences of everyday life to create a peaceful mind and joyful heart. Read more…