Habit-Creation Cheat Sheet

What can you do to improve your habit of meditation? What follow are a few tips from Mingyur Rinpoche.

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Resistance: The Long Way to the Cushion

“If you’ve ever cleaned your entire house instead of meditating, this story will feel all too familiar!”

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Ten Years Ago: Rinpoche’s Return from Wandering Retreat

Ten years ago Mingyur Rinpoche returned from his wandering retreat. Hear from the Tergar Instructors about the magical week when Mingyur Rinpoche emerged from his four-and-a-half-year retreat.

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Just Be: The Key to Transformation

If your days feel packed and pressured, this post shows how the simple habit of pausing to just be can change everything.

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Five Buddha Families: Emotions As Gateways

What if every emotion you’ve ever tried to get rid of — anger, jealousy, confusion — was actually a doorway to wisdom? The five buddha families offers such an exploration.

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Finding My True Home Through Immense Loss

When her mind wouldn’t stop spinning and her heart was breaking, Liliana Maravilla found a pathway to her true home.

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Monthlong Retreat: Deepening Practice in Portugal

A new monthlong Joy of Living retreat in Portugal is helping meditators experience the full arc of Mingyur Rinpoche’s teachings — and the results are deeply inspiring.

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Reminders for Practicing on Retreat

Drawing on decades of meditation experience, Myoshin Kelley offers practical and heartfelt guidance for anyone wishing to deepen their meditation practice.

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Abandoning, Transforming, Recognizing Retreat Encompasses Totality of Practice

If you find that your emotions are challenging, join us on a transformative meditative journey as Justin Kelley reflects on Mingyur Rinpoche’s November retreat, “Abandoning, Transforming, Recognizing,” and the power of meeting the teachings where they come alive — at Tergar Osel Ling Monastery in Kathmandu.

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Riding the Waves in the Ocean of Emotions

Merra Young offers a compassionate guide to being present with our difficult emotions — learning not just to survive life’s waves, but to ride them.

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