The Joy of Teaching

Like riding a bike without training wheels for the first time, a simple teaching from Mingyur Rinpoche unlocked a path of freedom, carrying one meditator across continents, through crisis, and into the heart of awareness—where teaching others became the greatest joy of all.

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A University Student’s Search for Lasting Happiness

A University Student’s Search for Lasting Happiness By Aadam Sherazi • 3 min read SHARE: Joy of Living WHEN YOU'RE YOUNG, it’s easy to believe happiness is something you find—somewhere, in someone, or after some big achievement. After experiencing some difficulties in high school—loneliness, irritability, lack of motivation—I was convinced I needed a fresh start. [...]
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Meditation in Prison: Finding Freedom

After overcoming self-doubt and joining the Meditation Teacher Program, Mark O’Donaghue is helping those behind prison walls by sharing the radical message that everyone — even those society has forgotten — is already whole, complete, and inherently good.

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A New Relationship with Pain

Faced with the challenges of Crohn’s disease, philosopher Maria Müller Hornbach turned to meditation, which transformed her relationship with pain and brought greater ease to her life. Inspired by Mingyur Rinpoche’s teachings, she took Tergar’s Meditation Teacher Program, and now teaches meditation classes in Germany.

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