Introducing My Path

Update your progress on the Joy of Living and/or Path of Liberation levels.

Why My Path Feature?

The Tergar pathway of meditation – the Tergar Path – consists of Mingyur Rinpoche’s main offerings: the Joy of Living and Path of Liberation. The My Path feature allows you to record and update your progress as you move through the different levels.

In this special message, Mingyur Rinpoche shares:

  • his own experience with prerequisites

  • the importance of not knowing “the end of the movie” as it pertains to the levels of teachings 

  • the progress he notices in students who are doing the homework

  • the difficulties arising from the mind becoming “dry from dharma”

How to Use the My Path feature?

To access My Path, visit events.tergar.org and click on your profile located in the top right-hand corner and then choose your preferred language.  This short tutorial walks you through the process:

Use of the My Path feature will become mandatory for registration for our Tergar courses and retreats by 2025.

Throughout your pathway, please remember to return to My Path to update your information as you complete practice requirements for the Joy of Living and/or the Path of Liberation. 

If you have questions about your qualifications, please email [email protected]; if you have technical questions navigating MyPath, please email [email protected]. 

“In Tergar we have step-by-step requirements to progress. This style of teaching is what we call “experiential style,” and it is based on the four pointing out instructions. If someone hasn’t gone through those step by step and doesn't have some idea of the view and experience, it will not be of so much benefit. Just receiving and receiving teachings is not of benefit. You have to practice.

In the lineage itself, there's an emphasis on systematic practice: practice first, then homework, and then you're ready for the second level, and deepening. In this way, even though there may not be direct realization, the teachings are not just intellectual. Of course, they are intellectual, but some experience and deeper understanding come together!”

—Mingyur Rinpoche

FAQ

  • When we speak about the “Tergar Path” we are referring to the Tergar step-by-step pathway of meditation consisting of Mingyur Rinpoche’s Joy of Living and Path of Liberation levels.

  • This is the area on events.tergar.org where we ask that you record your Joy of Living and Path of Liberation practice progress. Other programs that you have attended are not within the current scope of My Path.

  • With Mingyur Rinpoche’s guidance, the My Path feature is being implemented to ensure that students have completed the corresponding prerequisites for each Joy of Living and Path of Liberation level.

  • On events.tergar.org, click on your profile located in the top right-hand corner. 

  • Within My Path we ask  1) whether you have attended a level and 2) whether you have completed the homework for that level. For instance, if you have attended a Joy of Living 1 workshop (online or in person), you would answer “Yes” within the My Path form. If you have completed the homework for Joy of Living 1, then mark “Yes.” Conversely, for any levels or requirements in either program that you haven't completed, please select “No.”

  • The MyPath records are always accessible to you and can be updated anytime later in the future, as you progress through the levels of the Tergar pathway of meditation. Click on the “Update Progress” button in My Path.

  • No, you must have completed the prerequisites.

  • You will find them within the My Path feature.

  • If you are from another sangha and are planning to attend a Path of Liberation 1 retreat with Mingyur Rinpoche, it is necessary to first meet certain prerequisites. These prerequisites can be fulfilled either by completing the Joy of Living program or by completing specific practice requirements. If you have not completed the Joy of Living, please fill out the form within My Path to verify that you meet the practice requirements.

  • For the time being, certificates of participation are only available to be downloaded for those who have attended a Tergar International Joy of Living or Path of Liberation online event or have finished the different levels of the Joy of Living online as part of a subscription. 


    If you have completed a Joy of Living workshop with a Tergar Guide in your community, you may write to [email protected] to request a certificate. 


    The certificates are an added bonus for your personal use and enjoyment. As long as you meet the prerequisites, you are not barred from attending a Tergar event or retreat if you do not have a certificate of participation for the previous level.


    If you have completed a Joy of Living workshop with a Tergar Guide in your community, you may write to [email protected] to request a certificate. 


    The certificates are an added bonus for your personal use and enjoyment. As long as you meet the prerequisites, you are not barred from attending a Tergar event or retreat if you do not have a certificate of participation for the previous level.

  • Not at this time. Vajrayana Online is not a path in itself like the Joy of Living and Path of Liberation but a course of study to support you in deepening your meditative journey.

  • No. Mingyur Rinpoche’s teachings for the Path of Liberation levels and Flight of the Garuda are based on the four pointing out instructions. Without an understanding of the pointing out instructions given in the Path of Liberation pathway, the teachings would not be of much benefit, and attending them before you are ready might hinder your progress in the future.

  • They only count if you have attended the teachings, completed the homework,  and received the pointing out instructions for Path of Liberation Levels 1–5 prior to beginning your accumulations. When Mingyur Rinpoche teaches White Tara in the Path of Liberation 5, he integrates the nature of mind instructions.