You Don’t Need a Cave to Meditate In: Awakening in Everyday Life (MSP-O-110818)

You Don’t Need a Cave to Meditate In: Awakening in Everyday Life
With Tergar Instructor Myoshin Kelley

Though we often think that meditation practice asks us to retreat from the world, the fabric of our ordinary lives and activities presents a tremendous opportunity to wake up. In this evening talk, Tergar instructor Myoshin Kelley will talk about the joys and challenges of exploring the path of awakening in everyday life, showing how we can discover a sense of deep calm and openhearted compassion without having to cut ourselves off from the world.

These evenings include a period of meditation, a time to share informally with the community, a short talk by the instructor and a period of open discussion on how we are working with these aspects of our lives. The evening is open to all, beginners and experienced meditators alike, and is a great opportunity for us to delve deeper as a community into the richness of bringing meditation into our everyday lives.

Cost:
This public talk is freely offered by the Tergar community. We are deeply grateful to our community members, who generously offer their time, energy, and financial contributions to make this possible.

Please consider adding a tax-deductible donation to your registration. Your generosity allows us to offer programs like this more widely.

About the Instructor:

Myoshin Kelley attended her first meditation retreat in 1975 at the age of 20. Through the ensuing years, she has received dharma instructions from several renowned Buddhist meditation masters in the Theravada, Zen, and Vajrayana traditions. In 1994 she accompanied her husband, Edwin, to the Insight Meditation Society (IMS) in Barre, MA, where she was trained as a meditation instructor by Joseph Goldstein and Sharon Salzburg. Myoshin was introduced to Vajrayana teachings in 1993 and met Mingyur Rinpoche in 1998. Since then she has practiced with Mingyur Rinpoche in North America and Asia benefiting from his skillful, lucid instructions on the profound teachings of Mahamudra. She moved to Minneapolis in 2010 to help support Mingyur Rinpoche in his worldwide vision and leads programs internationally and locally.